Hot Dirty Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. long-grain rice, uncooked
1 qt. water
5 chicken wings (about 3/4 lb.)
5 chicken gizzards (about 1/4 lb.)
5 chicken hearts (about 1 oz.)
5 chicken livers (about 1/4 lb.)
2 lb. ground hot pork sausage
1/4 c. butter or margarine
1 large onion, chopped
3/4 c. chopped green pepper
2 stalks celery, chopped
1/2 c. sliced green onions
1/2 c. chopped cooked ham
1 Tbsp. dried parsley flakes

Preparation

Cook rice according to package directions; set aside.
Combine water and next 3 ingredients in a Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes; add chicken livers, and cook 10 minutes or until tender.
Drain, reserving 3/4 cup liquid. Remove meat from wings; coarsely chop wing meat, gizzards, hearts and livers.
Set chopped meat aside.
Brown sausage in Dutch oven; stirring until it crumbles.
Drain and set aside.
Melt butter in Dutch oven; add onion, pepper and celery.
Cook over medium heat, stirring often, 5 minutes or until tender.
Add green onions and cook 2 minutes.
Add ham, sausage, chopped meat and reserved liquid.
Bring to a boil; reduce heat, and simmer 15 minutes. Stir in cooked rice and parsley.
Serve warm.
Yields 10 to 12 servings.