Poor Man’s Jambalaya Recipe

I don’t know about you, but I feel like I make the same recipes over and over again. Tonight (yes, literally tonight), I wanted to make something different that I’d never made before. I started with a recipe for Dirty Rice and then moved to Jambalaya and figured…what the heck…I’ll kind of combine the two. And thus was born the Poor Man’s Jambalaya’s Recipe. I literally started adding in ingredients I had in my refrigerator and playing with the dinner concoction and it turned out DELICIOUS!!!! It was quick and easy to make and even the kids loved it! In fact, everyone in our house liked it! Now, I don’t want you to think you have to be poor to make this, but let’s face it, times right now are tough and there are a lot of us struggling – whether it’s with money or just plain trying to find ingredients in the store. I hope you like this recipe. Here we go!

INGREDIENTS

• 4 tbsp vegetable oil
• Johnsonville Andouille Sausage (2 ropes)
• shredded chicken (2 cups) (I used chicken I cooked with salsa in the instant pot and shredded)
• 4 cups cooked long grain white rice (I made mine in the rice cooker and used chicken broth instead of water)
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 cup celery, chopped
• 4 tsp garlic, chopped (I use the garlic in a jar)
• 1 cup chicken broth (made with chicken bouillon and boiling water)
• 1 can chili beans, undrained
• 1 can pinto beans, undrained

DIRECTIONS

1 – Cook rice using chicken broth (boiling water + chicken bouillon) in either a saucepan or rice cooker.

2 – Slice sausage. In a pot, brown sausage in the oil.

3 – Once the sausage is starting to brown, add the shredded chicken, onion, celery and garlic.

4 – When the veggies are starting to soften, add the can of chili beans and can of pinto beans, along with 1 cup of chicken broth (made with boiling water and chicken bouillon).

5 – Add cooked rice (as much as you would like to have) and stir.

6 – Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring regularly.

7 – Serve and enjoy!

**If the andouille sausage is too spicy, you can substitute with Kielbasa or smoked sausage.

Who in your home likes this jambalaya recipe?