check out www.zatarain.com for spices konriko pican rice tasso and andouille sausage (is all wild boar; cajungrocer.com) cajungrocer.com ffod, fresh food, sausage - smoked Alex Patout andouille or savoie's andouille alex patout's tasso (too salty?) green bell peppers, chopped fine garlic to taste chicken breasts, bite sized pieces vegetables to taste maybe crushed tomatoes (southerner's don't like beans in chili or jambalaya) slice the andouille, about 1/8" thick slices cube tasso, about 1/4" cubes pepper, sausage, tasso, chicken go into pot brown everything (let it sit for about 45mins after browning to let it mingle) add enough chicken stock to cover what you have in the pot bring it up to a boil enough rice to absorb whatever liquid is in there, pot gets covered tightly let it come back to a boil (fork in the road/recipe) you can either finish it on the stove, adding shrimp in about ten minutes after you get it to a boil or you can add the shrimp, take the pot off the stove, and finish it in a 350 degree oven stirring the pot occasionally for the first 5 or so mins