FOUR MEAT JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a dutch oven, fry the bacon and chicken until they are done.
• Remove the bacon and chicken into a paper towel lined bowl. Be sure and leave all the grease in the pan.
• Cook the onions, garlic, bell pepper and celery in the grease left in the dutch oven. About 5-7 minutes.
• Add the shrimp and sausage to the onion mixture and cook about 4 minutes or until heated through. Be careful not to cook this to long or the shrimp will be tough.
• Remove this mixture from the pan.
• Add about a tablespoons of olive oil to the pan.
• Put in your rice and cook about ten minutes stirring frequently to prevent the rice from scorching.
• Add the chicken broth, tomatoes, salt, pepper, thyme, tabasco and bay leaf. Stir.
• Bring this mixture to a boil and then turn heat down to simmer, cover and cook about 15-20 minutes.
• Remove bay leaf from rice mixture.
• Stir in your bacon and chicken mixture and your shrimp and onion mixture.
• Hope you enjoy this -- Thank you to Sue L from the zaar for the great ideas and recipe to take from.