dirty rice

noun

: a Cajun dish of white rice cooked with chopped or ground giblets

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The rice is there in the region’s popular eggplant dressing, dirty rice with chicken livers and in crawfish pies. — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 14 Oct. 2026 Southern favorites and seafood specialties Fishbone Social is open for lunch and dinner, serving Louisiana-style fare like greens, macaroni, dirty rice and red beans and rice. — Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2026 Is there anything a heaping scoop of dirty rice doesn't go with? — Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026 The sides include the usual slaw, beans and salad plus a stellar dirty rice, green beans, corn or hush puppies. — Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dirty rice

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First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of dirty rice was in 1949

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dirty rice

noun
: a Cajun dish of white rice cooked with chopped or ground giblets
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