Ingredients

1/4 cp oil

1 chicken (cut up)

2 lbs. anduille sausage

4 cp chopped onion

2 cp chopped celery

2 cp chopped green pepper

1-5 Tbs chopped garlic

5 cp chicken stock

2 tsp salt

3-5 TBS creole spice mixture*

2 - 4 TBS paprika

4 cp long grain rice

Cooked cracked crab

mixed shellfish (clams, mussels, oysters)

1 cp chopped green onion

Preparation

Brown chicken in oil and saute sausage, set aside

Saute onions, celery, green pepper and garlic. Add the chicken and sausage to vegetables. Add stock, salt and creole spices, bring to a boil. Add paprika and rice, return to a boil Cover and reduce heat to simmer, cook for 30 min. After 10 min., turn the rice (bring the bottom rice to the top) After another 5 min (15 min. more cooking time) add the seafood When there’s 5 min. left add the green onion.

*Creole Spice Mixture:

2 Tbs salt 2 1/2 Tbs paprika 2 Tbs garlic powder 1 Tbs oregano 1 Tbs cayenne pepper 1 Tbs black pepper 1 Tbs onion powder 1 Tbs thyme

mix all ingredients (this makes a great dry rub marinade)