How to Cook Tasty Italian Dirty Rice

Italian Dirty Rice.

You can have Italian Dirty Rice using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Italian Dirty Rice

1. 🢂 5 cups of cooked rice, cold.
2. 🢂 2 lbs of bulk Italian sausage.
3. 🢂 1 of lg. Onion, diced.
4. 🢂 3 of celery ribs with leaves, diced.
5. 🢂 of I bell pepper (whatever you have), diced.
6. 🢂 6 of garlic cloves, minced.
7. 🢂 1/2 cup of kalamata olives, drained & diced.
8. 🢂 1 can of artichoke hearts, diced.
9. 🢂 1/2 pkg. of pepperoni slices, cut in half.
10. 🢂 1-2 cup of canned tomatoes.
11. 🢂 2 Tbsp of Italian seasoning.
12. 🢂 1/2 tsp of crushed red pepper flakes.
13. 🢂 of Salt & pepper.

step by step Italian Dirty Rice

1. Cook 2 1/2 cups rice in chicken stock according to directions. Once done spread on sheet to cool. You can use leftover rice if you are lucky to have it!.
2. While rice is cooling. Break up and brown the Italian sausage. Once done, remove from the pan and set aside..
3. Drain excess fat from pan. Add in the onion, celery, pepper to sauté until tender. Then add in the spices. Stir to combine..
4. Stir in the garlic to combine. Add the sausage back in..
5. Add in the olives, artichoke hearts, pepperoni, and tomatoes. Stir to combine..
6. Next add in the cold rice. Stir to combine..
7. If need you can add in a little more stock. Enjoy..