Monday, June 8, 2009

Dirty Rice

My inspiration for creating this blog is Michael Chu and his site. After I've seen his mouth-watering recipes on his site, I can't wait to try one of them. I've just tweaked most of the ingredients because I have a large family of 6 members. So here it is, Dirty Rice from Michael Chu's site.

Here are the Ingredients I've prepared:


  • 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • 334g. of chicken gizzards, chopped
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  • 426g. of chicken livers, chopped
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  • 1 medium white onion, chopped
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  • 1 celery rib, chopped
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  • 1 medium red bell pepper (sorry, the bell pepper is not yet red and I can't see a ripe bell pepper), chopped
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  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 1kg. of rice, uncooked
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  • 1.5L. of chicken stock
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  • 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
  • 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
  • 1 tsp. salt

  1. Heat vegetable oil in a thick pot over medium heat.
  2. Add the chicken gizzards. Cook until brown.
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  3. Add the chicken livers. Cook until brown.
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  4. Add in the onion until it becomes tender.
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  5. Add the celery, garlic and red bell pepper and stir for 3 minutes.Liver will start to become grounded.
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  6. Mix in the rice and add chicken stock.
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  7. Season it with salt, black and cayenne pepper.
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  8. Bring to boil over high heat while constantly stirring.
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  9. Lower the heat. Cover and simmer it for 20-30 minutes or until the rice becomes cooked.
  10. fluff them and transfer it to a large bowl. Let it rest for 10 minutes.
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  11. Serve.
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Things I've considered:

I make sure that I know how to cook rice and how much water I need to cook it. But since our rice is not that hard to cook, I've deal with it through estimations. You can seek advise from experts regarding this if you don't know how to make an estimate.

Expenses(approximate since I didn't consumed all of the ingredients):

  • vegetable oil (just got them from our kitchen consumed 2 tbsp. of it at around 30mL for Php3.00)
  • 334g. of chicken gizzards (consumed all of it for Php31.06)
  • 426g. of chicken livers(consumed all of it for Php47.29)
  • 2 medium white onion(consumed 1 piece of it at around Php8.19)
  • celery (consumed 1 rib of it at around Php2.00)
  • 2 medium red bell pepper (consumed 1 piece of it at around Php14.19)
  • 4 cloves of garlic (just got them from our kitchen but it costs at around Php3.00)
  • 1kg. of rice, uncooked (just got them from our kitchen but it costs Php36.00)
  • 3pcs. of chicken cubes for stock (just bought from our local sari-sari store for Php5.00 each)
  • 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper (just got them from our kitchen but it's around Php0.50)
  • 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper (consumed 1/4 tsp. of it at around Php2.00)
  • 1 tsp. salt (just got them from our kitchen but it's around Php1.00)

Total Estimated Price for all the consumed ingredients:

Php161.25

Actual Expense:

  • vegetable oil (just got them from our kitchen)
  • 334g. of chicken gizzards (Php31.06)
  • 426g. of chicken livers(Php47.29)
  • 2 medium white onion(Php16.38)
  • celery (Php8.74)
  • 2 medium red bell pepper (Php28.38)
  • 4 cloves of garlic (just got them from our kitchen)
  • 1kg. of rice, uncooked (just got them from our kitchen)
  • 3pcs. of chicken cubes for stock (Php15.00)
  • 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper (just got them from our kitchen)
  • 1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper (Php41.75)
  • 1 tsp. salt (just got them from our kitchen)

Total Actual Price:

Php188.6

Ok. You now have all the details for this recipe. Why don't you try this recipe at your own home. Also, don't forget to visit the original author of this recipe, Michael Chu, from this site. Thanks Michael! :)

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