Taste of Home
Quick Shrimp Gumbo
TOTAL TIME: Prep/Total Time: 20 min.
YIELD: 4 servings.
This hearty dish is one of our favorites. I've made it with all shrimp or with all turkey sausage, and it's just as good. I usually cook it in the microwave.
-Mrs. Leo Merchant of Jackson, Mississippi
Ingredients
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1 cup finely chopped onion
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3 garlic cloves, minced
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1 teaspoon canola oil
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1/2 pound reduced-fat cooked kielbasa or Polish sausage, halved and cut into 1/4-inch slices
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1-1/2 cups chopped green pepper
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1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
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1 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
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1 bay leaf
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1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
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1/2 teaspoon salt
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1/2 teaspoon chili powder
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1/4 teaspoon pepper
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1/8 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
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3/4 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
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1/2 cup uncooked instant rice
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Lemon slices, optional
Directions
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1.
In a large saucepan, saute onion and garlic in oil for 2 minutes or until crisp-tender. Stir in sausage; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until sausage begins to brown. Add green pepper; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until crisp-tender. Stir in the tomatoes, broth, seasonings and hot pepper sauce. Bring to a boil.
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2.
Cook, uncovered, for 2 minutes or until heated through. Stir in shrimp. Cook 3-4 minutes longer or until shrimp turn pink. Stir in rice. Remove from the heat.
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3.
Cover and let stand for 5 minutes or until rice is tender. Discard bay leaf. Serve with lemon slices if desired.
Nutrition Facts
1-1/4 cups: 246 calories, 5g fat (1g saturated fat), 146mg cholesterol, 1211mg sodium, 27g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 3g fiber), 23g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 2 vegetable, 1 starch, 1/2 fat.
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