Dirty Rice

Ingredients

2 tb chicken fat
1/2 lb chicken gizzards
1/4 lb pork
1 bay leaves
1 onions
1 1/2 celery
1/2 bell peppers
1 garlic
1 ts tabasco sauce
1 ts salt
1 ts pepper
2 ts paprika
1 ts dry mustard
1 ts cumin
1/2 ts thyme
1/2 ts oregano
2 tb butter
2 c stock
1/2 lb chicken livers
1 c rice

Instructions

Place fat, gizzards, pork and bay leaves in large heavy skillet over high heat; cook until meat is thoroughly browned, about 6 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir in the onion, celery, bell pepper, garlic, Tabasco, salt, pepper, paprika, mustard, cumin, thyme, and oregano; stir thoroughly, scraping pan bottom well. Add the butter and stir until melted. Reduce heat to medium and cook about 8 minutes, stirring constantly and scraping pan botton well. Add the stock and stir until any mixture sticking to the pan bottom comes loose; cook about 8 minutes over high heat, stirring once. Then stir in the livers and cook about 2 minutes. Add the rice and stir thoroughly; cover pan and turn heat to very low; cook about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and leave covered until rice is tender, about 10 minutes. Remove bay leaves and serve immediately.