Oct 16, 2009

Rice Dressing

Marie,

Here you go, the recipe I referred to yesterday. It came from my dad, hence some of the more personalized instructions (like calling him for help- though I'd be glad to walk you through any steps if needed).

You'll need to get your hands on some cajun seasoning, preferably Tony Chacherie's.

Let me know what you think, if you try it.

Finley

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3-4 lbs ground meat (I recommend extra lean ground beef, preferably a 96-4 ratio, but more fat is okay and can help with the cooking)
1 large onion (white onion is what you want to go with here)
6-7 bell peppers (Green is good here, but replace 1-2 green with yellow and it really does wonders)
1 can cream mushroom soup
1 can cream of celery soup
2 cups cooked rice

Brown the ground meat and cook all of the water out of it. Cut up your bell peppers real fine, or use a food processor to do it, when the meat is brown add the onion and peppers to it, now it may be soupy with all of the peppers and may look green, don't worry it will be fine.

When the onions and peppers cook down, are soft add your mushroom and celery to pot let that cook down until they melt. now this may look really soupy, but you still have to add the rice.

Add enough cooked rice to make the dressing the consistency you want, if you are still soupy you can add some Italian bread crumbs to it to dry it out some. The longer it sits after you add the rice the more it will dry out, the rice will take up all of the liquids. Season the meat when you brown it with whatever you like, tonys, salt, pepper or whatever you like. call me if you need help when cooking and i will talk you through it on the phone. hope it comes out alright for you. chicken, pork chops, steaks will go good with it, corn on the cob, green bean casserole or some sort of veggie will do. also french bread, or garlic bread will go good too. Good Luck.

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Thank you, Mr. Finley's Dad!



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