The Big Easy Jambalaya

Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 box chicken Rice-A-Roni
• 2 2/3 cups hot water
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
• 1/2 cup diced celery
• 1 green bell pepper, diced
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 pounds fresh shelled shrimp or 1 pound country smoked sausage, cut into bite-size pieces

Instructions

1. Melt butter in large skillet. Add Rice-A-Roni and sauté until light brown.
2. Stir in hot water. Add chicken flavor packet from Rice-A-Roni package, black pepper, Tabasco, onion, celery, bell pepper and salt. Add fresh shelled shrimp or cut-up sausage. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.