Ingredients

  • 1/4 cp oil
  • 1 chicken (cut up)
  • 2 lbs. anduille sausage
  • 4 cp chopped onion
  • 2 cp chopped celery
  • 2 cp chopped green pepper
  • 1-5 Tbs chopped garlic
  • 5 cp chicken stock
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 3-5 TBS creole spice mixture*
  • 2 - 4 TBS paprika
  • 4 cp long grain rice
  • Cooked cracked crab
  • mixed shellfish (clams, mussels, oysters)
  • 1 cp chopped green onion

Method

  • Brown chicken in oil and saute sausage, set aside
  • Saute onions, celery, green pepper and garlic.
  • Add the chicken and sausage to vegetables.
  • Add stock, salt and creole spices, bring to a boil.
  • Add paprika and rice, return to a boil
  • Cover and reduce heat to simmer, cook for 30 min.
  • After 10 min., turn the rice (bring the bottom rice to the top)
  • After another 5 min (15 min. more cooking time) add the seafood
  • When there's 5 min. left add the green onion.
  • *Creole Spice Mixture:
  • 2 Tbs salt
  • 2 1/2 Tbs paprika
  • 2 Tbs garlic powder
  • 1 Tbs oregano
  • 1 Tbs cayenne pepper
  • 1 Tbs black pepper
  • 1 Tbs onion powder
  • 1 Tbs thyme
  • mix all ingredients
  • (this makes a great dry rub marinade)