Dirty Brown Rice with Shrimp

Dirty Rice without the fat and calories

Ingredients

1.5 cups uncooked brown rice
Chicken bouillon cube
2 bay leaves divided
Tennessee River Pirate Cajun or Creole Seasoning
1 tablespoon Olive Oil
1 onion diced
1 Green Bell pepper diced
2 Celery diced
1 clove garlic minced
1/2 pound lean ground beef or ground turkey
1 pound medium shrimp peeled and deviend
2 scallions chopped
Salt and Pepper to taste
French Bread

Method

Cook brown rice according to package along with chicken bouillon cube 1 bay leaf and Cajun or Creole seasoning to taste

When rice is almost done heat a large pan to medium. Add oil, onions, green pepper, celery, bay leaf and garlic. Saute over medium heat until soft about 5 minutes. Add beef, salt and pepper and Cajun or Creole seasoings. Saute until brown about 10 minutes. Add shrimp, cover and cook for another 5 minutes.

When rice is done toss with beef and shrimp mixture. Combine well. Top with
scallions and serve with French Bread!!

Makes 6.5 cups

Tennessee River Pirate Gulf Coast Shrimp and Grits

Gulf Coast meets South Carolina Coast

Ingredients

1 Pound Medium -Large Shrimp Raw
Tennessee River Pirate Creole Seasoning
2-4 pieces of bacon
1 small jar of pimentos
1 tablespoon of minced garlic
1 12 oz can diced tomatoes.. (Drained)
Handful of Mushrooms....As to your liking
2 Green onions..Green parts to
Holandaise Sauce
Shredded Cheddar Cheese
Grits..Yellow Stone Ground if you can find them around here
Sliced Sourdough Bread

Method

Cook grits
Cook hollandaise sauce
In a large skillet cook the bacon. Set bacon aside
In the bacon grease over medium heat saute the green onions minced garlic , diced tomatoes and mushrooms and shrimp for about 3 minutes until shrimp is done and veggies are soft. Sprinkle generously with Creole Seasoning will you saute
Crumble bacon back over this mixture
Put your grits onto your plate top with the shrimp and veggie mixture shredded cheese and hollandaise sauce!!
Serve with Sourdough Toast

Tennessee River Pirate New orleans Style BBQ Shrimp

New Orleans Meets Tennessee River Pirate

Ingredients

16 Jumbo Raw Shrimp..Royal Reds if you can find them in these Parts
1 stick of butter
1 Tablespoon Minced Garlic
1.5 -2 cups of Tennessee River Pirate BBQ Sauce
French Bread
 

Method

In a large cast iron skillet over medium heat
Saute Shrimp in butter and minced garlic until Shrimp becomes pink about 1-2 minutes
Pour in Tn River Pirate BBQ Sace and continue to cook until shrimp is done.
Serve Shrimp with BBQ Sauce poured over top
Serve with French Bread