Chicken & Sausage Jambalaya

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs chicken thighs
• 2 lbs pork sausage, cut into slices
• 2 onions, chopped
• 4 tbsp garlic, minced
• 0.5 can diced tomatoes, drained (optional)
• 2.5 cups rice
• 2.5 cups chicken broth
• Salt
• Black pepper
• Onion powder
• Garlic powder
• Cayenne pepper

Directions:

Before we get started, my suggestion is to do most of the cooking here in a cast-iron dutch oven, or otherwise heavy pot. You'll also need another skillet for browning the chicken.

1. Chop onions, mince garlic and set aside

2. Slice sausage, and cook on med-high heat in your dutch oven. Remove from pot and set aside.

   This step is crucial. Stir this infrequently, you want the sausage to burn and stick to the bottom of the pot. When you're done with this step, you want to have a black, burned coating at the bottom of your pot, and some crispy bits on your sausage. A French chef might call this sucs. This really goes a long way to enhancing the color and flavor of your jambalaya.

3. While the sausage is cooking, season your chicken thighs with a little salt and black pepper and brown in a separate skillet. When browned, remove and chop.

4. Once you've removed the sausage, deglaze the pot with a little bit of chicken broth or beer. You should be able to get most of the black stuff off the bottom of the pan.

5. Add the onion and garlic to the pot and cook for a few minutes over medium heat until the onion is tender.

6. Add the tomatoes, if using, and cook for a few more minutes.

7. Season the veggie mixture with salt, pepper, cayenne, onion powder, garlic powder, or whatever else you might like. I don't measure this out. Use your best judgement. Go easy on the cayenne if you can't handle the heat.

8. Add the chopped chicken and sausage. Stir in well.

9. Add the rice and chicken broth, bring to a boil.

10. Reduce heat to a simmer, cover and cook for about 35 minutes.

If everything goes right, it should come out looking like this.

Very rough estimate nutritional info (for ~1 cup serving)

Nutitional	Info
Calories	376
Fat	15 g
Cholesterol	117 mg
Potassium	89 mg
Sodium	1008 mg
Total carbs	28 g
Protein	32 g

bon appetit