So, yeah, it was a good deal at WinCo yesterday on chicken. A really good deal. And WinCo is one half of my weekend grocery shopping…the other half being CostCo. And CostCo had a nice chicken andouille sausage available that I like. And I picked up my weekly bag of frozen shrimp for the quick shrimp scampi that I enjoy for dinner. Hmmm….Chicken, andouille, and shrimp…..that can only mean one thing: etouffee or jambalaya, depending on your adherence to Cajun canon.

Regardless, it was yummy and will be a nice dish when winter finally sets in here. In case anyone cares:

• 1 green pepper, diced
• 1 onion, diced
• a few stalks of celery, diced
• Chicken
• Sausage
• Shrimp
• Bay leaves
• 2 tsp thyme
• Salt/pepper
• Tabasco
• Bacon drippings
• 15 oz. crushed tomatoes
• 6 clove garlic
• 15 oz tomato sauce
• 2 cups water

You should be able to figure out the rest from there.

I did cook the shrimp separately and added them at the last couple minutes of the process so to avoid overcooking them. Other than that, its pretty straightforward. I liked a thicker finished product, so I reduced it more than I probably should have. If I exclude the shrimp, theres nothing in here that won’t pressure can nicely into jars for later off-the-shelf use.