Chicken Gumbo

1/2 cup cooked white rice
1 tsp olive oil
4 ounces chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces
2 ounces ham, chopped
3/4 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup diced canned tomatoes with juice
1 carrot, peeled and sliced
1 celery stalk, sliced
1/2 cup uncooked macaroni
1 ounce peeled and deveined medium shrimp, cut into bite-sized pieces
1 tsp dried Basil
Salt, to taste

Cook chicken and ham in oil over medium-high heat until chicken loses pink color. Add chicken broth, tomatoes with juice and water. Bring to boil over high heat. Add carrot and celery. Reduce heat to medium-high and cook, stirring occassionally, for 5 minutes. Add macaroni and cook, stirring frequently, for 10 minutes. Add shrimp and cook 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in cooked rice, basil and salt.

Number of Servings: 4

Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user BIETABLOCK.