Southern style dirty rice

Dirty rice

This side dish is popular in the south and with good reason, it tastes delicious, goes a long way and is great with almost any type of meat. It's called dirty rice due to the appearance it has with white rice mixed with browned beef and pork . You can add various ingredients to it to match with what ever main dish you are serving. It's great served with browned Polska Kielbasa and tomatoes, cube steak, boiled shrimp etc..

Ingredients:


1 lb. ground pork
1 lb. Chicken livers
1 lb. ground beef
1 large bell pepper
1 medium onion
5-6 cloves garlic, peeled
2 tbsp. Italian Seasoning
1 tsp. Seasoned salt
1 tsp. red pepper flakes
2- tablespoons soy sauce
2-tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
3-4 cups cooked rice (par boiled long grain works great)

Step one:
In a separate sauce pan, brown chicken livers in olive oil and a few pats of margarine. Once livers are browned at 1 cup of chicken stock and simmer for about 5 minutes. With a potato masher or fork, mash livers so that they become small and crumbly. Set aside.

Step two:
In a large fry pan brown pork and ground beef, add in finely chopped peppers, onions, garlic and mushrooms.

Step three:
Strain off excess grease and season with red pepper flakes, 2 tablespoons Italian seasoning, 1 teaspoon of seasoned salt. Add in soy and Worcestershire sauce and stir well.

Step four:
Add in 3-4 cups of cook rice. For instructions on how to make perfect rice, see: How to make that perfect pot of rice.

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