Mardi Gras Dirty Rice

Recipe courtesy of ZATARAIN’S® 

Dirty Rice is a one-pot meal that starts with flavorful and easy-to-prepare Zatarain’s Dirty Rice, which can be customized to each guest’s unique tastes.

Gluten-Free Mardi Gras Dirty Rice
Prep 5 minutes/Cook Time: 35 minutes. Serves 7

Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1 medium red & 1 medium yellow bell pepper, thinly sliced
• 1 pound bulk gluten-free pork sausage
• 1 package ZATARAIN’S® Dirty Rice Mix
• 2 1/2 cups water 2 1/2 cups water

Directions:

1. Heat oil in large skillet on medium-high heat. Add bell peppers; cook and stir 3 to 5 minutes or until tender-crisp. Remove from skillet. Add sausage to skillet; cook and stir 5 minutes or until no longer pink.
2. Stir in Rice Mix and water. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 20 minutes. Return bell peppers to skillet. Cover and cook 5 minutes longer or until rice is tender.
3. Remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes.

Gluten-Free and Flavor-Full! A Quick Guide to Eating Gluten-Free from Zatarain’s

For those with celiac disease, or just choosing to follow a gluten-free diet, cooking and shopping for gluten-free meal ideas can be daunting. Zatarain’s, the brand serving up authentic New Orleans-Style foods for more than 120 years, offers a wide variety of flavorful gluten-free rice mix options to jazz up mealtime. With Zatarain’s, there’s no need to sacrifice flavor to suit dietary needs.

Zatarain’s offers 19 rice mixes – with more in development – that feature a gluten-free designation on the front of the product packaging, confirming that each rice mix has been formulated as gluten-free and the production systems and processes have been validated to ensure the finished rice mixes are free of gluten. These rice mixes – including favorites like jambalaya, dirty rice and yellow rice – are the same flavorful products people already know and love, but with a gluten-free seal now displayed on the package.

For a complete list of Zatarain’s gluten-free rice mixes, visit www.zatarains.com/glutenfree.