Sweet Grown Alabama Recipes

For the rice dressing 

Ingredients:

• 2 cups Basmati rice
• 4 stalks of celery finely diced
• 1 poblano pepper finely diced
• 1 red bell pepper finely diced
• 1 onion finely diced
• 6 cloves of minced garlic
• 12 ounces ground pork
• 6 ounces crawfish tails
• 4 cups chicken stock
• 1 cup of water
• 2 tablespoons homemade blackening
• 2.5 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons black pepper

Instructions:

1. In a medium Dutch oven, brown pork.

2. Toss in trinity (celery, peppers, onion) until soft.

3. Bring to boil and add in the rice. 

4. Turn down heat and simmer for 30 minutes.

5. Add crawfish in the last 5 minutes. 

 

For the salsa verde (sauce)

Ingredients:

• 1 bunch of flat leaf parsley
• 3 tablespoons of capers
•  6 anchovies
•  3 tablespoons of breadcrumbs
• 1cup of extra virgin olive oil
• 1 ½ cups of Kodachrome arugula
• Zest and juice of 1 lemon

Instructions:

1. Add everything to the blender

2. Blend until smooth.

 

For the charred broccolini

Ingredients:

• Lemon
• Oil
• Salt and pepper

Instructions:

1. Add oil to the pan.

2. Add broccolini and char.

3. Top with lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste.

 

For the flounder 

Ingredients:

• Salt and pepper
• Wine
• LemonButter

 

Instructions:

1. Pan seared flounder skin side down until crispy.

2. Finished in oven with white wine, butter, and lemon juice.