Name: Shrimp Jambalaya

Ingredients:

• 2 bacon slices
• 1 medium onion diced (about 1 cup)
• 1 green pepper diced
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 can cooking tomatoes (about 1 pound)
• 2 cups water
• 2 bouillon cubes
• 1 cup uncooked rice
• 1 cup diced ham
• 2/3 pound large shrimp, cleaned and washed
• 1/4 teaspoon thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon white pepper

Instructions:

• Sauté 2 diced bacon slices
• Add onion and green pepper to bacon and sauté
• Stir in flour, tomatoes, water and bouillon
• Bring to a boil
• Slowly add rice
• Add ham
• Boil for 20 minutes (on medium or low) until rice almost done, stirring frequently to prevent rice from burning on the bottom of the pot
• Add shrimp and spices
• Cook for 8 more minutes
• Option: Brown and add pork sausage before tomato

Comments: I made this when living in Bowie
9/16/2017 - I used 12 oz ham, 1 lb shrimp, 1 tablespoon thyme, 1 tablespoon oregano, and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. It tasted fine. I served it with Dwayne's cornbread
10/7/2021 - I used two Nature’s Promise Cajun Style Andouilli Sausage, sliced into coins, 8-oz of ham steak, about 1 pound of shrimp, 1 tablespoon of thyme, 1 tablespoon of oregano, and about 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper. I did not use any bacon. I cooked it in our largest skillet and used the cover when boiling with the rice. I cooked the shrimp for 6 minutes. We had leftover cornbread and fruit salad with it.

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