Brown Rice Jumbalaya with Shrimp and Sausage

Hey y'all!

I thought I would share our dinner from last night because it was TOO good. It's a Jumbalaya recipe from Domesticate-Me and it's awesome! It's naturally gluten-free and super versatile with protein. My vegetarians can use beans in place of the meat or just use veggies and rice.. you could also use chicken, only sausage or only shrimp depending on your preference. My fiance actually said this is his favorite thing I've ever cooked! ...and I cook a LOT, so that's a pretty serious indicator that this stuff is good.

Serves: 4
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1hr

Ingredients:
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 3/4 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1/2 lb cooked kielbasa or andouille sausage (I like turkey kielbasa), sliced
- 1C uncooked brown rice
- 1/2 white onion, diced
- 1/3 C celery, diced
- 1/2 red bell pepper, diced
- 1/2 green bell pepper, diced
- 1/2 yellow bell pepper, diced
- 1 can fire-roasted diced tomatoes
- 3.5 C chicken broth (or veggie broth)
- 1 tbsp + 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp oregano
- 3/4 tsp cumin
- pinch red pepper, or more to taste
- salt to taste
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- chopped green onion and cilantro for garnish, if desired

Directions:
- Heat your olive oil over medium heat in a large skillet with a lid, add garlic
- When pan is hot and garlic starts to become fragrant, add onion, celery and bell pepper, saute for 3 minutes
- Turn heat to medium-high and add your sausage slices, diced tomatoes, paprika, oregano, cumin and red pepper
- Cook for about 3 minutes until simmering
- Mix in brown rice and cook for 1 minute more
- Add chicken broth, bring to a boil then lower to a simmer, cover and cook for 50 minutes until rice is cooked and moisture is absorbed. Don't peek!
- Taste and add salt (to taste) and/or more red pepper if you like it a little spicy
- Add your shrimp, cover and cook 5 more minutes until shrimp is pink and cooked through

Garnish with green onion and chopped cilantro, if desired, and serve! I served mine with some garlic bread so soak up the goodness.

**Side note: I recently saw someone on Food Network using scissors to cut green onions for garnish. I realize this is probably a thing and I never knew about it but it's a game changer for me. No more trying to chop green onions and having them fly off my cutting board. Hallelujah!

Enjoy!!