Today I made a clean dirty rice – isn’t that an oxymoron?

Here is the rice part. Get a multi grain rice with wild, brown, long grain etc. at your favorite health food store or grocery store.

2 parts water to rice. So one cup of rice will need 2 cups of water. In a large frying pan with a lid. Stir one cup of rice around in 2 tbs butter on a low heat for about 5 minutes. I would say until brown but it is mostly brown already. So go to about that same equivalent. Add 2 cups chicken broth. Bring the mixture to boil. Just before putting the lid on it, sprinkle some parsley flakes over the top of the rice. Cover and simmer for about 25 minutes or until cooked. Wild rice needs about twice as long as white rice.

So why is my dirty rice not so dirty. The way I know how to make it calls for sausage, red peppers, onions, tomatoes and what ever else might be sitting in your fridge. So let’s substitute sausage for chicken.

Get 1 pound boneless chicken breast and cut them into one inch wide strips. Season with pepper and sea salt. In a very hot skillet, sear the chicken on all sides. Then set on a cutting board and cut into small cubes about 1 inch or smaller. Set aside.

Dice into small pieces, ½ large onion. ½ red bell pepper, ½ yellow bell pepper, one large tomato.

Sauté the onion in a skillet on medium heat until the onion just starts to get soft. Add the pepper and continue to sauté for about 5 more minutes. Add the tomatoes and keep cooking for about 5 more minutes. The tomatoes will make the whole thing juicy.

Combine the chicken with the vegetable medley and serve on top of that wonderful rice. Or for the dirty rice effect, just mix it all up. Season with some really hot sauce like Tobasco or similar.

This is a great meal for about 4 people and healthy because you know what went in it. More importantly what did not go in it.