Pastalaya
Directions
- 1Head to the store and get an onion, bell pepper, celery, garlic, green onion, about a pound of chicken (thigh or breast), your favorite smoked sausage, tomato paste, cream of chicken, chicken broth, and your pasta.
- 2Cook down the sausage in some bacon grease until nice and rendered down.
- 3Remove the sausage and set it aside.
- 4Season the chicken with salt and pepper and cook it in the same pan.
- 5Put the cooked chicken to the side with the sausage.
- 6Cook down the 'holy trinity' of vegetables (onion, bell pepper, celery) in the same pan.
- 7Add garlic and cook down for another 30 seconds or so.
- 8Add tomato paste and mix it in.
- 9Add a whole can of cream of chicken and mix until well combined.
- 10Add your favorite pasta along with the cooked meat and its drippings.
- 11Add four cups of chicken broth.
- 12Season it up with some dry thyme and Southern Made Creole seasoning.
- 13Mix it up and add two bay leaves.
- 14Bring it to a boil.
- 15Reduce it to a simmer.
- 16Cover it up for about 15 minutes.
- 17Take the top off and remove the bay leaves.
- 18Add as much green onion as desired.
- 19Mix it up.
- 20Plate it and feed the family.
Ingredients
- 1 onion
- 1 bell pepper
- 1 celery
- garlic
- green onion
- 1 pound chicken
- smoked sausage
- tomato paste
- 1 can cream of chicken
- 4 cups chicken broth
- pasta
- bacon grease
- salt
- pepper
- dry thyme
- Southern Made Creole seasoning
- 2 bay leaves
Equipment
pan
Tips
- Cook sausage until nice and rendered down.
- Season chicken with just salt and pepper.
- The moisture from the holy trinity of vegetables will help deglaze the bottom of the pan.
- If you ain't sneezing, it ain't seasoned when it comes to Creole seasoning.
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