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Our Dirty Rice is the best slimming-friendly fried rice recipe, and a really easy meal for anyone counting calories or following a diet plan like Weight Watchers.

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Food often reminds us of places we’ve been in times past. We had dirty rice whilst on a business trip to the US and it got us thinking… could we combine dirty rice with fried rice? You bet we can!

Technically speaking – this Dirty Fried Rice isn’t “dirty rice” in the traditional sense. The “dirty” comes from the colour typically produced by adding chicken livers to the dish, but we’ve skipped them in our recipe; feel free to add them in.

There are no fancy ingredients in this Dirty Rice. You can pick up the Cajun Seasoning in most supermarkets – just check the nutritional values of whichever brand you choose to use as they can vary.

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We recommend investing in a good frying pan that will last for many years and has a lid, like this one on Amazon.

If you can’t find cajun spice mix at the supermarket (or use lots of it!) you can get it in bulk online too.

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There are 391 calories in each portion of our Slimming friendly Dirty Rice. This means it falls into our Everyday Light recipe category.

This Dirty Rice is perfect if you’re following a calorie controlled diet, and fits well with any one of the major diet plans such as Weight Watchers.

As a guide, an average man needs around 2, 500kcal (10, 500kJ) a day to maintain a healthy body weight. For an average woman, that figure is around 2, 000kcal (8, 400kJ) a day. Obviously, if your goal is to lose weight then you might want to adjust these slightly! You can read more about these recommendations on the NHS website.

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Cook the rice according to the packet instructions, adding the bay leaf to the water before cooking. Set the rice aside once cooked.

Mist a large frying pan with low calorie cooking spray, then cook the onions, pork mince and bacon until they are nicely browned

Dirty Rice is really a meal in itself. If you wanted to serve it as an accompaniment then you could serve a smaller portion of the rice as a side!

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Standard advice here in the UK is to cook food until it has reached 70°C and stayed at that temperature for 2 minutes. This is to keep your family safe.

Freezing and reheating rice is often a concern for a lot of people, and it’s one of the things we get asked about quite frequently.

As we all know you can get food poisoning from eating reheated rice, but, it’s not actually the reheating that can cause issues, it is, in fact, the way that the rice has been stored beforehand where the problem begins.

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Without getting too technical uncooked rice can contain spores that are resistant to heat and can survive the cooking process. If cooked rice is left standing at room temperature these spores can grow into bacteria. At this point, the bacteria will be destroyed by reheating the rice thoroughly.

From frozen: Allow to defrost, and heat covered in the microwave for 3-5 minutes then stir. Cook for a further 5-7 minutes until piping hot.

Dirty Rice Our Dirty Rice is the best, slimming-friendly fried rice recipe, and a really easy meal for anyone counting calories or following a diet plan like Weight Watchers or similar.

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With ever-changing plans and point calculations, we have made the decision to remove WW Points from the website - referring to your individual plan or advice from your consultant is always going to give the most accurate results.

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For the full list of ingredients and comprehensive instructions, please see the recipe card at the end of this post. Before you scroll, there’s important stuff to know in the blurb!

Thousands of you have loved making our Dirty Rice, and we’re inundated with questions about it each week. One of the most frequently asked questions, is “can I use beef mince with it, rather than pork?”.

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You can, but we think that the combination of flavours needed to be adjusted ever so slightly. So here we are, this is Cajun-Style Dirty Rice, using beef mince.

We’ve used a variety of colourful, crunchy veg for some added texture, but you can use whatever vegetables you like. You could use baby corn, courgette, celery, broccoli or even cauliflower!

This Cajun-Style Dirty Rice recipe is suitable if you’re gluten free as long as you swap out the following ingredients for gluten free versions;

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There are different options available in most supermarkets. We used the Tesco version which was pretty mild, but you should probably taste yours and adjust the amount you add to your tastes!

Like your Cajun-Style Dirty Rice a little milder, or want to feed it to the little ones? Then cut down on the Cajun, and add it little by little.

If you forgot to pick up some Cajun spice mix at the shops, we also have instructions of how to make your own here.

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You can also remove the fat and tails from back bacon rather than buying bacon medallions. Trim it off with scissors before cooking so that the fat doesn’t make it into the dish!

This dish doesn’t take long and works best in a pan on the hob. We wouldn’t recommend the slow cooker or pressure cooker for this one!

Quick, easy and so tasty. Cooked the onions and bacon well first so bacon was nice and crispy (suits my daughter !!). Then added everything else. Lots left for another day too !! Served it with Taco shells which made a good crispy twist to the dish.

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Sneaky move.…..My son doesn’t like mushrooms so I grated them for this dish. He was non the wiser! Pssst. Don’t tell him 😀

An old favourite now! Easy to make and spice can be adjusted to suit individual tastes. If one of you likes it super hot just put the Cajun seasoning on the table for extra!

Pork mince is a great sub for beef mince, lean and adds a different dynamic. Awesome recipe to “use up” left over veg and meat from previous meals.

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The recipe as it is is amazing however we like spice in our house. I add chilli flakes and an extra teaspoon of cajun and it gives the dish just a like extra kick. It has now become a firm favourite in our house.

A lovely dinner for the start of the week . I split the recipe in half but it is enough to pop one in the freezer for another night

I cook the rice first and set aside then add to the pan at the end rather than try and do all together

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Each portion of this Cajun-Style Dirty Rice is only 369 calories, This means it falls into our Everyday Light recipe category. You can find all of our other Everyday Light recipes here.

This recipe is great if you’re following a calorie controlled diet, and fits well with any one of the major diet plans such as Weight Watchers.

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As a guide, an average man needs around 2, 500kcal (10, 500kJ) a day to maintain a healthy body weight. For an average woman, that figure is around 2, 000kcal (8, 400kJ) a day. If your goal is to lose weight then you might want to adjust these slightly! You can read more about these recommendations on the NHS website.

Cook the rice according to the packet instructions, adding