Not So 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.

DIRTY RICE (NO LIVERS)

Steps:

• Brown ground beef and drain.
• Mix everything together.
• Bake in covered dish about 2 hours at 350.
• Top w/ green onions before serving.
• Note: You may substitute 1/2 pound ground meat and 1/2 pound sausage.

DIRTY RICE

Steps:

• In a large ovenproof pan over meidum-high heat, melt butter; add onions and peppers to pan and stir until limp, about 5 minutes.
• Add Old Bay seasoning and rice and continue cooking until rice is translucent, about 2 minutes.
• Pour 2 3/4 cups boiling water into rice mixture.
• Stir well until rice returns to a boil.
• Stir in the black-eyed peas and season well with salt and pepper.
• Cover pan with a sheet of buttered waxed paper or prchment paper and then with aluminum foil.
• Bake in 400°F oven for 15 to 18 minutes.
• When the rice is done, fold in the cilantro and serve.

DIRTY RICE

Steps:

• Saute onion and celery in olive oil and set aside.
• Brown pork sausage, drain and crumble.
• In a separate large saucepan with lid, combine onion, celery, sausage, carrot, rice, chicken broth, water, garlic powder, salt and black pepper.
• Simmer on very low heat covered for approximately 30 to 40 minutes until rice is done. Stir occasionally to prevent rice from sticking on bottom.

DIRTY, DIRTY RICE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a high-sided pan over medium-high heat. Cook and stir pork until well browned and fat is rendered, 5 to 7 minutes. Add onion, celery, and bell pepper; saute until translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in paprika, cumin, black pepper, cayenne, garlic powder, oregano, and thyme. Cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables continue to soften, about 5 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium and add andouille sausage. Cook and stir to release some flavor, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in chicken livers and rice until well coated. Season with salt, pour in broth, and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Add bay leaf and Worcestershire sauce. Cover tightly; reduce heat to medium-low. Cook, without stirring, until most of the liquid is absorbed and rice is starting to get tender, about 25 minutes.
• Add green onions and parsley; mix well. Continue cooking over low to medium-low heat until rice is tender, about 10 minutes more. Taste for seasoning and remove bay leaf before serving.