🔥 Dirty Rice with Ground Beef & Garlic-Parmesan Yogurt Cream Sauce is the ultimate savory comfort bowl! Hearty ground beef, seasoned rice, veggies, and Cajun-inspired spices, drizzled generously with a creamy garlic-Parmesan yogurt sauce. Bold flavors, creamy textures, and pure deliciousness! 🍚🧄🧀
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🧾 Ingredients (Serves 3–4)
🍛 Dirty Rice with Ground Beef
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 cup uncooked long-grain rice 🍚
• 2 cups beef or chicken broth
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• ½ onion, finely diced
• ½ bell pepper, finely diced
• 1 stalk celery, finely diced
• 2 cloves garlic, minced 🧄
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1 tsp Cajun seasoning
• ½ tsp smoked paprika
• Salt & pepper to taste
• Optional: chopped fresh parsley or green onions
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🧄🧀 Garlic-Parmesan Yogurt Cream Sauce
• ½ cup plain Greek yogurt
• 2 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tbsp lemon juice 🍋
• Salt & pepper to taste
• Splash of water (to thin sauce if needed)
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🍃 Garnish
• Fresh parsley or green onions
• Extra Parmesan cheese
• Lemon wedges
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🔥 Instructions
1. Prepare the Dirty Rice
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add ground beef, breaking it apart as it cooks until browned and cooked through.
• Stir in diced onion, bell pepper, celery, and garlic. Sauté until veggies soften.
• Add rice, paprika, smoked paprika, Cajun seasoning, salt, and pepper. Stir to coat the rice in seasonings.
• Pour broth into skillet, bring to boil, then reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer for 20–25 minutes or until rice is tender and liquid absorbed.
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2. Make the Garlic-Parmesan Yogurt Cream Sauce
• In a small bowl, whisk Greek yogurt, Parmesan cheese, garlic, lemon juice, salt, and pepper until creamy and smooth.
• Add a splash of water if needed to thin to drizzle consistency.
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3. Assemble the Dish
• Fluff cooked dirty rice gently with a fork.
• Serve dirty rice topped generously with garlic-Parmesan yogurt cream sauce.
• Garnish with fresh parsley or green onions, extra Parmesan, and a squeeze of lemon.
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✨ Savory, comforting, creamy, and a little spicy—every bite is packed with flavor!
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