Easy Dirty Rice with Cajun Spiced Gravy
By
Elaine Bovender
@Elaine55
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Ingredients
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3 cchicken broth
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1 cwhite rice
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1/2 mediumonion, coarsely chopped
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1/2 lbandouille sausage or smoked sausage, coarsely chopped
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1 tsptony chachere's creole seasoning
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1/2 tspblack pepper
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1/2 tspsalt
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1/2 tspcajun seasoning
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·olive oil
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·pampered chef rice cooker
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CAJUN SPICED GRAVY
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1 1/2 cchicken broth
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1/2 cmilk or half and half
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1/2 cbutter (use real butter, do not subsitute oleo)
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1/4 call purpose flour
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1/2 tspsalt
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1/2 tsptony chachere's creole seasoning
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·generous sprinkling of cajun seasoning and pepper to taste
How to Make Easy Dirty Rice with Cajun Spiced Gravy
- Heat olive oil in heavy skillet. When olive oil is hot, add onions and andouille sausage. Saute until onions are transparent and sausage is browned. Set aside.
- In Pampered Chef rice cooker, add chicken broth. Stir in rice and seasonings. Add onions and sausage, stir well. Place cover on rice cooker and microwave on high for 20 minutes.
- Remove cooker from microwave and remove cover. Add a small amount of butter, if desired and fluff with fork, making sure all liquid is absorbed and rice is tender. You may cover and return to microwave for about 5 more minutes if necessary. Serve with Cajun Spiced Gravy (directions to follow).
- CAJUN SPICED GRAVY: Melt butter in heavy saucepan. When butter is melted, whisk in flour until well blended. Combine broth, milk and seasonings and slowly whisk into butter mixture. Bring to a boil on medium heat, stirring constantly and cook until thickened. If gravy seems too thin, mix about a tablespoon of flour with a little milk to make a thin paste and whisk in a little at a time until desired thickness is reached. If mixture seems too thick, you may add a little more milk. Remove from heat and transfer to serving dish to serve with dirty rice.
- SPECIAL NOTE: This rice dish can be made on top of the stove in a heavy saucepan, but reduce the broth from three cups to two cups. In my experience, the Pampered Chef cooker requires more liquid than the stove top.