Soul Food Recipes - Food For Da Soul
Cajun Dirty Rice
(Incognito’s Louisiana Version)
There are various recipes for this popular dish to inclue a lot of different ingredients, such as chicken liver, sausage, andouille, etc. But, my family recipe is of course my favorite and quite simple. I don’t measure my ingredients so bare with me !
1lb ground pork
1lb ground beef
1lb Italian sausage ( I prefer spicy)
1 large bell pepper ( you decide what’s large)
1 medium onion ( my medium and your medium maybe different, so to your liking)
5-6 peeled cloves of garlic
1 or 2 fresh green cayenne peppers ( if available) if not ground cayenne will do
Salt to taste (please add last)
2 cans of mushroom steak sauce (NOT SOUP)
3-4 cups of cooked rice (not sure about this amount, if depends on how spicy you want it, and how many people you want to feed) I only know how to cook certain things for an Army !!!
Pan fry the ground meat and Italian sausage well until all of the meat is well done. ( Season your meat with creole seasoning while pan frying) Taste your meat for your right desire of zest. Louisiana Dirty rice is desired best when it’s spicy!!! Put bell pepper, onion and garlic into food processor and nearly liquefy it, then and this to the meat. the pepper/onion/garlic should sizzle as you stir it well into the meat. When the sizzling fades, add the mushroom steak sauce and a little water and allow the entire dressing mix to simmer for at least a half hour (give or take 5 mins) Cook rice can be added to this mixture and thoroughly stir. The more rice you add, the drier and “whiter” the resulting dressing will be. Adding the right amount of rice will result in a dressing that is moist with the rice appearing very brown (“DIRTY”). You can now add salt if you will the need !
When it’s done call me, I’ll be over with a bowl and fork !!!
Enjoy !!!
Glossi’s Stuffed Bell Peppers
Two or more bell peppers per person
½ lb ground turkey
½ lb ground beef
½ lb salad shrimp
2 cans of crab meat
1 box of Rice Roni (flavor of your choice, I use herb and butter)
1 can of chicken broth
1 onion (chopped)
6 cloves of garlic (chopped)
1 red bell pepper (chopped)
1 pack of Kabaska Sausage (chopped)
½ bag of shredded cheese of your choice
You’re going to want to pick bell peppers that stand up. Cook your Rice of Roni and set aside. Cook your ground turkey and ground beef. Add the onions, garlic, red bell peppers, and sausage. Let simmer on low. (covered) Add cooked Rice of Roni and can of chicken broth, continue to simmer. Add crab meat and shrimp, cover and let simmer for about 10 minutes while gutting and cleaning bell peppers. Cut the very top of the bell pepper off making it to look like a cup with a lid. KEEP THE TOPS OF THE BELL PEPPERS ! Gut the peppers and rinse well. After the peppers have been gutted and rinsed place them on a baking pan, Fill them with the mixture and place the tops back on the peppers. Bake them at 250 degree for about 25-30 minutes. Remove the peppers from the oven, take off the tops and sprinkle the cheese, replace the tops and serve !!!
Alligator with Lemon and Wine Sauce
(Incognito doing the
Ingredients:
1 to 1 ½ pounds alligator meat, cut in bite size pieces
Salt to taste
Ground cayenne and black pepper to taste
1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
¼ cup plain low fat yogurt
¼ cup flour
¼ cup olive oil
2 cloves garlic thinly sliced
Sauce
¼ cup seasoned liquid from boiled alligator
2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons cornstarch
¾ cup dry white wine
Juice of 1 large lemon, or about 4 tablespoons
Preparation:
Cut alligator meat into bite size pieces; sprinkle with salt, red and black pepper. Place alligator in a large saucepan, cover with water and add Old Bay Seasoning. Bring quickly to a boil; boil 2 to 3 minutes. Remove gator from liquid (reserve liquid), drain, and let meat cool. Dip meat in yogurt and then in flour.
Heat oil with garlic; remove garlic and lightly brown meat. Transfer meat to paper towels to drain; keep warm until is done.
Arrange meat on plate and serve with the sauce for dipping.
To make sauce: In a small saucepan, combine ¼ cup reserved liquid and white wine, stir in cornstarch. Heat and stir until mixture starts to thicken. Add lemon juice and cook until thickened.
Alligator recipe serves 4 to 6.
Try having Swamp Water with your appetizer. 9see the drink page for the recipe)