• 1 tablespoon avocado oil or less if using higher fat meats like thighs and pork sausage
• 1 small onion diced
• 1 medium green pepper diced
• 4 cloves garlic minced
• 1 pound boneless skinless thighs or breasts, chopped into bite-size chunks
• 1 cup long grain rice I use California basmati
• 1/4-1/2 pound smoked Andouille sausage or kielbasa or Louisiana smoked, quartered and sliced** see note above in post
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 14 oz can pureed tomatoes I often puree a can of diced tomatoes with my immersion blender...this just too not deter the kids!
• 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning I used one that has NO salt. Omit additional salt in recipe if yours has salt.
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon sea salt

Optional:

• chopped artichoke hearts added in with the tomatoes and broth.