Dirty Rice
This is an easy, home-cooked meal that satisfies and comes together quickly.
Equipment
- 1 Skillet/frying pan for burger meat
- 1 Skillet/frying pan for sauteing
- 1 Skillet lid
- 1 Measuring cup for rice
- 1 spatula for meat
- 1 stirring spoon
- 1 Knife for dicing/chopping
- 1 pot for chicken broth if using bouillon cubes or soup base
Ingredients
- 1 pound hamburger meat
- 2 cups water
- 2 tsp chicken soup base or 2 chicken bouillon cubes
- 1 cup uncooked long grain white rice
- 1 small onion diced
- 1/4 med green bell pepper diced/chopped
- 1/4 med red bell pepper diced/chopped
- 2 stalks celery sliced thin
- 1/2-1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp chopped garlic
- 1/2 tsp parsley, chopped fresh or dried
- 1 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
Instructions
- Dice the onion, red and green bell peppers, and slice the celery. Set aside.
- Add the burger to one of the skillets and let it be cooking.
- While the burger is cooking, add a tablespoon of olive oil to the other skillet and sauté the onion and bell peppers. You can skip this step if you just want to add them in with the burger meat.
- Dice enough fresh garlic to make one teaspoon and let it sit while the onion and peppers are sauteing.
- Place 2 cups of water in a pot and add the soup base or chicken bouillon and heat until dissolved.
- Add the garlic to the onion and peppers and sauté for 30 seconds to a minute, just long enough to really smell the garlic.
- Drain the meat, if needed, and add to the veggies. Mix in the celery, and broth, the spices, and the rice. Stir well.
- Cover and let simmer over medium-low heat for 20 minutes, until the water is dissolved.
- Remove from heat. Let sit for 5 minutes, stir and serve.