This Easy Dirty Rice is the perfect recipe! Made with cajun seasoning, ground beef, white rice, celery, onion, and garlic this dish is flavor packed!
If you’re looking for a go-to side dish that is packed with flavor, then you’re going to love this easy recipe. Of course it can easily be a one pan meal on its own as well. Dirty Rice cooks in one pot and tastes great with a variety of dishes. The authentic cajun flavor shines through in this flavorful dish! We loves serving this for dinner as a simple side with oven Baked Chicken Thighs or Cajun Garlic Baked Salmon!
What is dirty rice?
Dirty rice is a classic Creole recipe. It’s made with with white rice and cajun flavors. The “dirty” name comes from the dirty color it gets from being cooked with ground beef, green bell pepper, celery, onions and seasonings. These ingredients also add a lot of flavor.
How to make easy dirty rice
This rice dish cooks in a large Dutch oven or pan in less than 35 minutes.
- First, cook the beef. Add the ground beef to a large pan set over medium heat. Crumble the beef with a spatula and cook for 5 minutes, or until the beef is no longer pink.
- Next, add the onion, garlic, green bell pepper, celery, Cajun seasoning and salt. Cook for 5 minutes, then add the rice and beef broth.
- Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer for 20 to 23 minutes.
- Allow the rice to rice for 5 to 10 minutes and then fluff the rice with a fork.
- Serve the rice with your favorite main dish, or eat it as a main meal along with a side of the easiest ever Drop Biscuits!
Enjoy!
Dirty Rice
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 medium onion diced
- 1 bell pepper diced
- 1 cup celery diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 2 teaspoons Cajun seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 1/2 cups white rice uncooked
- 3 1/2 cups beef broth
- chopped green onion or parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Add ground beef to a dutch oven or heavy bottomed pan set over medium heat. Crumble with a spatula and cook 4-5 minutes until no pink remains.
- Add onion, garlic, green pepper, celery, Cajun seasoning, and salt. Stir until softened, about 5 minutes.
- Add rice and beef broth. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer covered about 20 to 23 minutes or until rice is cooked.
- Allow to sit for 5 to 10 minutes, then fluff with a fork. Garnish with green onions or parsley before serving.
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Nutrition
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Has anyone tried making this with brown rice? Do you adjust the cooking time?
Sounds great. I will prepare this as a side dish with cornish game hens.
This is THE BEST dirty rice ever. I used jasmine rice. I didnt Have and celery on hand so I used About 2-3 tablespoons of diced leek and I added A bit of cayenne to kick it up a notch. We are inhaling it. Thank you!
Nice recipe!!! I used ground turkey and chicken broth and added a jalapeño to the chop seasoning… excellent!!!
This is an AMAZING rice recipe! I used a combination of lamb sausage and bison for the meat. I also added a few other sprinkles of seasoning here or there. It added so much flavor to the profile of the dish. I will continue to make this recipe again and again!
Delicious! Perfect easy recipe!made it as a main dish. Thank you.
We really liked this dirty rice . I myself added a tiny bit more Cajun seasoning & a diced fresh jalapeño , a bay leaf with some fresh parsley . Every thing else was spot on !!! Thank you so much for sharing your recipe !! Tastes amazing ?
excellent tried it yesterday am making it again today for eight friends. I added 1/2 t cayene pepper and some cumin for a little extra flavor along with the cajun seasoning. Love it
Can you make this with something leaner, like turkey or chicken? I understand the fat content kinda makes the dish, but I like to avoid beef if possible. Thanks!
Can I use Boca crumbles instead of ground beef? If so, do I need to make any changes? Thank you.
I think that would work fine without any changes 🙂