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Default Popeye's Red Beans and Rice Experiment

Becca wrote:
> Scott wrote:
>> aem wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> As to the rice. I've most often been served rb&r with plain white
>>> rice. This "Cajun rice" thing looks like an attempt to fake "dirty
>>> rice" using ground beef instead of chicken livers and gizzards. I'd
>>> go with plain rice with the beans. -aem

>>
>> While i was researching this I did noticed that dirty rice uses
>> chicken livers and gizzards but Popeye's cajun rice has small chunks
>> of ground beef just like my creation did, but the flavoring was off

> When I make dirty rice, I use Tony Cachere's. If I am cooking 2 cups of
> rice, then I will use about 2-3 teaspoons.
> http://www.tonychachere.com/seasoning/
>
> Becca


Yeah, I seen that already. I'm going to use that next time. Pretty cheap
also...about $1.66 if I recalled correctly.