Serves: 6
Total Calories: 468

4 slices bacon, chopped
1 pound fresh Italian sausage
1 large yellow onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, chopped, mashed
3 potatoes, peeled, quartered
1 green bell pepper, chopped
1 cup Donax (bean clams) broth
4 medium tomatoes, skinned
1 tablespoon sweet basil
1 (6-ounce) can tomato paste
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
2 large bay leaves
3 cups water
1 cup rice, uncooked
2 cups raw shrimp, peeled
1 cup blue crabmeat, picked

Fry bacon in large heavy skillet. Remove bacon, and wipe pan clean before browning thick slices of sausage. Add onion, garlic, potatoes, and green bell pepper; lightly sauté. Return bacon to pan, and add remaining ingredients except shrimp and crabmeat. Simmer until potatoes are tender. add shrimp and crabmeat. Continue to cook until shrimp are fully pink. Serve in bowls along with hot French bread.


Fun Fact: Potato trivia:

In October 1995, the potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space.

You can treat aches and pains by rubbing boiled potato water (cooled) to the affected area.

You can treat facial blemishes by washing your face daily with cool potato juice.

Nutritional Facts:

Serves: 6
Total Calories: 468
Calories from Fat: 180

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