Ingredients
- For Dirty Rice:
- 4 cups cooked rice
- 1 1/4 pounds ground turkey
- 1 small onion, diced
- 1 green pepper, diced
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 4 tsp very finely minced garlic
- 1 1/2 tsp Kitchen Bouquet or other browning sauce
- 1 TBSP Creole Seasoning, I used Tony Chachere’s... more to taste
- 1/4 cup fresh chopped flat leaf parsley
- For Cajun Shrimp Scampi:
- 1 pound medium or large shrimp, peeled and eveined
- 4 slices bacon, diced into bite sized pieces
- 2-3 jalapenos, seeded and sliced into half-moon pieces
- 2 TBSP butter
- 1-2 tsp Creole Seasoning, Again, I used Tony Chachere's...more to taste
- pinch cayenne pepper (optional)
- Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese
Preparation
Step 1
In large skillet over medium heat with a TBSP of canola oil, brown meat and veggies, breaking up ground turkey to small pieces. Once cooked thoroughly, add in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1-2 minutes. Add Creole seasoning and browning sauce, stir. Add in cooked rice and parsley and stir to warm through, keep warm while you prepare the shrimp.
In a medium skillet over medium heat, add bacon and cook until bacon starts to render fat. Add butter and allow to melt. Add in Jalapenos, Creole Seasoning, and optional cayenne pepper. Add in shrimp and cook just until shrimp turns opaque and bacon is cooked through.
To serve, place Dirty Rice on a plate and sprinkle with 1-2 TBSP of shredded Monterey Jack Cheese. Add Shrimp mixture on top. Allow the heat of the dish to melt the cheese.