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5 from 5 votes

New Orleans Style Dirty Rice

Ingredients

  • 1 Tbs of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 1 pound Lean Ground Turkey
  • Pink Salt and Pepper to taste
  • 1/4 tsp Garlic Powder
  • Dash of your Fav Cajun Seasoning Tony Chachere is my fav
  • 1 Red Pepper
  • 1 Green Pepper
  • 1/2 Sweet onion or use 1 whole of my fav onion, The Shallot
  • 1 - 1/2 cup Brown Rice

Instructions

  • Heat your skillet with the Olive Oil, and Brown the
  • Chop your red and green bell peppers, along with onion into small pieces. Heat your skillet with Olive Oil your favorite healthy oil.
  • Sautee the veggies until softened
  • Add the pre-seasoned (pink salt, pepper, garlic powder and dash of Cajun seasoning) ground turkey to the same skillet. Taste Test the mixture to ensure its full of flavor (I love bold flavors), so season it to your preference.
  • Add cooked brown rice to the skillet and mix in to ensure the rice takes on the flavors of the veggies and meat, add a dash more of cajun spice if needed.
  • Serve 1/4 of the rice and meat together and serve your Dirty Rice bow warm and hot!

Notes

This is a taste of home!!! I love how this tastes and feel good about it; knowing it’s all good carbs, protein and veggies!!!