Saturday, April 25, 2009

Shrimp Jambalaya

1 teaspoon olive oil
2 ounces turkey kielbasa, halved lenthwise and sliced
1/2 cup minced onion
1/2 diced green pepper
1/2 cup long grain rice uncooked
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon dried thyme
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1/8 teaspoon red pepper
1 cup water
1 10.5 ounce can low salt chicken broth
1 14.5 ounce can diced tomato, undrained
1/2 pound cooked medium shrimp peeled and sliced in half
1/8 teaspoon hot sauce
1 tablespoon fresh parsley

Heat oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat
add kielbasa, onion, and green pepper saute 5 minutes or until vegetables are tender
add rice saute 2 minutes
add salt, dried thyme, black pepper and ground red pepper saute 1 minute
add water, broth and tomatoes. bring to a boil
cover, reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes or until rice is tender
stir in shrimp and hot sauce
cover and cook 5 minutes or unitl shrimp are done
remove from heat, stir in parsley
serves 2.. I usually double the recipe and I use Rotella tomatos to give a little more flavor. This is a weight watchers recipe its 9 points per serving but I usually have 3 or 4 servings so for a weight watchers recipe it does me no good..

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