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Dirty Rice
Serves: 6
Ingredients
- 1 lb hot sausage ground
- 1 tbsp oil
- 1 yellow onion diced
- 1 green bell pepper diced
- 1 red bell pepper diced
- 1 stalks celery diced
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 cup rice uncooked
- 2 cups beef broth
- 4 bay leaves
- 5 sprigs of thyme
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/8 tsp cayenne
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp cajun seasoning
- 1/8 tsp fennel seeds
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley chopped (to mix at the end)
- 2 green onions finely chopped (to mix in at the end)
Instructions
- Heat a large pan or dutch oven to medium heat. Once heated, add about 1 tbsp of oil.
- Add onions, bell peppers, and celery and saute for 10-15 minutes or until vegetables are translucent and have cooked down.
- Move vegetables to one side of the pan and add your sausage to the empty side of the pan. Brown sausage for about 10 minutes, breaking it up with a spoon.
- Once browned, stir sausage up with the vegetables. everything together.
- Add garlic, rice, fennel seeds, salt, cajun seasoning, cayenne, and smoked paprika to the pan. Let cook for about 1-2 minute, stirring frequently. Pro tip: Adding the rice before the liquid allows the rice to toast, which aids in the flavor.
- Add bay leaves, thyme, and broth to the pan. Bring liquid to a boil, reduce to simmer, cover and cook for 20-25 minutes or until rice is tender.
- Fluff with a fork, stir in chopped parsley and green onion and serve.
Nutritional Information
Calories: 394kcal (20%)Carbohydrates: 30g (10%)Protein: 16g (32%)Fat: 23g (35%)Saturated Fat: 7g (44%)Polyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 11gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 54mg (18%)Sodium: 1367mg (59%)Potassium: 426mg (12%)Fiber: 2g (8%)Sugar: 2g (2%)Vitamin A: 1395IU (28%)Vitamin C: 49mg (59%)Calcium: 44mg (4%)Iron: 2mg (11%)