giblets and rice

[wickll]

I don't know how widespread this dish is, but it has become really popular in the last few years around Lavaca County, especially Shiner and Hallettsville. It is really popular at the Church picnics or festivals and other fundraisers.

I recently bought some plates to go at the Fordtran Volunteer fundraiser. Although everything was good, I could have hurt myself on the giblets and rice.

Anyway, I am cooking some now, so I hope it turns out nearly as good. The recipe is actually from Destination Shiner , which was sponsored by the Shiner Chamber of Commerce. But I have tweeked it a little here and there . I am actually tripling it and cooking it in a #12 Dutch oven, so I hope it doesn't overflow. Anyway, here is what I did:

3 cups of white long grain rice
6 cups chicken broth
chicken hearts and gizzards (about 1 lb. gizzards and 1/2 lb. hearts) more won't hurt
1 large onion
Approx. 1 bunch of green onions
2 bell peppers
6 cloves of garlic
1 1/2 cups of melted butter
salt and pepper to taste

I partially cooked the gizzards and hearts (although the original recipe said to just add them raw. I diced up the gizzards and hearts, green onions, onion, bell peppers and crushed the garlic.

Started the broth in the Dutch oven, when it was boiling, I added all the ingredients except salt and pepper. Reduced heat and simmered as low as I could for 20 minutes. I had the flame go out a couple of times, since I was trying to cook as low as I could . But the rice seemed done in that time.

I then added salt and pepper. Next time, I think I will add the salt and pepper from the beginning, since the stirring causes the rice to be mushy , and not fluffy. But all in all, it is pretty dang good.

[brokeno]

I join the shiner big buck contest just to get their giblets and rice. It is decibels my favorite side dish.

[Greenheadless]

Gizzards, check
Hearts, check
Rice, check

Sounds mmmmm……mmmmmmm……..good!

[Gumbo Man]

What you have is old school Cajun Jambalaya from down on da bayou before we got so fancy with it. It’s very good made plain and simple like you have done. Great job Wickll.

If I might suggest taking some chicken thighs and brown them off a little with your giblets in a little bit of oil. This will add a whole new level of flavor. As it is browning keep adding a little water to your pot so it doesn’t over carmalize. Once you have browned it off you can build your pot just the way you did leaving everything in. Don’t be afraid to add a little cayenne and white pepper for additional flavor.

Note: Growing up this was the way we cooked wild ducks and geese.

[wickll]

What you have is old school Cajun Jambalaya from down on da bayou before we got so fancy with it. It’s very good made plain and simple like you have done. Great job Wickll.

If I might suggest taking some chicken thighs and brown them off a little with your giblets in a little bit of oil. This will add a whole new level of flavor. As it is browning keep adding a little water to your pot so it doesn’t over carmalize. Once you have browned it off you can build your pot just the way you did leaving everything in. Don’t be afraid to add a little cayenne and white pepper for additional flavor.

Note: Growing up this was the way we cooked wild ducks and geese.

I figured that this dish had Cajun roots. It has really gotten popular in the last 10 years in our Czech/German communities.

[Hoadster604]

i will try this one for sure. thanks

[AM Cloutier]

That looks delicious!

I used chicken gizzards, hearts, and liver along with ground pork and beef to make my rice dressing. My mom is from Ville Platte, Louisiana so my recipe is the real deal!

[diamond10x]

I'm going to have to give this a go as I like to make gumbo with livers, hearts, and gizzards.

[Bayouboy]

That looks delicious!

I used chicken gizzards, hearts, and liver along with ground pork and beef to make my rice dressing. My mom is from Ville Platte, Louisiana so my recipe is the real deal!

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[wickll]

That looks delicious!

I used chicken gizzards, hearts, and liver along with ground pork and beef to make my rice dressing. My mom is from Ville Platte, Louisiana so my recipe is the real deal!

I guess I never heard of rice dressing before, but probably about the same thing, right? Keep in mind growing up , we ate potatoes, seldom rice. The only way my mom fixed rice was just plain cooked rice, and then sugar and cinnamon on it for a dessert. (maybe a little cream or milk) But I might have to look up rice dressing.

The giblets and rice I recently had on some fundraiser plates I recently had was awesome. But maybe it just tasted better because I didn't cook it.

[Jon B]

Looks really good

[tx_basser]

yes.. very much so. Need Livers

[AM Cloutier]

Rice dressing and dirty rice is the same thing. You have probably heard of dirty rice. My mom always called it rice dressing.

[Islandrat]

trying this! thanks

[MetalMan2004]

Definitely going to make this