I loved that you can cook this in the oven like a casserole! It was good, but the downside is that it is rather mild and bland & pretty darn tomato-y even though I modified the receipe with more spice and less tomato, but it was good and my daughter ate her whole bowl.
I'm going to make this again on Tuesday for a Mardi Gras party but I'll make additional changes.
To test the recipe out today (before Tuesday's party) I cut the recipe in half and then modified it by using only 1 cup dry rice. I pre-cooked two skinless/boneless chicken breasts that I had cut into small cubes and I pre-cooked half of a smoked beef sausage sliced (draining both meats.) I added only one can (14.5 oz) chopped tomatoes instead of 28 oz whole tomatoes to my veggies, tomato paste mixture after it were done cooking and warmed the tomatoes through. I also added a 1/2 can of black beans (drained) at the same time I added the chopped tomatoes and wamred them through. (I had also added 1/2 red bell pepper to the 1/2 green bell pepper, 1/2 onion, 2 cloves garlic and the 2 stalks celery.) I added three drops of Dave's Insanity sauce to the tomato paste, but a shake or two of tobasco would be good too. I will add tobasco and maybe some ground dry red pepper flakes on Tuesday... something to give it a bit more spicey flavor. I didn't use ham, and didn't miss it. I added frozen, raw shrimp... a nice good medium size and they were good... I might add more shrimp next time.
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