Dirty Rice With Sausage And Shrimp

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 2 tablespoons celery, diced
• 1 small green bell pepper, diced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 (3 ounce) can mushrooms, drained, liquid reserved
• 1 medium onion, coarsely chopped
• 1 small green bell pepper, coarsely chopped
• 4 italian sausages, sliced
• 2 tablespoons chicken livers, minced
• 2 teaspoons dried thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes (to taste)
• black pepper, to taste
• 1 cup brown rice, uncooked
• 2 1/4 cups chicken stock
• 12 medium shrimp, peeled and deveined

Recipe

• 1 heat oil over medium-high heat in a deep, heavy skillet with a close-fitting cover.
• 2 add diced onion, celery, diced bell pepper, and garlic, and saute until well-browned, stirring often.
• 3 add sausage and chicken livers. cook, stirring often, until sausage is well-browned.
• 4 add reserved liquid from mushrooms and scrape bottom of pan.
• 5 add thyme, red pepper flakes and black pepper. stir in mushrooms, chopped onion, and chopped bell pepper. cook until onions are slightly softened.
• 6 stir in rice. cook, stirring, about 1 minute.
• 7 add stock, stir, and add shrimp.
• 8 reduce heat to very low. cover tightly and simmer until liquid is absorbed and rice is cooked, about 40 minutes.
• 9 let stand 5 minutes before serving.