(8 servings)

3/4 c Chopped onion
1/2 c Chopped celery
1/4 c Chopped green pepper
2 Garlic cloves, minced
2 tb Butter or margarine
2 c Cubed fully cooked ham
1 cn Tomatoes with liquid, cut up (28 oz.)
1 cn Condensed beef broth (10 1/2-oz.)
1 c Uncooked long grain white rice
1 c Water
1 ts Sugar
1 ts Dried thyme
1/2 ts Chili powder
1/4 ts Pepper
1 1/2 lb Fresh or frozen uncooked shrimp, peeled & deveined
1 tb Chopped fresh parsley

In a Dutch oven, saute onion, celery, green pepper and garlic in butter until tender. Add next 9 ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 25 minutes. Add shrimp and parsley; simmer uncovered, until shrimp are cooked, 7-10 minutes.