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Creole Dirty Rice

This zesty one pot meal is a crowd pleaser! Come take a trip to Southern Louisiana with Creole Dirty Rice tonight!
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 8

Ingredients

  • 1 lb andouille sausage links or homemade andouille my recipe linked in blog post
  • 1 lb 80/20 ground beef
  • 1 large onion diced
  • 1 orange or red bell pepper diced
  • salt
  • 1 14.6 oz can diced tomatoes
  • 2 cups jasmine rice rinsed
  • 3 cups chicken stock
  • 1 tbsp Cajun seasoning my recipe linked in blog post

Instructions

  • Heat a 6 quart Dutch oven over medium high heat. Brown ground meats one at a time. Remove sausage from the casing and brown. Allow the meat to remain on the first side for 4-5 minutes before moving. Your goal is to build the “fond” or browning on the bottom of the pan. This will build delicious flavor in your final dish. Once your meat has browned well on the first side begin to break the meat apart and move it around so it can cook through.
  • Once your sausage is finished cooking, remove it to a clean plate and repeat this process with your ground beef.
  • Once your ground beef is finished cooking, remove it to the same plate as the cooked ground pork.
  • Now add your diced onion and bell peppers to your pan. Sprinkle your vegetables with a couple pinches of salt. This will help sweat the moisture out of your vegetables.
  • After 2-3 minutes, add your diced tomatoes and Cajun seasoning.
  • Heat your chicken stock. I often use the microwave for this. (3-4 minutes is enough) Or you can heat it on the stove. Heating your stock helps insure your rice cooks more evenly in your final dish.
  • Once your vegetables and tomatoes are bubbling, use a flat ended wooden spoon to start to scrape the “fond” or “brown yummy goodness” off of the bottom of the pan.
  • Next, mix in your ground meats. Heat this mixture until it is bubbling again.
  • Mix in your rice. Make sure your dish is bubbling and add your warmed broth.
  • Once your entire dish is bubbling. Place lid on dish and reduce heat to a simmer.
  • Allow dish to cook on a low heat/simmer for 15 minutes
  • After 15 minutes, fluff with a fork and serve.