Curt's Playoff Jambalaya

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 chicken breasts, diced
• 1 large sweet onion
• 4 cloves garlic
• 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
• 2 cups uncooked rice
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 bottle beer
• 1 lb spicy smoked sausage
• 2 green bell peppers, chopped
• 2 jalapeno peppers, sliced
• 1 can stewed tomatoes
• 2 cans kidney beans
• 2 cans chicken stock
• crushed red pepper flakes (to taste)
• hot sauce (to taste, your choice. i use tabasco and a few others)
• 2 tablespoons paprika

Recipe

• 1 in a large stockpot, saute onions and peppers until onions are soft.
• 2 in a skillet, brown the chicken.
• 3 when nearly done, add the sausage, to brown, even if it is already cooked.
• 4 add cooked meats to stockpot.
• 5 add tomato sauce, tomatoes, jalapenos (uncooked), kidney beans, chicken stock, crushed red pepper, hot sauce and beer, and cook on medium for 20 minutes, to blend flavors.
• 6 turn mixture to"high" until a boil is achieved.
• 7 boil for 5 minutes.
• 8 add rice, and turn to low.
• 9 cook until rice is done and you reach desired consistency.
• 10 should be about 45-60 minutes, perhaps more.
• 11 water may be substitued for the chicken stock.
• 12 i just like the extra flavor it adds.