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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 1 medium red onion, diced
- 1 tablespoon crushed garlic
- 1 package (12.8 ounces) chicken sausage, sliced and cut into quarters
- 2 cups carrots, diced
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 1 (14.5 oz.) diced tomatoes
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- ½ pound peeled and deveined cooked shrimp
- 2 packages of Knorr® Sides Creamy Chicken
- ½ cup parsley
- Season with salt to taste
Directions
- In a medium pot, add the canola oil and heat over medium high heat for 1 minute.
- Add the onion and garlic and cook for 2-3 minutes or until onions become translucent.
- Add chicken sausage and cook for 3 minutes, or until brown.
- Add the carrots, bell peppers, tomatoes, black pepper and paprika. Cover and simmer for 8 minutes
- Add shrimp and mix well. Set aside in a bowl.
- In the same pot, cook Knorr® Sides Creamy Chicken packages as directed on the package without the margarine.
- One minute before the rice is completely cooked, add sausage mix to the pot. Mix well and then add parsley.
- Let stand at least for 2 minutes. Stir and serve.
Serves 8.
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Manuel Villacorta, RDN, is a best-selling author, founder of Whole Body Reboot, health blog contributor for The Huffington Post and RDN contributor for Univision. Manuel recently contributed to a National Geographic series on Superfoods. Read Manuel’s blog, Whole Body Reboot, and follow him on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest.