Homemade Creole Rice Recipes Recipe Recipe For Stuffed

RICE CREOLE

Steps:

• Bring the water to a boil in a saucepan. Add salt and the rice. Stir well. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer 17 minutes.
• Drain the rice in a colander.
• Return the rice to the same saucepan and add the butter, lemon juice and pepper. Blend gently until the grains are well coated. Serve.

TRADITIONAL RICE STUFFING

Steps:

• Heat butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in onion; cook and stir until the onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Add water, dill weed, poultry seasoning, parsley, ground black pepper, chicken bouillon, and rice; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until water is absorbed and rice is just slightly undercooked, 12 to 14 minutes. Stir, taste, and adjust seasonings if desired. Cool completely before using to stuff a chicken.

STUFFED TOMATOES WITH RICE

Steps:

• Cut a thin slice off the top of each tomato. Scoop out pulp, leaving a 1/2-in. shell; discard seeds. Chop pulp and set aside. Sprinkle the insides of tomatoes with salt; invert onto paper towels to drain., In a small skillet, saute onion in 2 tablespoons butter until tender. Add reserved tomato pulp; cook until most of the liquid is evaporated. Remove from the heat; stir in the rice, cheese, parsley, basil and garlic salt., Stuff into tomato shells; dot with remaining butter. Place in a greased 9-in. square baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until heated through.

CREOLE STUFFED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Cut a thin slice off the top of each tomato; scoop out the discard pulp. Sprinkle salt inside the tomatoes; invert on paper towels to drain. In a large bowl, combine the rice, bacon, cheese, onion, parsley, egg and pepper. Fold in shrimp. Spoon into tomatoes. Place in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. Combine bread crumbs and butter; sprinkle over the tomatoes. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30 minutes or until heated through.

CREOLE RICE AND SAUSAGE STUFFED CABBAGE ROLLS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mix together rice mixture and cheese, set aside.
• Spray an 11 x 9 inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Divide rice/cheese mixture evenly between cooked cabbage leaves, roll cabbage leaves tight so mixture doesn't come out.
• Place each roll seam side down in prepared dish, and pour sauce evenly over rolls.
• Bake for 25 minutes or until heated through.
• Carefully remove rolls to serving plate, and pour remaining sauce over rolls.

CREOLE RICE

Steps:

• Fry bacon till crisp.
• You can also use ham slices but bacon taste best to me.
• Drain all but 2 Tbs drippings.
• Add onions,pepper,cook till tender.
• Stir in rice,tomatoes,broth,and seasonings.
• Bring to a boil,cover and simmer over low heat 20 mins.
• Allow to stand for 10 mins before serving.

CREOLE-STUFFED SNAPPER AND CREOLE RICE

Steps:

• For the red snapper: Rub the coarse sea salt generously on the inside and outside of the red snapper. Place in the refrigerator for 20 minutes.
• Lightly oil the grill grates and heat the grill to 300 degrees F.
• For the creole stuffing: Heat a cast-iron skillet on the grill over direct heat. Add 2 tablespoons of the butter. Once melted, add the celery, bell peppers and white and green onions and cook until softened and browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 1 to 2 additional minutes.
• Combine the breadcrumbs, lemon zest and juice, kosher salt, Creole seasoning, dried thyme, dried sage, cayenne and remaining butter in a bowl and mix until well blended. Add the sauteed vegetables to the stuffing mixture and mix. Set aside.
• Wipe off the salt from the red snapper and stuff it with the stuffing mixture. Secure it with cooking twine (remember to remove the twine before serving). Place the lemon rounds on the grill and place the red snapper atop the rounds. Grill until the flesh is opaque, about 25 minutes.
• For the creole rice: Saute the andouille sausage, stewed tomatoes, white onions, bell peppers and butter in a cast-iron skillet on the grill over direct heat until lightly browned and shiny, 5 to 10 minutes. Add the Creole seasoning, dried thyme and dried sage to the skillet and stir. Add the cooked rice and stir until uniform in appearance.
• Place the stuffed red snapper onto the rice and serve.

CREOLE RICE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, melt butter; add Creole seasoning and pepper. Cook over medium heat for 3 minutes. Stir in rice. Cover and heat through.

STUFFED PEPPERS WITH CREOLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in 1/2 cup onion and garlic, and cook until the onion softens and turns translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in the chopped bell pepper, tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, then season with salt, chili powder, sugar, black pepper, glove, and a bay leaf. Bring to a simmer, then reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• While the sauce is simmering, microwave the peppers until tender, about 45 seconds. Preheat a skillet over medium-high heat, and add ground beef. Cook and stir until browned and crumbly, then stir in 1/4 cup onion, and celery. Drain off grease. Cook another 5 minutes, then fold in the rice and Parmesan cheese. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• To assemble, stir about 1/2 cup of the Creole sauce into the beef mixture to moisten it. Stuff the peppers with the beef mixture, and place onto a 9x9 inch baking pan. Pour the remaining Creole sauce over the peppers.
• Bake peppers, uncovered, until hot and beginning to brown, about 25 minutes.

CREOLE STUFFED PEPPERS

Steps:

• 1. First, brown the ground beef, onions, garlic and celery. Season with salt and pepper to your taste.
• 2. Next, add the package of Zatarain's Dirty rice, rotel tomatoes and 1 can of tomato sauce, simmer until the liquid is absorbed and rice is done. Keep the pot covered.
• 3. Stuff the peppers with the rice mixture and place them in a baking dish. Open the other can of tomato sauce and put 2 tablespoons of sauce on each pepper. Cover with foil and bake for one hour at 350 degrees.
• 4. Remove the peppers from the oven. Put cheese on top and [lace back in the oven uncovered until the cheese melts.

ROAST CHICKEN WITH CREOLE STUFFING

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook rice according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a skillet, cook sausages in oil until a thermometer reads 160°. Remove sausages, reserving drippings. When cool enough to handle, cut sausages in half lengthwise, then into 1/4-in. pieces; set aside. , Saute onion, garlic and peppers in drippings until tender, about 4 minutes. Add the tomatoes, lemon juice, basil, sugar, hot pepper sauce, bouillon, chili powder, pepper, thyme and 1 teaspoon salt; cook and stir for 5 minutes. Add to the cooked rice. Stir in ham, shrimp, if desired, parsley and sausage; mix lightly. , Just before baking, stuff the chicken with about 3-1/2 cups stuffing. Place remaining stuffing in a greased 1-1/2-qt. baking dish; cover and refrigerate. Place chicken on a rack in a roasting pan; tie drumsticks together. Combine paprika, pepper and remaining salt; rub over chicken. , Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1-1/2 hours, basting every 30 minutes. Cover and bake 1-1/2 hours longer or until juices run clear. Bake additional stuffing for the last 40 minutes of baking time, uncovering during the last 10 minutes.