Rice & grains
Cajun Clam Dirty Rice
Louisiana attitude, Pacific clams
- 35 min
- Medium
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 10 razor clams, chopped
- 2 cups cooked rice
- 1 onion, 1 green pepper, 2 celery stalks (the trinity)
- 2 tsp Cajun seasoning, hot sauce
- 4 oz andouille or smoked sausage, diced
Method
- Brown the sausage; sweat the trinity in the fat, 8 minutes.
- Cajun seasoning in; 30 seconds.
- Rice in; toss and let it catch a little on the bottom.
- Clams for the last 2 minutes.
- Hot sauce and sliced scallions at the table.
Tip. A slightly crusty bottom layer is flavor — scrape it through.
Start with how to clean a razor clam if your clams are still in the shell. Washington's daily limit is the first 15 you dig, so most recipes here are sized for one limit or less.
Dig them first.
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