Recipe - Quick Cajun Rice Skillet

1 teaspoon Vegetable oil
1 lg Onion; (for 1 cup chopped)
1 md Green bell pepper; (for 1
cup chopped)
1 teaspoon Minced garlic
1 pack Turkey kielbasa ; (14 oz)
1 cn Stewed tomatoes ; (14 1/2
oz)
1 cn Nonfat chicken broth ; (14
One half oz)
3 One fourth cup Instant; (5minute) rice
One half teaspoon Ground black pepper
One half teaspoon Dried thyme
One half teaspoon Dried oregano
1 cn White beans ; (15 oz) such
as Great
Northern
1 cn Red beans ; (15 oz)
Hot pepper sauce; optional

Heat oil over medium heat in an extradeep, 12inch nonstick skillet that
has a lid. Peel and coarsely chop the onion, adding it to the skillet as
you chop. Seed and coarsely chop the green pepper. Add it to the skillet.
Add garlic. Cut sausage into 1/4inchthick slices, adding them to the
skillet as you slice. Add tomatoes, chicken broth and rice. Bring the
mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat to medium. Add black pepper, thyme
and oregano. over skillet; cook 4 minutes. Rinse and drain both cans of
beans. After rice has cooked 4 minutes, gently stir in beans. Continue to
cook 2 minutes or until beans are hot. Season with hot pepper sauce to
taste. Serve at once. Yield: 6