Creole Shrimp And Sausage

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (5 1/3 ounce) bag success 10 minute boil-in-bag whole grain brown rice
• 2 sweet italian sausage links, casings removed
• 2 hot italian sausage links, casings removed
• 1 lb baby shrimp, thawed and cooked (if necessary. they're usually precooked.)
• 2 teaspoons creole seasoning (divided. i prefer tony chachare's)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic, minced
• 1 small sweet red pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 small orange sweet bell pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 small green sweet pepper, seeded and chopped
• 1 small sweet onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup carrot, shredded
• 4 green onions, thinly sliced (tops only) or 1 tablespoon dried green onion
• 1/2 teaspoon dried dill
• 1/4 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 2 (14 1/2 ounce) cans petite diced tomatoes, no salt added, lightly drained (del monte makes them)
• 1/2 cup wine

Recipe

• 1 begin by cooking rice according to package directions.
• 2 while rice is cooking, heat a sauce pan to medium-high. add sausage and cook until no longer pink, taking care to crumble as you go.
• 3 while sausage is cooking, sprinkle shrimp with 1 tsp creole seasoning and set aside.
• 4 remove sausage from the saucepan, but do not remove the grease. set aside. return pan to heat.
• 5 in the sausage pan, add garlic. saute 30 seconds.
• 6 add peppers, sweet onions, green onions, carrots, 1 tsp creole seasoning, dill, rosemary, thyme and garlic powder. saute in sausage grease for 5 minutes.
• 7 add olive oil and saute another 5 minutes until almost tender.
• 8 add diced tomatoes and wine. stir to combine. allow to simmer for 5 minutes.
• 9 stir in sausage. allow to simmer, uncovered for 20 minutes.
• 10 if it is not "saucy" enough for you, add a bit more wine (or chicken broth) to get it to your preferred consistency.
• 11 stir in shrimp. allow to cook for about 2 minutes until shrimp is heated through.
• 12 serve over rice.