Pastalaya

15m
Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 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.
  2. 2Cook down the sausage in some bacon grease until nice and rendered down.
  3. 3Remove the sausage and set it aside.
  4. 4Season the chicken with salt and pepper and cook it in the same pan.
  5. 5Put the cooked chicken to the side with the sausage.
  6. 6Cook down the 'holy trinity' of vegetables (onion, bell pepper, celery) in the same pan.
  7. 7Add garlic and cook down for another 30 seconds or so.
  8. 8Add tomato paste and mix it in.
  9. 9Add a whole can of cream of chicken and mix until well combined.
  10. 10Add your favorite pasta along with the cooked meat and its drippings.
  11. 11Add four cups of chicken broth.
  12. 12Season it up with some dry thyme and Southern Made Creole seasoning.
  13. 13Mix it up and add two bay leaves.
  14. 14Bring it to a boil.
  15. 15Reduce it to a simmer.
  16. 16Cover it up for about 15 minutes.
  17. 17Take the top off and remove the bay leaves.
  18. 18Add as much green onion as desired.
  19. 19Mix it up.
  20. 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.