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Rice and Easy — Beef and sausage dirty rice

Beef and sausage dirty rice. Read the full method and preparation notes before starting.
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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 pound ground pork sausage
  • 4 cups cooked rice, preferably prepared with chicken broth (about 2 cups uncooked)
  • 2 cups chicken broth
  • ³/₄ cup green bell pepper diced
  • ³/₄ cup yellow onion diced
  • ¹/₄ cup celery diced
  • ¹/₄ cup flour
  • 1 tablespoon bacon grease or cooking oil
  • 3 bay leaves
  • 2 tablespoons fresh parsley chopped
  • 1 tablespoon dried oregano
  • 2 teaspoons dried thyme
  • 2 teaspoons garlic minced
  • 1 ¹/₂ teaspoons Salt
  • 1 teaspoon chili powder
  • ¹/₂ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • ¹/₄ teaspoon cayenne pepper

Method
 

  1. In a large skillet, heat bacon grease or cooking oil. Add ground beef and sausage and brown.
  2. As meat begins to brown, add diced bell pepper, onion and celery.
  3. When meat is fully browned, stir in herbs and spices except for parsley. Mix well. Add flour. Mix well again, making sure the flour coats the meat.
  4. Add broth and bay leaves. Scrape the bottom of the pan to loosen any of the browned bits from the pan. Allow to simmer 5-8 minutes.
  5. Fold in rice and parsley. Simmer for 5 more minutes. Serve.

Notes

A reliable serving count is not specified in the saved source.
No reliable overall time is supplied here. Include any marinating, resting or overnight preparation described in the method.
Where shown, times and yields are saved source estimates, not measured kitchen-test results.