DIRTY RICE (aka Rice Dressing)

from Diamond Rio's Jimmy Olander

This is an old Cajun recipe from his wife Claudia's mom, Betty Jean Fontenot

Ingredients:	1 lb. lean ground pork 1 lb. lean ground beef 1 chopped onion salt and pepper to taste ½ can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted 2 cups cooked rice ¼ cup green onion, chopped 2 Tablespoons parsley, chopped

Directions:	1. Cook pork, beef and onion in skillet. 2. When almost fully cooked, add salt and pepper, soup and rice. Continue to cook until texture is thick and a little creamy. 3. When completely cooked, add green onion and parsley and stir. Dirty Rice is served EVERY Christmas and throughout the year in Louisiana as a side dish with roast duck or any other meat. Wine Suggestions from our Celebrity Kitchen "Wine Guy", Ben Payne. In most parts of the country, these wines are under $20: 1. Jaboulet Parallel 45 - 2001 - Cotes Du Rhone This is an excellent, affordable red wine that has a lighter body and is very smooth. 2. d'Arenberg - The Stump Jump - Grenache/Shiraz/Mourvedre Jimmy and Lorianne really liked the spicy nature of this wine with the Dirty Rice. 3. Red Truck - Cline Cellars - Primarily Syrah and Mourvedre Another great red table wine that can stand up to Cajun dishes.

Ingredients:

1 lb. lean ground pork
1 lb. lean ground beef
1 chopped onion
salt and pepper to taste
½ can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
2 cups cooked rice
¼ cup green onion, chopped
2 Tablespoons parsley, chopped

Directions:

1. Cook pork, beef and onion in skillet.

2. When almost fully cooked, add salt and pepper, soup and rice. Continue to cook until texture is thick and a little creamy.

3. When completely cooked, add green onion and parsley and stir.

Dirty Rice is served EVERY Christmas and throughout the year in Louisiana as a side dish with roast duck or any other meat.

Wine Suggestions

from our Celebrity Kitchen "Wine Guy", Ben Payne.

In most parts of the country, these wines are under $20:

1. Jaboulet Parallel 45 - 2001 - Cotes Du Rhone

This is an excellent, affordable red wine that has a lighter body and is very smooth.

2. d'Arenberg - The Stump Jump - Grenache/Shiraz/Mourvedre

Jimmy and Lorianne really liked the spicy nature of this wine with the Dirty Rice.

3. Red Truck - Cline Cellars - Primarily Syrah and Mourvedre

Another great red table wine that can stand up to Cajun dishes.