Smoked Sausage Jambalaya

Comfort food, yummy! This cooks up pretty quickly too.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 6-8

Ingredients

• 1  lb smoked sausage, cut into 1/2 inch slices
• 1  lb ground beef
• 1  medium  sized green pepper, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped green onion
• 5  garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (28 ounce) can tomatoes, undrained
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1  cup  uncooked long grain rice
• 1 1⁄2 cups water

Directions

1. Cook sausage in Dutch oven until browned, remove, and discard dripppings.
2. Add ground beef, green pepper, green onion, and garlic to Dutch oven; cook until beef is browned; drain. Add tomatoes, salt, pepper, and sausage. Cover and simmer 20 minutes.
3. Add rice and water to meat mixture; cover and cook 25 minutes or until rice is tender.