Dandelion Green Gumbo With Good Thyme Rice

Serves: 3

Halle Leffler

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

46

Spice

50

Sweetness

50

Sourness

40

mins

Prep time (avg)

4.1

Difficulty

Ingredients:

6 cups

Chicken

2 tbsps

Butter

1

Salt

2 tsps

Lemon Zest

Directions:

1

Remove bay from gumbo

2

Scoop up gumbo and top with scoops of rice and serve

3

Heat a sauce pot over medium heat

4

Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil and rice

5

Toast rice 2 minutes, add 2 cups stock and thyme sprigs and bring to a boil

6

Cover the pot, reduce heat to simmer and cook 18 minutes or until tender

7

Heat a soup pot over medium to medium high heat

8

Add 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan, and 2 tablespoons butter to the pot

9

When butter melts into oil, add garlic, celery, bell pepper and onion and season with salt, pepper and paprika

10

Cook to soften veggies, 5 minutes

11

Add bay leaf and flour and cook the flour another minute

12

Stir in the beer and reduce the liquid by half, a minute or so

13

Add hot sauce, Worcestershire and tomatoes

14

Add 1 quart stock to the pot, stir in the greens and season with nutmeg

15

Raise heat to bring to a quick boil then simmer 15 minutes until greens are no longer bitter

16

Adjust seasonings, to taste

17

Uncover rice and add lemon zest and scallions

18

Remove the thyme stems and fluff rice with a fork