Cajun Rice

Submitted by Darlene Summers

"This is another recipe I got from one of our potlucks at work. My husband likes this one. It is a little warm, so better test it before giving it to the kids."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 (13 3/4 ounce) can chicken broth
• 1 1 large green peppers (or combination of all 3) or 1 large yellow pepper, sliced into thin strips (or combination of all 3)
• 1 1⁄2 - 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• 1⁄4 teaspoon paprika
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 1 1⁄2 cups Minute Rice

directions

1. Cook onion in oil till tender but still opaque.
2. Add broth, pepper strips and seasonings.
3. Bring to a rolling boil; stir in rice.
4. Cover and remove from the heat.
5. Let set for 5 minutes.
6. Fluff with a fork.

Reviews

[Natalie W.]

Two things... 1) When cooking anything with "Cajun" in the name the recipe needs to include the Cajun Holy Trinity--onion, bell pepper, (which you have) and also celery. Just add some cooked celery to this and you'll be getting somewhere. And 2) make this with either long grain white rice or brown rice and it would be epic... Other than that, nice!

 

[Kelli Stroop]

Never use quick rice when you can make awesome long grain in 20 minutes....

 

[Catfish Jimmy]

This was great! As always I changed things up a bit. Used two 14 oz. cans of chicken broth to cook 1 1/2 cups regular long grained rice instead of using minute rice. And 3 tsp of cajun seasoning instead of the chili powder, thyme, and paprika with a few shakes of cayenne pepper, granulated garlic, and some seasoning salt when cooking the peppers and onion. Mixed the onion, peppers and seasonings with the cooked rice. Came out great. And was the perfect side to the spicy catfish tenders recipe #55265. Thanks for posting. This is a keeper.

 

[scrunchbox]

This recipe was some of the best cajun rice I've had in a long time! I really enjoyed the heat that came along with it. I used cayenne pepper for my "ground red pepper" so it got pretty warm. I'll definitely be making this again.

 

[MoniBush]

Made this tonight for dinner but used regular white rice and added hot links and black beans. It was very filling and made a quick meal! I'm taking leftovers for lunch tomorrow. I'll definitely make this again for a quick dinner. The bell peppers really made the recipe! Thanks!