Phil's Paella

Sausage, chicken, shrimp and rice dish! ---------------------------------------------

• Ready In: 1 hr 25 mins
• Serves: 10

Ingredients

• 8  ounces sausage, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 15  raw  chicken strips
• 2  lbs large shrimp
• 1  onion, chopped
• 1  green bell pepper
• 1  stalk celery, chopped (large)
• 2  garlic cloves, minced (optional)
• 2  cups  uncooked long grain rice
• 2 (14 1/2ounce) cans diced tomatoes, juice reserved
• 2  bay leaves
• 2  teaspoons salt
• 1  teaspoon dried oregano
• 3⁄4 teaspoon ground turmeric
• 3 1⁄2 cups chicken broth

Directions

1. Heat a wok over medium-high heat. Fry hot and mild Italian sausage pieces in the wok until brown on all sides. Remove sausage, and fry the chicken strips in the sausage drippings until browned. Remove chicken and saute onions, green pepper, celery, and garlic for 5 minutes, or until tender.
2. Stir in the uncooked rice, tomatoes, bay leaves, salt, oregano and turmeric. Cook and stir for 1 minute, then mix in the reserved tomato juice and chicken broth.
3. Add chicken pieces, cover and simmer for about 20 minutes.
4. Add sausage to the mixture, and continue to simmer for 15 minutes, then stir in the shrimp; cover and cook for 5 to 10 more minutes, or until shrimp is cooked through.