Vegan Dirty Rice

5 from 28 votes

An easy vegan Dirty Rice recipe that you can cook up in under 30 minutes. There are no chicken livers in this meatless version of the Louisiana classic, but vegan sausage and Cajun seasoning -- along with a few other carefully chosen ingredients -- add all the flavor you can handle. A soy-free, gluten-free and nut-free recipe.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Main, Side Dish

Cuisine: nut-free, Soy-free

Diet: Gluten Free, Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings: servings

Calories: 340.46kcal

Author: Vaishali · Holy Cow Vegan

Equipment

Large saucepan with lid
Smaller saucepan with lid for cooking rice

Ingredients

1.5 cups basmati rice (raw)
3 cups vegetable stock
1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
1 large onion (finely diced)
3 stalks celery (finely diced)
3 green bell peppers (finely diced)
3 cloves garlic (smashed and minced)
2 tablespoon sage (finely chopped)
14 oz vegan sausage (I used Beyond Meat, but any vegan sausage works here. Break it up into small bits by hand)
½ teaspoon smoked paprika
1 tablespoon liquid aminos
1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning
Salt to taste
2 tablespoon parsley (chopped)

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Instructions

Bring 2.5 cups of the vegetable stock to a boil in a saucepan, add salt and ground black pepper to taste, and add the raw rice. Once the stock comes back to a boil, add the rice, cover, and cook for 8 minutes.
While the rice is cooking, in a large pot, heat the oil. Add the onions, celery, bell peppers, garlic and sage, add a dash of salt and ground black pepper, and saute for about five minutes until the vegetables are soft but not colored. Add the sausage and saute for a couple of minutes.
Add the smoked paprika and liquid aminos and stir well, then fold in the cooked rice, the remaining half cup of vegetable stock, and the Cajun seasoning. Season with more salt and pepper if needed.
Stir in the parsley and serve hot.

Notes

To make this recipe with brown rice, use four cups of vegetable stock for the same quantity of rice, and let it cook 45 minutes over a low flame in a covered pot.

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