10-Ingredient Cajun Dirty Rice with Shrimp

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This whole grain recipe is full of fiber, protein, and low in sodium with only 10-ingredients! Best of all, it’s ready to eat in 30 minutes.

Who doesn't love a simple and affordable meal prep recipe that works for weekday lunches of a fast weeknight meal? We can say with 110% confidence that we do, and we know many of you do too! That's why we love using VeeTee rice in so many of our meal prep dishes! The rice is ready in just minutes in your microwave! Add in a few other ingredients like ground beef, veggies, and shrimp, and you have a complete meal ready in less than 30 minutes!

If that doesn't win you over, we don't know what will!

VeeTee Rice is our go-to brand for pre-cooked rice for many reasons! It is available at a wide variety of retailers nationwide (we grab it at Stop & Shop) or online! Plus, they have so many varieties! We used their brown rice with quinoa in this dish, but you could use their basmati rice in a dish like this or their whole grain rice in a dish like this. Wherever you would use rice or a grain, VeeTee has you covered!

10-Ingredient Veetee Cajun Dirty Rice with Shrimp Ingredients:

1 tablespoon unsalted butter
½ cup finely chopped green bell pepper
½ cup finely chopped sweet white onion
½ cup finely chopped celery
½ lb. 96% lean ground beef
2 packages VeeTee brown rice with quinoa
1 cup low sodium chicken stock
4 oz. medium peeled/deveined shrimp, thawed
2 teaspoon Cajun seasoning

For Serving

1 tablespoon unsalted butter
8 cups chopped collard greens
Sea salt and pepper to taste

10-Ingredient Cajun Dirty Rice with Shrimp

Spice up dinner with this cajun dirty rice that feeds big appetites without a high-calorie count. This whole grain recipe is full of fiber, protein, and low in sodium with only 10-ingredients! Best of all, it’s ready to eat in 30 minutes.

Course dinner, Lunch, Main Dish

Cuisine Mexican, Spanish

Diet Gluten Free

Keyword Beef, dinner, gluten free, low calorie, lunch, main dish, Shrimp, under 400 calories

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 19

Total Time 29

Servings meals

Calories 410kcal

Author Meal Prep on Fleek

Ingredients

1 tablespoon unsalted butter
½ cup finely chopped green bell pepper
½ cup finely chopped sweet white onion
½ cup finely chopped celery
½ lb. 96% lean ground beef
2 packages VeeTee Brown Rice with Quinoa
1 cup low sodium chicken stock
4 oz. medium peeled/deveined shrimp thawed
2 teaspoon Cajun seasoning

For Serving

1 tablespoon unsalted butter
8 cups chopped collard greens
Sea salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Melt butter over medium heat in a large skillet. Add green pepper, onion, and celery. Sauté for 5 minutes stirring occasionally. Add ground beef and use a spatula to break up into small crumbles. Cook 5 minutes longer uncovered.
Stir in Veetee rice and use a spatula to break up any large pieces. Stir in chicken broth, shrimp, and Cajun seasoning. Cover and cook for 6–7 minutes longer, until shrimp is fully heated through.
Divide Cajun rice between large compartments of 4 teal MPOF containers.
Wipe pan clean. Heat remaining butter over medium heat and add collard greens. Sauté for 6-7 minutes until greens are tender. Season with salt and pepper.
Divide collard greens between 4 small compartments.