Cooking Cajun Food - Black-eyed Pea Jambalaya recipe

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Ingredients :

• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 large green pepper, chopped or half green and half red
• 1 can rotel chilies & tomatoes, drained, reserve liquid
• 1 can cream soup ( any variety )
• 1 packet dried onion soup
• 1 lb smoky pork sausage, cut ½" rings
• 1 lb shrimp, peel, devein
• 2 chicken breasts, cubed
• 2 cans black-eyed peas, drained, reserve liquid
• 1 tspn thyme
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tspn oregano
• 1 tspn chili powder
• 1 tspn garlic powder
• ¼ lb butter or margarine
• 2 cups raw long-grain rice

Preparation and Cooking Instructions :

1. Put rice in the pot and add remaining ingredients.
2. Cut butter in pats and put on top.
3. In a 4-cup measuring cup place soup, tomato juice, black-eyed pea juice (and any other juice you are using) plus enough water to make 4 cups.
4. Pour over rice mixture plus 1 more cup.
5. Cook until liquid is absorbed and rice is tender, but still a little moist.

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