Dirty Rice With Smoked Sausage Recipes

DIRTY RICE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven or large heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high heat. Add the sausage, ground beef and chicken livers and cook, breaking the meat into small bits with a wooden spoon, until no longer pink, 3 to 4 minutes. Transfer to a medium heatproof bowl with a slotted spoon.
• Remove and discard all but 2 tablespoons of the fat from the Dutch oven. Add the onion, bell pepper and celery and cook down, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables have softened, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the garlic, thyme and bay leaves and cook, stirring frequently, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in the rice, oregano, smoked paprika, cayenne, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper and cook about 30 seconds. Stir the cooked meat back in, then add the beef broth and Worcestershire sauce. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to a low simmer and cover. Cook until the rice is tender and has absorbed the liquid, about 18 minutes.
• Remove from the heat. Remove and discard the bay leaves, stir in the scallions and season.

DIRTY RICE WITH SMOKED SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet, add sausage, and brown.
• Stir in the garlic, onion, celery, and green bell pepper. Cook until veggies soften, about 5 minutes.
• Add salt and pepper to taste, along with chicken broth and cayenne pepper.
• Stir in cooked rice and chopped parsley, and heat through.

DIRTY RICE WITH SAUSAGE AND SHRIMP

Steps:

• Heat oil over medium-high heat in a deep, heavy skillet with a close-fitting cover.
• Add diced onion, celery, diced bell pepper, and garlic, and saute until well-browned, stirring often.
• Add sausage and chicken livers. Cook, stirring often, until sausage is well-browned.
• Add reserved liquid from mushrooms and scrape bottom of pan.
• Add thyme, red pepper flakes and black pepper. Stir in mushrooms, chopped onion, and chopped bell pepper. Cook until onions are slightly softened.
• Stir in rice. Cook, stirring, about 1 minute.
• Add stock, stir, and add shrimp.
• Reduce heat to very low. Cover tightly and simmer until liquid is absorbed and rice is cooked, about 40 minutes.
• Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

SMOKED-SAUSAGE AND OKRA DIRTY RICE

Steps:

• Bring 4 cups water to a boil in a 4-quart heavy saucepan, then add rice and 1/2 teaspoon salt and cook, covered tightly, over low heat until water is absorbed and rice is tender, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand, covered and undisturbed, 10 minutes. Fluff rice with a fork and keep covered.
• While rice cooks, heat 1 tablespoon oil in a 10- to 12-inch heavy skillet (preferably cast-iron) over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté sausage in 2 batches, stirring occasionally, until browned, 2 to 3 minutes per batch, transferring with a slotted spoon to a bowl. Add okra to skillet and sauté, stirring occasionally, until browned, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to another bowl.
• Heat remaining tablespoon oil in skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté onions and bell peppers, stirring occasionally, until softened and browned, about 5 minutes. Add garlic and sauté, stirring, 1 minute. Add okra, broth, black pepper, remaining 1/4 cup water, and remaining teaspoon salt and simmer, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened and level of liquid is evaporated to just below surface of solids, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in sausage.
• Toss sausage mixture with rice, scallions, and salt and pepper to taste.