Creole Jambalaya
Ingredients
3/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup chopped green pepper
2 garlic cloves (minced)
2 tbsp butter or margerine
2 cup cubed fully cooked ham
1 can (28 oz) tomatoes with
1 liquid (cut up)
1 can (10 1/2 oz) condensed
1 beef broth
1 cup uncooked long grain white
1 rice
1 cup water
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/4 tsp pepper
1 1/2 lb fresh or frozen uncooked
1 shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
Preparation
In a Dutch oven, saute onion, celery, green pepper and garlic in
butter until tender. Add next 9 ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce
heat; cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 25 minutes. Add
shrimp and parsley: simmer uncovered, until shrimp are cooked, 7-10
min.
Diabetic Exchanges: One serving (prepared with margerine and
low-sodium tomatoes and beef broth) equals 3 lean meat, 1-1/2 starch,
1 vegetable, also 310 calories, 464 mg sodium, 154 mg cholesterol, 28
gm carbohydrate, 31 gm protein, 8 gm fat.
Servings: 8
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