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Cajun Dirty Rice

July 11, 2013 by Melissa 24 Comments

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Cajun rice or “dirty rice” is a traditional Cajun rice pilaf and a beloved Louisiana classic. This Cajun Dirty Rice is my spin on traditional Cajun rice and it’s turbo charged with flavor. Serve it as a kicked-up side any day of the week with a generous drizzle of hot sauce on the side.

Cajun Dirty Rice

Traditional Dirty Rice

Traditional dirty rice uses chopped chicken livers which gives it a distinctive flavor and a dark color dubbing it “dirty” rice. It typically starts with a trinity of diced bell pepper, celery and onion but as with any recipe, variations always depend on the cooks preference. My family loves Cajun food, but chicken livers?  Not so much.  I developed this version to suit their taste and it is a regular rotation on our menu now.
a skillet with Cajun Dirty Rice

What Goes Well With Dirty Rice?

  • I love serving Cajun Dirty Rice with chicken either barbecued or grilled, chicken tenders, or pork tenderloin rubbed with a sweet bourbon seasoning.
  • It’s hearty enough to serve as a main dish if you’re so inclined, and guaranteed to put smiles on the faces of those you’re feeding.
  • You may also enjoy these rice recipes in the MSSK recipe index Creole Andouille Rice Brunch Bake, Teriyaki Rice Pilaf with Mushrooms and Peas, Italian Rice Pilaf.
  • You may also like this recipe for One Skillet Beef Meatballs and Rice with Peas.

Cajun Dirty Rice

 

 

Cajun Dirty Rice

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Cajun Dirty Rice

Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time40 mins
Total Time50 mins
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cajun-dirty-rice
Servings: 8
Author: Melissa Sperka

Ingredients

  • 1 lb bulk breakfast sausage [*see cook's note]
  • 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 small green bell pepper diced
  • 1 small red bell pepper diced
  • 1 medium sweet onion diced
  • 1 rib celery diced
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • salt & black pepper to taste
  • 1 1/2 cups long grain rice [such as Uncle Ben's Converted Rice]
  • 5 cups low sodium chicken stock or water
  • 2 tsp Cajun or Creole seasoning adjust to taste
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1/4 cup chopped flat leaf parsley or cilantro

Instructions

  • In a large stove top saucepan, over medium-high heat, sauté the sausage until no pink remains. Drain excess fat reserving 3 Tbsp in the pan.
  • Deglaze the pan with Worcestershire sauce scraping any brown bits off the bottom of the pan. Add the diced veggies and garlic. Season with salt and black pepper to taste.
  • Cook for 5-7 minutes until the veggies begin to soften and brown.
  • Add the rice. Stir the rice and cook for 1-2 minutes until it begins to brown.
  • Add the chicken stock, creole seasoning and bay leaves. Lower the temperature and simmer over medium-low heat covered for 25 minutes.
  • Cook until the rice is fully tender and the broth has been absorbed.
  • Remove from the heat and stir in the chopped parsley. Keep covered until serving.

Notes

If you'd like to add liver to the rice, 4 oz of chopped chicken livers will do nicely. Cook along with the ground sausage then proceed with the recipe as written.
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Comments

  1. Angela says

    November 22, 2020 at 8:22 pm

    5 stars
    Great recipe and delicious

    Reply
    • Melissa says

      November 22, 2020 at 9:42 pm

      Thank you!

      Reply
  2. ME Michie says

    April 18, 2020 at 1:55 pm

    This was sooo delicious. My picky eaters loved it!!!

    Reply
    • Melissa says

      April 18, 2020 at 2:19 pm

      Thanks so much!

      Reply
  3. Stacey says

    March 31, 2020 at 1:42 pm

    5 stars
    This was amazing will definitely make this again this is a must try

    Reply
    • Melissa says

      March 31, 2020 at 3:36 pm

      Thanks so much!

      Reply
  4. Mira George says

    December 7, 2019 at 8:03 pm

    Made this with turkey sausage and it was delicious!

    Reply
  5. BJ says

    January 24, 2019 at 4:23 pm

    4 stars
    We have made this several time and love the flavor but the rice turns out sticky. Any tips to avoid this?

    Reply
    • Melissa says

      January 24, 2019 at 4:28 pm

      Use a good long grain brand of rice. All rice isn’t equal so, that’s key.

      Reply
  6. Joelle says

    January 29, 2018 at 5:45 pm

    I tried this last week, soo delicious! One recommendation to add the veggies at the end, when there was about 10 min left otherwise they become too soft.

    Reply
    • Melissa says

      January 30, 2018 at 9:23 am

      Glad you enjoyed!

      Reply
  7. Robert Hiller says

    May 20, 2016 at 6:16 pm

    Dirty Rice was always a favorite in Culinary School.. Any time we made it we had to take a plate out to the receptionist or suffer her wrath. :-).

    Reply
    • Melissa says

      May 20, 2016 at 6:35 pm

      How funny, I share her love of dirty rice.

      Reply
  8. Shana Bryant says

    August 26, 2015 at 7:40 pm

    I tried this dish on Monday and my family loved it, the flavor is amazing! The only substitution I made was, I used beef broth instead of chicken. Going in my dinner rotation, thanks!

    Reply
    • Melissa says

      August 26, 2015 at 8:51 pm

      Wonderful, thank you for taking the time to let me know.

      Reply
  9. Melissa says

    November 15, 2013 at 12:24 pm

    Hi Anita, that sounds delightful! Great question, sometimes dishes that use cream soups need the baking process to develop the flavor. Sounds like a great experiment. ☺

    Reply
    • Pam Abshire G. says

      October 8, 2018 at 12:23 am

      4 stars
      We actually have a quick & easy recipe that calls for cream soup that is baked in the oven.

      Reply
  10. Anita M Butler says

    November 15, 2013 at 4:13 am

    This gives me an idea. We have a family favorite we call Chinese Casserole. It is raw rice, ground turkey, onion, carrots, brown sugar and cream of mushroom, soy sauce, & water that is baked for an hour at 350. I’m wondering if using your skillet method might work just ask well and be quicker.

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  11. Melissa says

    July 17, 2013 at 8:11 pm

    You don’t have to use chicken livers at all. If you’d like to lighten up the dish use ground turkey or chicken sausage instead. You could also use ground beef.

    Reply
    • Colleen says

      March 15, 2019 at 4:32 am

      I was going to post that you can use ground meat. I’m Cajun and this recipe is the closest I’ve seen that is spot on to our dirty rice!

      Reply
      • Melissa says

        March 15, 2019 at 7:31 am

        I consider that high praise Colleen, thanks so much!

  12. Anonymous says

    July 17, 2013 at 5:45 pm

    What can be substituted for the sausage and chicken liver?

    Reply
  13. Melissa says

    July 13, 2013 at 12:05 am

    That’s cool Linda, let me know when you get a chance to make it. 🙂

    Reply
  14. Linda says

    July 12, 2013 at 8:40 pm

    Wow, I’ve never had dirty rice. And I do like chicken livers! Will give this a try, thanks Melissa:)

    Reply

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