Dirty rice
Dirty rice, from above
Non vegLouisiana

Dirty rice

Rice dirtied with liver, pork and Cajun spice. The messiest name for a very tidy dinner.

50 minTime
18 gProtein each
mediumSpice
Why the rice is dirty2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayRice cooked with pork, chicken livers, the trinity and Cajun spices.
The original
380kcalsame
18 gproteinsame
2 gfibresame
50minutessame

Dirty rice.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

6 servings
Rice1½ cups long grain
Minced pork (pork mince, ground pork)pork mince
Chicken liverchicken livers, finely chopped
Onion1, chopped
Capsicum (green capsicum, green bell pepper)1 green bell pepper, chopped
Celery1 stalk, chopped
Garlic3 cloves, minced
Chicken stock (chicken broth)about 3 cups
Paprika1 tsp
Red chilli powder (indian red chili powder)¼ tsp cayenne
Dried thyme½ tsp
Dried oregano½ tsp
Black pepper½ tsp
Saltto taste
Spring onion (green onion, scallion)3, sliced
Cooking oil (vegetable oil)1 tbsp

Method

4 steps
  1. 1Brown the pork in oil over high heat, breaking it up, then add the chopped livers and cook until no pink remains.
  2. 2Add onion, pepper and celery and cook until soft, then garlic and all the spices.
  3. 3Stir in rice to coat, pour in stock, bring to a boil, then cover and cook on low for 18 minutes.
  4. 4Rest 10 minutes, fluff, season and fold in spring onions.
Serve it like this

Spoon into a bowl and finish with spring onions and a few dashes of hot sauce. Good alone or beside fried chicken or blackened fish.

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With a main Southern fried chicken60 min
On the side Southern collard greens90 min
On the side Maque choux25 min
To drink Southern sweet tea20 min
Something sweet Malai kulfi60 min
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