Dirty Brown Rice Recipe

This Dirty Brown Rice is packed with flavor!  It’s a meal in itself with the added ground turkey as well.  It makes a fabulous, healthy dish for the whole week!

I love all-in one-meals!  Ones like this Mexican Zucchini Skillet or this Bang Bang Shrimp Pasta and now this easy Dirty Brown Rice recipe.

Why is it called Dirty Rice?

Dirty Rice is a very versatile dish.  It gets it’s name from the spices, like cumin and chili powder, and meat that add color and make it look dirty.

You can substitute the ground turkey with shredded chicken or sauteed shrimp.  Using this cooked and frozen crock pot chicken is perfect for this.  You can also adjust the seasonings to make it as spicy or mild as you prefer.

Dirty Brown Rice Ingredients

Brown rice, cooked per package directions

Lean ground turkey meat

Coconut oil or olive oil

Garlic

Red onion, diced

Red bell pepper, diced

Yellow bell pepper, diced

Chili powder

Cumin

Garlic powder

Cinnamon

Thyme

Cayenne

Salt and pepper to taste

How to Make Dirty Brown Rice

Cook the brown rice per package instructions.

Cook onion and garlic in coconut oil or olive in a large skillet over medium heat for about 5 minutes.

Add turkey and brown for about 10 minutes.

Add diced red pepper and yellow peppers and other seasonings and cook until pepper are just tender.

Stir in cooked brown rice.

ENJOY!!

Dirty Brown Rice

This Dirty Brown Rice is packed with flavor! A meal in itself with the added ground turkey as well. A fabulous healthy lunch idea for the whole week!

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 5 minutes

Servings: 8

Calories: 330kcal

Author: Sherri Hagymas

Ingredients

• 2 cups brown rice cooked per package directions
• 20 oz lean ground turkey meat
• 2 TBSP coconut oil or olive oil
• 8 cloves garlic
• 1/2 red onion diced
• 1 red bell pepper diced
• 1 yellow bell pepper diced
• 1 TBSP chili powder
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 2 teaspoons garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1/4 teaspoon cayenne
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

• Cook the brown rice per package instructions.
• Cook onion and garlic in coconut oil or olive in a large skillet over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
• Add turkey and brown for about 10 minutes.
• Add diced red pepper and yellow peppers and other seasonings.
• Stir in cooked brown rice.
• ENJOY!!

Nutrition

Calories: 330kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 52mg | Sodium: 69mg | Potassium: 396mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 870IU | Vitamin C: 47.9mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 2.3mg

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