Dirty Rice
Ingredients
1 lb good ground beef
1 lb breakfast sausage
Onion, chopped
Bell Pepper, chopped
Celery, chopped. (Or, just buy a bag of Seasoning Mix veggies)
Salt
Pepper
3 cups dry rice
3 cups chicken stock (use bullion cubes or pre-packaged)
Cooking
In a big Dutch oven, brown your meat, stirring together the beef and sausage. Add chopped veggies and cook then in the meat until tender. Drain the meat and veggie mix. Salt and pepper to taste.
Put meat and veggies back in the Dutch oven, add rice and chicken stock, reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 12 minutes, or until rice is tender.
Alternatively, you can put that Dutch oven in a 350F oven for 30 minutes, or until the rice is tender. Either way. Or, if you're feeding a regiment, you can double the recipe and put the mixture into a steam pan and cook it in the oven. It all turns out good.
Dirty rice is a south Louisiana tradition, and a really easy way to dress up a meal.
One recipe that does not include assorted chicken parts... I am keeping it!
ReplyDeleteThanks, pop! I'm gonna make a big batch for thanksgiving.
ReplyDeleteIt's been my dinner more than one night! :-)
ReplyDeleteMy late mother used to make the dish with chicken giblets.
ReplyDeleteI have never made that recipe but plan to try this one.
This is one thing which doesn't need to be made from scratch. Zatarain's makes an excellent rice and herb base, all you need to do is fry up the meat. BTW, I have experimented with grinding, mixing & freezing my own beef, and havent bought pre-ground beeg in years. I also add back about 25% bulk bacon ends/pieces to the grinder. Makes for a perfect fry and superior flavor for everything I use ground beef for.
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