# Pastalaya

A budget-friendly pastalaya recipe featuring chicken and smoked sausage cooked with vegetables, cream of chicken, chicken broth, and pasta.

- Total time: 15 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## 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

## Instructions

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

## 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.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8gck87j/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/e991c26f-acc8-4181-9956-e538968e457c
- Extracted: 2026-04-28

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