Dirty Rice

Dirty rice is a classic creole dish that gets its “dirty” color from chicken livers. It’s big-time in Louisiana, but it’s also popular in other areas of the South, where it’s often known as rice dressing. But I didn’t know any of that the first few times I ate dirty rice as a teenager. All I knew was that the steam wafting out of the take-out bags from Popeye’s Fried Chicken smelled like heaven. I wanted that tiny styrofoam container of rice in my hands and opened as soon as possible. This