Cajun Dirty Rice Recipe

• 1 pound lean ground meat browned
• 1 cup raw rice
• 1/2 cup each chopped celery, onion, bell pepper
• 1 can blacke eyed peas undrained.
• 3 clovevs Garlic minced
• 1 diced carrot
• 1 Tablespoon red pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon whole mustard seed
• 1/2 Teaspoos each ground cumin, ground cardamom and ground termeric
• i TableSpoon fressh grated ginger.
• 2 cups beef stock if your using ground pork, chicken or turkey use chicken stock
• 1 tablespoon cooking oil

1. Hheat oil in frypan on high heat til it shimmers, add the rice, stiring the rice in the hot oil intil its it a solid whiteand smells nutty,
2. add the celery, onion, bell pepper, and carrot, mustard seed, cumin, cardamom, termeric, pepper flakes, and ginger, and sautee for @ 3 minutes bring to a boil.
3. add the lean ground meat and brown it for about 10 minutes. If you are not usine lean ground meat brown it in a separate pan and drain off the fat please. then add the meat to the rice, deglaze the pan you browned the meat in, with the stock , and addit it back to the rice also. it’s just way easier to use lean ground meat. If
4. then finaly add the black eyed peas, and stock,
5. turn the heat down medium low, put a lid on it, and let it simmer 20 minutes, remove from heat and let rest for 5 minutes.