This Dirty Rice recipe is a great go to meal for busy weekdays. It also happens to be one of my favorite make-ahead meals to take on camping trips.
Double The Recipe and You Can Freeze For Later
I make up a double batch of Dirty Rice ahead of time, refrigerate or freeze it, and have instant comfort food whenever we need it. Since it is so easy to reheat, this is one of those recipes that I suggest always doubling. By simply doubling a few meals from time to time, you can build up a bank of convenience meals and shop your freezer rather than stopping by a drive through.
For this Dirty Rice recipe you’re going to need:
- Cooked rice (to decrease carbs you can use cauliflower rice)
- Creole seasoning, parsley (fresh or dried)
- Onion
- Bell pepper
- Turkey sausage*
- Celery
- Chopped or minced garlic.
I LOVE Jennie-O turkey sausage. The mild and hot are both really good. That is the main brand I recommend if you can find it. I get it at Publix. If you can only find Butterball sausage, I’d just use ground beef instead.
How to Make The Best Dirty Rice Recipe At Home
- Chop all your herbs and veggies: Bell pepper, celery, parsley, and onion. You can use dried parsley if you prefer.
- Place these in a large skillet along with your sausage.
- Chop up your sausage a bit and cook that over medium to medium high heat.
- Cook this until sausage is cooked through and veggies are tender.
- Stir in your creole seasoning. I use two and a half tablespoons and it is perfect for us. You may want to start with a little less and taste it. You may end up using a lot more!
Lookin’ good!
- Toss in cooked rice.
- Stir that up good and make sure your rice is heated through.
Sit down with a glass of iced tea and a fine meal!
Leftovers can be refrigerated or frozen. This dish tastes just like it was freshly made when you reheat it.
Ingredients
- 4-5 Cups cooked rice
- 1 pound uncooked turkey sausage or ground beef
- 1-3 tablespoons Creole Seasoning I use Tony Chachere's
- 1 stalk celery chopped
- 1 small onion chopped
- 1/2 Bell Pepper chopped
- 2 Tablespoons chopped or minced garlic
- 4 Tablespoons fresh chopped parsley or 2 Tablespoons dried
Instructions
- In large skillet over medium heat, place celery, bell pepper, garlic, onion, parsley, and sausage. Break up sausage and cook all, stirring regularly, until sausage is fully cooked and vegetables are tender. Add Creole seasoning, stir. Stir in rice and continue cooking over medium heat until rice is heated through, stirring well the whole time.
- *For the Creole seasoning: Start on the low end and add more after the rice has been stirred in if you like more seasoning. This adds the spiciness so you want to do it to your personal taste.
Nutrition
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I was born and raised in South Louisiana–my mom’s maiden name is Benoit. I make this often–it is so easy and good. One year my daughter had to make a potluck dish for the Christmas lunch in her classroom and it had to be a dish about her heritage. I used red and green peppers to make it look more festive. She is 20 now and still talks about how her dish was the first one emptied–she said everyone wanted it.
A woman after my own heart!! Personally I would have used about four times the amount of creole seasoning but that’s because I like spicy hot foods. hehe Good choice on the brand IMO…Tony Chachere’s has never disappointed me. I can add a little and get full flavor without the heat or I can add a lot and get the heat without the flavor being overbearing.
What I think I admire most about this choice is that considering a young boy chose it, it still follows your SP principles…easy, cheap and quick to make. And it’s darn good too!! hehe
Thanks for another great post and an enlightening story on how valuable our days really are. I hope the rest of your weekend went well and that you made the most of it.
Michael
Good recipe thank you for the recipe Sudha Pillai from Bhopal
Thank you Sudha!
Being from Cajun country (south of New Orleans) I’d have to say you make one mean dirty rice recipe! The only thing I do differently is that I add ground beef along with the sausage…mmm mmmm ces’t se bon!
My husband was from Lafayette. He cooked Cajun style and made wonderful dirty rice. He used chicken livers in his and made his own seasoning mixture. I enjoyed all of the comments regarding the dirty rice.
When you live in SD, like I do, you get used to canceling events of any kind in the winter. We didn’t have Christmas until New Year’s Day and everybody lives right here in town. However, there were people that couldn’t get out of their driveways because of the Christmas storm, and this year we have had one winter storm after another. I’m beginning to think I should have moved South about 35 years ago. lol
Sorry about your weekend, but glad you can reschedule. Soometimes you just cant compete with mother nature. We got 11 inches of snow in dallas and that has never happened. It was the most snowfall in one single day in 30 years crazy!!! Dirty rice is my fave so i will be making this soon.
Oops i forgot Happy Belated Birthday to my southern sistah ♥
Imagine it in your head!! I am danicing around singing Happy Birhday to my favorite friend. ((Birthday Hugs))
Yum! Bein’ a Texan and a Cajun I just want to say that your dirty rice looks just like my Meemaw’s from Crowley (Acadia Parish), Louisiana!
And you can’t beat old Tony Chachere’s seasoning either!
🙂