Best Purloo Recipes

PURLOO

Steps:

• Cook bacon over medium heat in large skillet until brown; drain fat, leaving about 1/2 tablespoons
• Stir in onion, pepper, okra and garlic; saute 2 to 3 minutes or until onion is tender.
• Add the shrimp; continue cooking 3 minutes.
• Add rice, tomato, thyme, salt, and basil. Heat thoroughly.

RED RICE PURLOO

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Place the bacon in a large, deep skillet, and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 8 minutes. Set the bacon on a paper towel-lined plate, leaving bacon fat in the skillet. Brown the ham and sausage in the bacon fat, about 10 minutes. Remove from pan.
• Add the onions, celery, red and green bell peppers to the pan used to cook the meat, adding peanut oil if the pan is too dry. Cook and stir until the vegetables are tender, about 5 to 8 minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook 2 minutes. Add the eggplant, and cook for 5 more minutes. Place the cooked veggies in the bottom of a large casserole or oven-proof baking dish.
• Heat 1 teaspoon peanut oil in the skillet. Pour in the uncooked rice; cook and stir until the rice is fragrant and golden, about 3 minutes. Spoon the rice over the veggies in the casserole dish. Cover the rice with the cooked bacon, ham, and sausage.
• Return the skillet to medium heat, and cook the okra until lightly brown. Pour in the red wine and simmer until the wine has almost evaporated completely. Stir chicken stock, tomato puree, bay leaves, salt, basil, thyme, and black pepper into the okra; bring to a boil. Pour the okra mixture into the casserole dish, and cover the dish tightly with foil. Bake in the preheated oven until the rice is tender, about 1 to 1 1/4 hours. Remove the bay leaves and serve with hot sauce.

DUCK PURLOO

Steps:

• Put duck breasts, skin sides up, in a 6 to 8-quart heavy pot and add broth. Bring just to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, until very tender when pierced with a fork, 2 to 3 hours. Transfer duck to a bowl with a slotted spoon, then, when cool enough to handle, remove and discard skin and shred meat with 2 forks. Skim off and discard fat from broth and return shredded duck to pot.
• While duck cooks, crumble breakfast sausage into a deep 12-inch heavy skillet and cook over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until browned, about 5 minutes. Add kielbasa, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and red pepper flakes and cook, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Skim off all but about 2 tablespoons fat and discard it.
• Add onions and bell peppers to sausage mixture and increase heat to high, then cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are softened, about 10 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring, until softened, about 3 minutes. Transfer sausage mixture to a large bowl. Cool to room temperature, then chill, covered, until duck is finished cooking.
• Return sausage mixture to pot with duck meat and add remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper, habanero chile, and salt. Stir in rice and bring liquid to a rolling boil over high heat, then reduce heat and simmer, covered, stirring occasionally, until rice is tender and moist but not soggy, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand, covered, 15 minutes. Stir in parsley and season with salt and pepper.
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SHRIMP & SAUSAGE PURLOO RECIPE

Steps:

• Peel the shrimp. Devein them if necessary, put them in a bowl and add 3 tbsps. Worcestershire sauce. Toss and refrigerate. Peel and dice the onion. Core, seed, and dice the green pepper. Slice the frozen okra into 3/8-inch rounds. If you're using frozen beans, cut them into 1-inch long pieces. Re-freeze until you're ready to cook them. Rinse the rice in the strainer until the water runs clear. Dice the bacon. Cut the kielbasa into 3/4-inch thick rounds. Line a plate with paper towels. Put the bacon into a heavy skillet over medium-high heat. When it starts to sizzle, reduce the heat to medium and cook it until it has rendered most of its fat, 7 minutes. Transfer the bacon to the plate lined with paper towels to drain. Add the onion and the bell pepper to the bacon fat and cook, stirring frequently, until the onion is translucent, 3 minutes. Add the frozen okra and the kielbasa and stir. Add the rice to the pan and cook, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add 2 cups water, ½ tsp. salt, several grinds pepper and the cooked bacon. Cover and cook until the rice is plump through and has absorbed the water, 20-25 minutes. Check the rice occasionally to see if it needs more water and add 1 tbsp. at a time, if necessary. Check the rice. Add water if necessary. When the rice is cooked, stir in the shrimp and Worcestershire sauce. Cover and cook for 3 minutes.

DIRTY TURKEY-RICE PURLOO

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°. In a large, deep skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of the oil. Add the onion and cook over low heat until golden, 7 minutes. Add the bell peppers and celery and cook until softened, 8 minutes. Add the garlic and eggplant; cook, stirring, until the eggplant softens, 5 minutes. Scrape into a large enameled cast-iron casserole.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in the skillet. Add the giblets and the sausage, season with salt and pepper and cook over high heat until browned, 5 minutes. Stir in the wine and cook, stirring, until reduced to a syrup, 1 minute. Add the stock and bring to a boil, then transfer to the casserole. Add the bay leaves, crushed pepper and thyme.
• In the large skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil until shimmering. Add the okra and cook over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until browned, 4 minutes. Stir in the crushed tomatoes and cook until heated through. Add the tomatoes and okra to the casserole.
• Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil in the skillet. Add the rice and cook over moderate heat, stirring, just until golden, about 3 minutes; scrape into the casserole and smooth the surface. Cover and bake for 45 minutes, or until the rice is tender and the stock has been absorbed. Discard the bay leaves. Fluff the rice with a fork and serve.

CHICKEN PURLOO

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 375 degrees. Season chicken with salt to taste. Place 1 tablespoon oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat, and brown chicken pieces. Transfer to a medium bowl, and set aside. 2. Add onion (and 1 teaspoon oil if necessary) to pan, and sauté until golden brown, about 6 minutes. Add celery (and 1 teaspoon oil if necessary), and cook until slightly softened, about 4 minutes. Add garlic, bell pepper, red pepper flakes, basil, thyme and bay leaves; sauté 2 minutes. Add eggplant (and 1 teaspoon oil if necessary), and sauté until eggplant is tender, about 4 minutes more. Transfer all vegetables and pan juices to a wide 3-to-4-quart ovenproof casserole dish, and spread them in an even layer. 3. Heat 2 teaspoons oil in sauté pan, and add rice. Sauté until rice is lightly golden, 2 to 3 minutes. Spread rice in an even layer over vegetables in casserole. Sprinkle 1 teaspoon salt and the pepper over rice. 4. Add 1 teaspoon oil to sauté pan. When hot, add ham, stirring until it is fragrant. Add okra, and sauté until lightly browned, 6 to 8 minutes. Add wine, and cook until pan is almost dry. Add tomatoes; simmer vigorously until mixture has thickened, about 6 minutes. In a small saucepan, bring stock to a boil, then remove from heat and set aside. 5. Layer okra and tomato mixture over rice in casserole. Arrange chicken pieces on top, placing thigh and leg portions near edge of pan and breast pieces in center. Top with any juices from bowl of chicken. Pour hot stock into casserole, and cover pan tightly with a lid or foil. Bake until rice has absorbed all liquid, about 1 hour. 6. Transfer chicken pieces to a platter. Toss rice and vegetables in pot, and season to taste with salt, pepper and Tabasco. On each of four plates, place a portion of chicken and a serving of rice and vegetables. Serve hot.