Dirty Rice
Quick answer
- Total time
- 70 min
- Level
- Medium
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Ingredients
- 17
About this dish
The dirty in the name comes from finely chopped chicken liver and pork, which stain the rice brown.
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It is a Cajun dish from Louisiana, built on the usual onion, green pepper and celery, with cayenne for heat.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Rinse rice and bring it to a boil with 500 ml water.
Cover and cook on low for 15 to 18 minutes, then turn off the heat and rest covered for 10 minutes.
- 2
Finely chop onion, pepper, celery and garlic.
On a separate board, trim membranes and connective tissue from the livers and cut into 5 mm pieces. Wash hands and utensils after handling raw liver.
- 3
Heat oil in a wide skillet and cook pork over medium-high heat for 5 minutes, breaking it apart.
Add liver and cook, stirring, for another 5 minutes.
- 4
Add the chopped vegetables and garlic and cook over medium heat for 7 minutes.
Stir in paprika, thyme, cayenne, salt and pepper, then add stock and bay leaf and scrape the pan bottom.
- 5
Simmer uncovered for 7 to 10 minutes until no thin liquid pools between the meat.
Check that the meat mixture, including the liver, reaches at least 74°C.
- 6
Remove the bay leaf and fold in the rested rice.
Stir gently over medium-low heat for 3 to 5 minutes until hot throughout, without crushing the grains. Finish with chopped parsley.
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- Dirty Rice
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