Bayou Dirty Rice Food

DIRTY RICE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven or large heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Add the sausage, ground beef and chicken livers and cook, breaking the meat into small bits with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a medium heatproof bowl with a slotted spoon.
• Remove and discard all but 2 tablespoons of the fat from the Dutch oven. Add the onion, bell pepper and celery and cook down, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables have softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the garlic, thyme and bay leaves and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in the rice, oregano, smoked paprika, cayenne, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper and cook about 30 seconds. Stir the cooked meat back in, then add the beef broth and Worcestershire sauce. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to a low simmer and cover. Cook until the rice is tender and has absorbed the liquid, about 18 minutes.
• Remove from the heat. Remove and discard the bay leaves, stir in the scallions and season.

EASY BAKED DIRTY RICE

Steps:

• Pinch all the ingredients together, with your fingers, in a large casserole dish.
• Spread it all out into an even layer and bake, covered with foil, in a 350°F oven for 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes, remove the dish from the oven and stir/smoosh (breaking up the pieces of sausage and beef into itty-bitty tiny bits) and add a little more water if it looks dry.
• Bake, uncovered, for an additional 30 minutes.

CLASSIC CAJUN DIRTY RICE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large saucepan over high heat, bring the chicken broth to a boil.
• Add the chicken gizzards to the broth and reduce the heat to low; simmer for 30 minutes.
• Remove the gizzards with a slotted spoon and grind or chop them very finely. Reserve the broth.
• Add the bacon drippings or oil and 2 tablespoons of the butter to a Dutch oven or flameproof casserole over medium heat. Once the oil and butter mixture is hot, add the ground pork and ground or chopped gizzards.
• Cook, stirring frequently until browned.
• Lower the heat. Add the onions, celery, bell pepper, garlic, salt, pepper, paprika, and cayenne. Stir and continue cooking until the vegetables are tender, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Add the rice and reserved broth and then quickly bring to a boil. Heat the oven to 250 F.
• Stir, cover, and reduce the heat to low. Simmer for 15 minutes, or until the rice is tender.
• Melt the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter in a skillet and sauté the minced chicken livers for 3 minutes.
• Toss the minced chicken livers with the rice, taste for seasoning, and adjust with more salt and pepper as needed.
• Cover the pan and place it in the preheated oven for 10 minutes.
• Fluff with a fork. Serve and enjoy.

BAYOU DIRTY RICE

Steps:

• In large saucepan, saute bacon over medium heat until slightly crisp (about 10 minutes). Remove bacon from pan, place on paper towels. Drain off fat.
• Add to the saucepan, ground beef; saute over medium heat, breaking beef up into small pieces. Stir in onion, bell peppers, celery and garlic, sauteing until beef is no longer pink (3-5 minutes). Stir in cumin, salt, oregano, black and cayenne peppers; cook 1 minute.
• Stir in rice; cook 2 minutes. Stir in broth and bring to a boil; reduce heat, simmer, covered, until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed (25-30 minutes), stirring occasionally. Stir in parsley and bacon. Serve immediately.

BAYOU DIRTY RICE

Steps:

• Brown sausage and onion in large skillt over medium-high heat; drain. Add ceery, rice seasoning packet;cook and tir 2 minutes.
• Drain tomatoes, reserving liquid into measuring cup. Add water to measure 11/2 cups; pour over rice. Add tomatoes; bring to a boil. Cover and cook over low heat 20 minutes. Add bell pepper and parsley.
• Cover and cook 5 minutes or until rice is tender. Serve with roasted chicken or Cornish game hens.

DIRTY RICE (EASY)

Steps:

• Brown the sausage making a small crumble mixture in a skillet until cooked through.
• Stir in the broth, rice and minced onion.
• Cover and simmer for about 15-20 minutes or until the rice is tender. Most of the broth should be absorbed. Make sure to turn the heat off and let it stand covered for at least 5 minutes!

DELICIOUS DIRTY RICE

Steps:

• Beans : Soak for 2 - 4 hours.
• To cook, drain the soaking water and add cold water, 1 part beans to 2 or 3 parts cold water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a very slow simmer, so the beans stay in their jackets. Simmer for 2 hours.
• Lightly toast pine nuts.
• In a heavy saucepan, heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil over medium heat.
• Add the garlic and the chopped onions; saute for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Mix in the bell pepper, chili powder, chili flakes, cumin, and cinnamon.
• Saute for 2 minutes.
• Pour the rice into the saucepan and stir to coat.
• Add the water and 1 teaspoon salt, and bring the rice to a boil over high heat.
• Cover the pan and turn the heat to low.
• Simmer the rice for 25 minutes.
• When the rice is cooked, mix in tomatoes, corn, black beans, and pine nuts.
• Stir in salt, pepper and lime juice.
• When the mixture is heated through, spoon it onto plates and top with the sliced red onion and cilantro.
• Serve a wedge or two of lime with each plate to squeeze over the rice.