Loaded with ground sausage full of delicious flavors this Sausage Dirty Rice is one recipe you definitely want to try making! As a main or a side, this is perfect all year long!
Course Main Course, Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword dirty rice, rice, sausage
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Additional Time for Cooking Rice 25 minutesminutes
Start by making the roux, place the flour and the butter into a small skillet over medium heat and whisk together. Continue to whisk until mixture turns to a medium to dark brown, about 5 minutes, set aside off heat.
Over medium heat, place a dutch oven or thick-bottomed skillet. Allow to get hot and add the sausage, cumin, pepper, and paprika. Get a hard sear on the sausage, mixing it with the spices and letting it get browned and bits will stick to the bottom of the pan.
Deglaze the pan with 1/2 cup of the stock, scraping off all the browned bits on the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Add the garlic and mix in until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the roux. Reduce heat to medium and cook uncovered for 10 minutes, adding in the rest of the stock slowly so the mixture doesn't completely dry out. Stir occasionally.
Add the rice, stir to combine everything, serve with scallion garnish, optional.
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Notes
Leftover rice is perfect for this recipe.
We like ground pork sausage for this but hamburger or another sausage can be used.
Double this recipe if you want to serve a large gathering.
This can be frozen, see my tips above.
You can make this as spicy or less spicy as you'd like, see my tips above.