Chicken Jambalaya - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 chicken, cut up
1/4 c. cooking oil or butter
1/3 c. minced onion
1/2 c. skinned, seeded and chopped tomato
1 diced green pepper
1/2 c. diced celery
1/2 lb. diced, cooked ham
1 c. rice
1 bay leaf
1/4 tsp. thyme
1/4 c. chopped parsley
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
boiling water

Preparation

Saute
chicken\tfor
about
5 minutes in oil or butter. Remove from pan.
Saute onion, tomato, green pepper and celery in\tsame oil or butter.
Add rice and mix.
Cover these ingredients with boiling water.
Add bay leaf, thyme, parsley, salt and
pepper. Add
chicken.
Simmer
until chicken is soft and tender.
Add ham.
Season to taste.
Dry out the jambalaya by placing in oven for 5 to 10 minutes at 350\u00b0.