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© FrugalAbundance
2007-2011
GFCF Means
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Cajun Style Dirty Rice
- 1/2 to 1 pound ground beef or turkey
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 stalks of celery, chopped
- 1/2 cup chopped green peppers
or another 2 stalks of celery
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1-1/2 cups converted rice or
regular long grain white rice
- 15 ounce can tomatoes or (better) 10 ounce
can tomatoes and green chile peppers
- 1/8 - 1/2 teaspoon ground red
pepper or red pepper flakes
- 3 to 4 cups water
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 bouillon cubes, any flavor
- Optional: 4 to 8 ounces of
sliced hot dogs or smoked sausage
- Optional: 4 ounce can baby shrimp or 8 ounces
frozen shrimp
I find this is best made in a deep chicken fryer or a 4-quart pot.
The rice expands a lot and it needs somewhere to go.
Place the ground beef or turkey in the skillet. Fry and crumble it
until it's evenly browned. Drain and rinse the meat if desired. While
the meat cooks chop the onion, celery can green pepper or more
celery. Add the vegetables and garlic ot the pot. Fry the veggies and
meat together for about 5 minutes. Add all of the remaining
ingredients. When the mixture simmers place a lid on the pot and
reduce the heat to low. Allow the rice to simmer for about 30
minutes. If a lot of steam is escaping then you may need to add a
little more water to keep the mixture juicy (but not soupy). When the
rice is tender it's time to eat. Makes 6 hearty servings.
I prefer this dish made with smoked turkey sausage and shrimp
in addition to 1/2-pound ground turkey, but of course economy
doesn't always allow for me to indulge my druthers. If I do add both
shrimp and sausage, I use 2-cups of rice instead of 1-1/2 and then
increase the water to 4 to 5 cups. This increases the number of
portions to about 8.
Over the years this has become one of my family's favorite dishes.
I've tried different variations over the years and this version is by
far our favorite.
If you have ground turkey that the family isn't especially fond of,
and you're looking for a good way to use it up, this recipe is
perfect. It's highly flavored enough to disguise the taste of ground
turkey if necessary. It's taken about 10 years, but I have finally
convinced my guys that ground turkey is yummy. It didn't happen
overnight though, it took lots of work and patience on my part. We
still don't much care for meatloaf made with ground turkey, but
skillet dishes with ground turkey are excellent!
The following nutritional data assumes you prepared this dish with
1-pound of regular ground beef, drained and rinsed to remove most of
the fat. I does not include any optional ingredients.
6 servings.
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 324 Calories; 7g Fat (20.9%
calories from fat); 18g Protein; 45g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber;
35mg Cholesterol; 918mg Sodium. Exchanges: 2 1/2 Grain(Starch);
2 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 Vegetable; 1/2 Fat.
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