My favorite Spice!

Tony Chachere's Famous Creole Seasoning is an all in one seasoning that is used throughout the south. It is often refered to simply as Tony's. It is a must to have around if you are cooking an cajun dishes but it is also great to season just about anything. Even though it is a creole seasoning it is on the mild side. If you like it spicy the company offers it at different spice levels.
Best of all you can pick up a 8 ounce shaker jar for under 2 bucks!

You can purchase it at many grocery stores or online at
Tony Chachere's Famous Creole Seasoning

Dirty Rice

As a southern girl there are certain foods that I really miss. Since I have left home I have adapted some of the recipes that Momma used to make.

Dirty rice is a traditional Cajun rice dish made from white rice cooked with small pieces of chicken liver or giblets. It has a mild but distinctive flavor. While I love it made the traditional way I like to use hamburger now. I eat the real stuff when I go home to Louisiana.

This is the recipe that I use.

INGREDIENTS

1 pound lean ground beef

1 onion, finely diced

2 bell pepper, chopped
4 cups stock

2 cup long grain rice
1 tbs Tony's

2 cloves garlic chopped

DIRECTIONS
In a skillet over medium heat, brown the ground beef, bell pepper and onion; drain.
While you are browning the meat bring 4 cups stock to a boil in a large pot. Then add meat mixture, spices, rice, and garlic.. Return to boil, reduce heat to low, and cover. Cook for 25 minutes, until rice is easily fluffed with a fork.