Ingredients:

• 1/3 cups vegetable oil
• 1 lb smoked sausage, slice 1/2″ thck
• 1 lb shrimp, cooked and shelled
• 3 cups boiling water
• 1 1/2 cups rice
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, sliced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tbs parsley, chopped
• 6 oz tomato paste
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• Cajun seasoning, to taste
• hot sauce to taste

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Cook sausage in oil in a skillet until brown.
3. Remove the sausage from oil and put in water in rectangular baking pan.
4. Stirfry rice in remaining oil until slightly brown.
5. Add onion, celery, garlic, and parsley to oil. Saute 5 - 10 minutes or until onion is tender.
6. Add all but seasoning to water.
7. Season and stir to mix well.
8. Bake in oven until rice is cooked, 30 - 60 minutes.

Not-so-old family recipe

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