Dirty Rice Stuffed Collards Recipes

DIRTY RICE WITH SMOKED SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Make the rice, in a medium saucepan combine the rice and chicken stock. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer until all the stock is absorbed into the rice, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile heat oil in a heavy-bottomed saute pan over medium-high heat. Brown the sausage. Once browned, add the garlic, onion, celery, and green bell pepper. Cook until softened, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add 1 cup chicken stock and cayenne. Cook until the stock has reduced a little. Add the cooked rice and parsley and stir thoroughly. Taste and season with salt and pepper, if necessary.

DIRTY RICE STUFFING

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan combine the rice, 2 1/2 cups cold water, and salt to taste. Bring the water to a boil, reduce the heat to low, and cook the rice, covered, for 15 minutes, or until it is tender and the water is absorbed.
• In another heavy saucepan combine the giblets, the broth, 2 cups water, the parsley, the peppercorns, 1 of the onions, halved, and salt to taste, bring the mixture to a boil, and simmer it for 8 to 10 minutes, or until the livers are just cooked through. Transfer the livers with a slotted spoon to a bowl, simmer the mixture for 30 minutes more, and strain the stock through a fine sieve into another bowl, reserving the giblets with the livers. Let the giblets cool, trim the kidneys, and remove the meat from the necks, discarding the skin and bones. Chop the giblets including the livers and return them to their bowl.
• In a heavy skillet, preferably cast-iron, combine the oil and the flour and cook the roux over moderately low heat, stirring constantly with a metal spatula, for 30 minutes, or until it is the color of milk chocolate. Add the remaining onion, chopped, the bell pepper, and the celery and cook the mixture, stirring, until the vegetables are softened. Add the giblet stock, simmer the gravy for 30 minutes, and stir in the giblets. The rice and the giblet gravy may be made 1 day in advance and kept covered and chilled. Let the rice return to room temperature before continuing with the stuffing.
• In a large bowl combine well the rice, the gravy, the scallion greens, the cayenne, and salt to taste.

DIRTY-RICE COLLARD GREEN BUNDLES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• To start the sauce: Sauté the onion and garlic in the oil in a heavy-bottomed saucepan set over medium-high heat, until softened, about 3 minutes. Stir in the tomato sauce, brown sugar, apple-cider vinegar, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat, and let simmer for 15 minutes, so all the flavors can build.
• Set a large pot of water to boil. Lay each collard leaf out on your work surface, and remove the tough large stem and center vein. Don't cut the whole leaf in half; just cut the toughest part of the stem out in a V-shape. Once the water is boiling, slip the collard leaves in and cook until tender, about 15 minutes. Drain into a colander, and rinse with cold water to help stop the cooking.
• While the sauce is simmering, begin the dirty rice filling: Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed sauté pan set over medium-high heat. Brown the sausage, breaking it up with a wooden spoon. Once the sausage is browned, add the onion, green bell pepper, celery, and garlic, cooking until softened, about 5 minutes more. Stir in the chicken broth, cayenne, cooked rice, and parsley, mixing thoroughly and letting the broth reduce until there is no moisture left in the pan. Taste, and season with salt and pepper.
• Lay out each cooked collard leaf and put 1/4 cup of the dirty rice in the center. Fold both the sides into the center, and the top and bottom over the center. Roll up into a cylinder-tightly, like a cigar or a small burrito-and repeat with the remaining leaves. If there happen to be any remaining leaves, you can chop them up and add to the sauce.
• Pour a 1/2-inch layer of the sauce into a 13- by-9-inch casserole dish. Arrange the collard rolls, seam sides down, on top of the sauce. Pour the remaining sauce over the stuff ed collards, and cover the pan with foil. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Remove from the oven, and serve.

DIRTY RICE STUFFED CABBAGE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• SAUCE:.
• Saute the onion in oil in a heavy-bottomed saucepan over medium-high heat, until softened.
• Stir in the tomato sauce, brown sugar, apple cider vinegar, salt and pepper.
• Let simmer for 15 minutes.
• FILLING:.
• Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed saute pan over medium-high heat.
• Add the pork and brown.
• Once browned, add the garlic, onion, celery, and green bell pepper.
• Cook until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Season with salt and pepper, to taste.
• Add the chicken broth, italian seasoning,basil, and cayenne.
• Stir in the cooked rice and parsley, mixing thoroughly and letting the broth reduce until there is no moisture left in the pan.
• Taste and season with salt and pepper, if necessary.
• In a large pot of boiling salted water, over medium heat, add the cabbage leaves and cook until tender, about 5 minutes.
• Drain and rinse with cold water.
• Lay a cabbage leaf out on a flat surface and add 1/4 cup of the dirty rice into the center.
• Fold both the sides into the center and the top and bottom over the center. Roll into a cylinder and repeat with the remaining leaves.
• Pour a 1/2-inch layer of sauce into a 13 by 9-inch casserole dish.
• Arrange the cabbage rolls, seam sides down, on top of the sauce.
• Pour the remaining sauce over the stuffed cabbage and cover with foil. Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and serve.