Madeline Roseland's Dirty Rice

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 2 cups rice
• 4 cups turkey drippings, juice
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1/2 lb ground chicken liver
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 1 large bell pepper, chopped
• 3 -4 stalks celery, finely chopped
• 4 fresh garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 cup real unsalted butter
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, more to taste
• 1/2 teaspoon cajun spices, more to taste (i use tony chaceries)
• salt
• black pepper

Recipe

• 1 cook rice in turkey stock in microwave or rice steamer.
• 2 if using the steamer, reduce turkey stock to 2 cups.
• 3 sauté garlic and vegetables in butter until soft.
• 4 add ground meat and seasoning to sautéed vegetables.
• 5 brown until done.
• 6 do not drain liquid--this is not a low fat recipe!
• 7 just continue cooking until the liquid is reduced almost completely (leave it a little juicy) back into the meat and vegetable mixture. you don't want the rice runny, just moist.
• 8 stir meat mixture into rice and serve.