Dirty (Cajun) Rice

"This is a recipe I developed by trying to duplicate a rice dish from a restaurant. It ended up being very simple and quick. It came very close to the original. Some folks even say it's better."
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
6
Serves:
6-8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cook rice.
  • While rice is cooking, chop onions into 1/4" pieces separating the bottoms from the tops.
  • Sauté the bottoms along with the loose sausage until cooked thoroughly, about 15-20 minutes.
  • Then add 1/2 bouillon cube and 1/4 cup water and mix thoroughly. Turn off heat.
  • Add onion tops and toss so that residual heat will take the bite out of the onions.
  • Mix rice with meat mixture and serve.
  • NOTE: The amount of onions are to taste, but do not use less than 2 bunches. The Cajun seasoning is also to taste. Do not add salt, as the bouillon and Cajun seasoning take care of the saltiness. Enjoy!

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Reviews

  1. This is a great recipe! I like how it all came together. Even with all the seasonings I did find the rice a bit bland so next time I might cook the rice in the water with the bouillon powder and some more seasonings. Thank you so much for posting :)
     
  2. This recipe is most excellent!!! Easy to make, and it smells absolutely wonderful while it is cooking. I add a cup of cooked peas to the mix to make that one dish meal. Try it, you'll like it!!!
     
  3. This is the only recipe that I will cook for large amounts of people. I make it for my men's church group on potlucks and since I don't cook much this simple recipe works well. I found a local cajun spice sausage and it works, matter fact I had to cut down on the spice a bit. It had to be good cause the cajun men (Thibodaux, LA) said it was jus' righ cher' , but, us non-cajuns there thought it a bit much.
     
  4. This was an EASY and yummy recipe!! We added beans to the rice mixture and served it with smoked sausage on top. It was very tasty! We'll definitely make it again!!! :-)
     
  5. While rice is a favorite at our house we had never had 'Dirty Rice' This flavorful combination of rice, sausage and seasonings was not only incredibly easy to make, had an aroma that tantalized it made for a great tasting rice dish that we found we loved! Thank you for sharing a recipe that we will be enjoying again ... and again!
     
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I am of Italian heritage and a native of New Orleans, so exceptional food is in the blood! We New Orleanians are very passionate about our food. Katrina is responsible for us relocating to San Antonio, Texas. We are caring for my elderly parents and needed a new business that did not take us out of the home fulltime. So, we started a catering business! It's going quite well so far.
 
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