Authentic Cajun Dirty Rice Recipe
- (A Creole dish)
- 6 c. chicken stock (homemade or possibly canned)
- 1 lb chicken gizzards
- 1 lb chicken livers
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 tsp cayenne, or possibly to taste
- 3 tsp extra virgin olive oil or possibly bacon drippings
- 2 med yellow onions, minced
- 2 x cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 lrg green pepper, seeded and minced
- 1 lb lean grnd pork
- 1 lb bulk Italian sausage, warm or possibly mild
- 2 c. uncooked long-grain rice Freshly grnd black pepper to taste
- 4 x green onions, minced
- 1/4 c. minced fresh parsley
- Heat chicken stock in a 12-quart.
- pot and add in gizzards and livers along with salt, Worcestershire sauce and cayenne.
- Cover and lightly boil for 30 min.
- In the meantime chop all the vegetables.
- Heat a large frying pan, add in oil or possibly bacon drippings and saute/fry onion, garlic, green pepper and celery.
- Remove from pan.
- Add in grnd pork and sausage to same pan and saute/fry till lightly browned.
- Drain meat in a colander and throw away fat.
- Remove livers and gizzards from the stock, reserving stock.
- Cold them for a moment and coarsely grind in meat grinder or possibly food processor.
- Add in gizzards and livers, along with browned meats, to the vegetables.
- Place all in a large pot and add in 1/2 c. reserved chicken stock.
- Cover and simmer 20 min.
- Meanwhile, using 4 c. of reserved stock, cook the rice.
- Add in cooked rice to completed vegetables and meat; gently stir in green onions and parsley.
- Taste for salt and pepper and serve.
- Serves 8-10.
- NOTE: The name comes from the appearance of the rice.
- The livers and gizzards give this old down-home dish a rather "dirty"
- look!
chicken, chicken gizzards, chicken livers, salt, worcestershire sauce, cayenne, extra virgin olive oil, yellow onions, garlic, green pepper, lean grnd pork, italian sausage, longgrain rice, green onions, fresh parsley
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/authentic-cajun-dirty-rice-72110 (may not work)