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Meatless Dirty Rice with Collards
Recipes
Meatless Dirty Rice with Collards
6 servings
30 minutes total

Ingredients

  • 2 cups fresh collard greens
  • 1 medium yellow onion
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 1 tablespoon plant-based butter
  • 1 cup basmati (or jasmine) rice
  • 2 cups vegetable stock (or broth)
  • 2 tablespoons smoked paprika
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground red pepper (optional)

Steps

    1. Preheat large saucepan on medium 2–3 minutes. Chop collard greens coarsely. Cut onion into ½-inch cubes (1 cup); chop garlic finely.
    2. Melt butter in pan and add onions. Cook 3–4 minutes, stirring occasionally, until onions begin to soften. Add garlic; cook and stir 1 minute.
    3. Stir in rice. Cook and stir 2–3 minutes until rice is fragrant and lightly toasted. Pour in stock, paprika, salt, pepper, and crushed red pepper; bring to a boil.
    4. Stir in collards, cover, and reduce heat to low. Cook 20 minutes. Remove pan from heat and let stand 5 minutes or until rice is tender. Stir in ground red pepper, if using. Serve.

Amount per ⅙ recipe serving: Calories 130, Total Fat 1.5g, Sat Fat 0g, Trans Fat 0g, Chol 0mg, Sodium 400mg, Total Carb 27g, Fiber 2g, Sugars 1g, Protein 3g, Calc 2%, Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 0%, Iron 6%