¾ c. chopped onion
½ c. chopped celery (I always just do 3/4 c. green pepper and no celery)
¼ c. chopped green pepper
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 T. butter
2 c. cubed cooked chicken
8 oz. kielbasa sausage (yeah right! I use one bag of Sumeru Large Prawns. If you can't get that, just double the chicken)
4-5 tomatoes, chopped
1 c. condensed beef or chicken broth
1 c. uncooked long grain rice
1 1/2 c. water
1 t. sugar
Seasoning Mix (see below)
1 t. chili powder
fresh parsley for garnish
Seasoning Mix: (1/4 tsp Cayenne, 3/4 tsp White Pepper, 1 tsp Kosher Salt, 1/4 tsp Thyme, 1/2 tsp Rubbed Sage, 1/4 tsp Dried Basil, 1/2 tsp Black Pepper)
If you don't have white pepper, just do 1 3/4 t. black pepper. Also, I usually do more Thyme, sage and basil.
In a dutch oven, sauté onion, celery, green pepper, garlic, and sausage in butter until tender and browned. Add next nine ingredients. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 25 minutes.
But onion, bell pepper, AND celery are the "trinity" of Cajun cooking!! You should try my recipe for Dirty Rice--another Cajun favorite one pot meal--use ground pork or chicken instead of beef if you need to! Its over on http://market2meal.blogspot.com under "rice" or "beef". :-)
ReplyDeleteOh Sara Beth, I'm so aware of the trinity. Problem is we can pretty much never get celery in our country. So we do the best we can. And I would LOVE to try your dirty rice recipe, but there's no pork at all here, and the ground chicken... well, I never buy it. :) Too gristly and dry. Doesn't make a nice meal. I'll be sure to try it when I'm in the states next time though!
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