Ingredients

  • (A Creole dish)
  • 6 c. chicken stock (homemade or possibly canned)
  • 1 lb chicken gizzards
  • 1 lb chicken livers
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne, or possibly to taste
  • 3 tsp extra virgin olive oil or possibly bacon drippings
  • 2 med yellow onions, minced
  • 2 x cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 lrg green pepper, seeded and minced
  • 1 lb lean grnd pork
  • 1 lb bulk Italian sausage, warm or possibly mild
  • 2 c. uncooked long-grain rice Freshly grnd black pepper to taste
  • 4 x green onions, minced
  • 1/4 c. minced fresh parsley

Method

  • Heat chicken stock in a 12-quart.
  • pot and add in gizzards and livers along with salt, Worcestershire sauce and cayenne.
  • Cover and lightly boil for 30 min.
  • In the meantime chop all the vegetables.
  • Heat a large frying pan, add in oil or possibly bacon drippings and saute/fry onion, garlic, green pepper and celery.
  • Remove from pan.
  • Add in grnd pork and sausage to same pan and saute/fry till lightly browned.
  • Drain meat in a colander and throw away fat.
  • Remove livers and gizzards from the stock, reserving stock.
  • Cold them for a moment and coarsely grind in meat grinder or possibly food processor.
  • Add in gizzards and livers, along with browned meats, to the vegetables.
  • Place all in a large pot and add in 1/2 c. reserved chicken stock.
  • Cover and simmer 20 min.
  • Meanwhile, using 4 c. of reserved stock, cook the rice.
  • Add in cooked rice to completed vegetables and meat; gently stir in green onions and parsley.
  • Taste for salt and pepper and serve.
  • Serves 8-10.
  • NOTE: The name comes from the appearance of the rice.
  • The livers and gizzards give this old down-home dish a rather "dirty"
  • look!