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Chop the fresh vegetables into small pieces.
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Slice the sausage into discs and the chicken into cubes.
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Sprinkle the chicken with some Cajun seasoning or salt and pepper.
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Heat the oils in a pan on medium high and add the chopped vegetables followed by the chicken and sausage.
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When the chicken is just about cooked and browned, add the rice and stir.
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Add the garlic, tomatoes, chicken broth, tomato paste, cayenne pepper, paprika, thyme, bay leaf, oregano, hot sauce and Cajun seasoning.
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(Depending how much rice you go with, you may need to add some more water.)
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Bring to a boil.
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Reduce heat and simmer covered about 35 minutes, just stirring occasionally.
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Add water as needed, if it gets too dry.
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While there is still liquid (about 10 minutes to go or less), add the thawed shrimp and stir thoroughly.
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This is spicy, so cut down spices as need beas in most everything I cook.
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Note that I didnt add any additional salt.
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Also, it took much longer to cook than it usually takes me to cook brown rice (which is 45 minutes), so Im not entirely sure what happened there.
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Using white rice will definitely shorten the cooking time.
