Dirty Rice Recipe

Dirty rice , a Cajun favorite, contains white rice is mixed with diced up chicken livers or gizzards, which is the “dirty” part of the  rice, along with sautéed onions, celery and bell peppers and usually sausage.  Its seasoned somewhat spicy depending on the person’s taste and then served as an entire meal.  Below is my recipe for a delicious dirty rice that is made with onion, celery, bell pepper, garlic, ground pork, ground beef, chicken livers, rice, chicken broth, vegetable broth, cayenne and other seasonings and herbs.

Ingredients

2 3/4 cups of vegetable broth
1 1/2 teaspoons of salt
1 1/2 cups of long grain rice
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 small onion, diced
2 celery stalks, diced
1 green bell pepper, diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
1/2 pound of  ground pork
1/2 pound of ground beef
1/2 cup chicken livers (about 4 ounces), diced
1 tablespoon dried oregano
1 teaspoons of salt
1/4 teaspoon of ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
1/8 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
1 1/2 cups chicken broth
1/2 bunch scallions (white and green parts only), chopped
2 tablespoons of parsley, chopped

Instructions

Pour your vegetable broth into a large saucepan with a tight-fitting lid. Bring your broth to a boil over a medium high heat and then add in your salt and rice to the broth.  Now, give your rice a quick stir, reduce your heat to low and then place your lid on your saucepan and let simmer covered for 18 minutes.  After 18 minutes remove your rice from the burner and let sit for 5 minutes.   After 5 minutes fluff your rice with a fork and set aside for use later.

While your rice is cooking you will want to place your oil in a large skillet and place it over high heat. When the oil is hot, add in your onion, celery, bell peppers and garlic and sauté your vegetables until they begin to soften.  This should take about 5 minutes.

Then add in your ground pork, ground beef and chicken livers and cook until your meat has browned, making certain to stir and break up your ground meat as it cooks.   Now, add in your oregano, salt, black pepper, chili powder and cayenne and stir for another minute.  Then add in  about 1/4 of a cup of your chicken broth and take a wooden spoon and scrape the bottom of your pan to remove all of the brown bits on the bottom.  This will add in some extra flavor to your broth.  Now add in the rest of your chicken broth, your rice, scallions and parsley and stir until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is heated through.