Dirty Rice

Trisha Yearwood Key Lime Cake

Trisha Cake Is So So Good....!!!

Trisha Yearwood Key Lime Cake

1 3-oz package lime-flavored gelatin
1⅓ cups granulated sugar
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
½ tsp salt
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
5 large eggs, slightly beaten
1½ cups vegetable oil
¾ cup orange juice
1 Tbsp lemon juice
½ tsp vanilla extract
½ cup Key lime juice (from about 25 small Key limes or 4 large regular limes)
½ cup confectioners’ sugar

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour three 9-inch-round cake pans.

2. In a large mixing bowl, mix the gelatin, sugar, flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda. Stir to mix well. Add the eggs, oil, orange juice, lemon juice, and vanilla. Divide the batter evenly among the 3 pans and bake for 35 to 40 minutes. Test for doneness by lightly touching the tops of the layers or inserting a toothpick. Cool the layers in the pans for 5 minutes, then turn them out onto racks.

3. While the layers are still hot, mix the lime juice and confectioners’ sugar and pour it over the layers on the racks. You can pierce the layers with a fork to allow the glaze to soak in better. Allow the layers to cool completely as you prepare the icing.

CREAM CHEESE ICING

½ cup (1 stick) butter, room temperature 1 (8-oz) package cream cheese, room temperature
1 (1-lb) box confectioners’ sugar
(I used lime zest & lime juice in my icing)

1. Cream the butter and cream cheese. Beat in the confectioners’ sugar until the mixture is smooth and easy to spread. Spread the icing between the layers and on the top and sides of the cake.

Note: The cream cheese icing is optional. This cake is beautiful and tastes great with just the glaze poured over it. Serves 12.

Southern Candied Yams

My mother made the best yams in the whole world and I am not kidding, well she was my mom so what can I say....

But her yams did melt in your mouth with lots of favor and look and smell so good.

You can tell a good candied yam dish just by looking at it....the color have a lot to do with it that bright orange and yellow color with that gloss of shine and that syrup of goodness.

What made the yams bright is the lemon juice and give it that clean and light taste.

I remember some one bought some candied yams to a church dinner and I just could believe how dark the dish of yams was.

I guess they used dark brown sugar and a lot of dark powder nutmeg and bake those potatoes in the oven to long,

Nobody did not eat those yams and I felt sorry for that sister or brother bring those to the church event.

Ohhhhhh I know what they did, they used the yams in the can and try to fix them up. please please don't ever uses sweet potatoes in a can to make candied yams.

Southern Candied Potatoes

Two cups water

3 medium potatoes cut peel and cut in 3 inch blocks

1 stick butter

1 teaspoon lemon flavor extract

2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup light brown sugar

1 tablespoon nutmeg

1/2 cup corn syrup

Directions Peel the sweet potatoes and cut them into 3 inch slices add water and all ingredients into a pot with a top.

Cover and cook 40 mins or 1 hour until liquid has thicken.

Southern Tomatoe Pie

When I see a lot of tomatoes mark down in food stores. I buy them and use them in lot of recipes. I make up recipes also and share with friends and family... and always share with you.

This Southern Tomatoe Pie. I did some changes, just a little because some of those tomatoes, I buy are kinda soft and not firm ones...

Well, I cook the soft tomatoes with some ingredients and pour the mixture into the pie crust and then finish it with the last details...

Recipe courtesy of Paula Deen

Ingredients

4 tomatoes, peeled and sliced.......Mines About 8 soft tomatoes

10 fresh basil leaves, chopped.....Mines dry 1 teaspoon basil

4 tablespoon olive oil.....Mines...

1/2 cup chopped green onion......Mines 1 cup green chopped green onions and 1 medium chopped onions

1 (9-inch) pre-baked deep dish pie shell

1 cup grated mozzarella

1 cup grated cheddar

1 tablespoon mince garlic......Mines

1/2 cup mayonnaise....Mines

1/2 sour cream.....Mines

Salt and pepper to your taste....Mines.... reole Seasoning

Recipe courtesy of Paula Deen Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Place the tomatoes in a colander in the sink in 1 layer. Sprinkle with salt and allow to drain for 10 minutes.
Layer the tomato slices, basil, and onion in pie shell. Season with salt and pepper. Combine the grated cheeses and mayonnaise together. Spread mixture on top of the tomatoes and bake for 30 minutes or until golden browned.
To serve, cut into slices and serve warm.

Mines Directions

Wash soft tomatoes and slice them... put them in a pan with olive oil on medium heat. add both onions and than garlic... and add spicy

Cooked until the mixture  medium is dry not too running..Place in a pie shell and follow the other details...

Blueberry Buttermilk Biscuits

Found Another Recipe....WOW!!!

sugar - 4 tbsp
lemon zest - 1 tbsp
all purpose flour - 3 cups
baking powder - 5 tsp
salt - 1 tsp
6 tbsp shorting cold and cut into small pieces
buttermilk - 1 1/4 cup
egg - 1
blueberries - 1 1/2 cup fresh

Preheat oven to 220 C (450 F).
Put the sugar in a small bowl, then use your fingers to rub the lemon zest into it until fragrant, then set aside.
Combine the flour, lemon sugar, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.
Add the pieces of butter, and rub in with your hands, or use a pastry blender - until the butter is combined and the mixture is very crumbly.
In a separate bowl, whisk the buttermilk together with the egg, and add this to the flour mixture and stir with a fork until combined, then gently stir in the blueberries.
Place the dough on a heavily floured surface and carefully (so you don't squish all the blueberries) roll out into a large circle or rectangle.
Use a biscuit cutter to cut biscuits from the dough, or use a knife to gently cut squares.
Put your biscuits on a baking paper lined baking sheet and bake for about 10 - 15 minutes, (depending on their size) until golden brown.

Got Recipe From
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Chicken and Smoked Sausage Gumbo

I love this guy Emeril...Chicken and Smoked Sausage Gumbo with White Rice
Recipe courtesy Emeril Lagasse from The Essence of Emeril

Serves: 6 to 7 cups, 6 to 8 servings

1 tablespoon plus 1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 pound smoked sausage, such as andouille or kielbasa, cut crosswise 1/2-inch thick pieces
4 pounds chicken thighs, skin removed (I used 1.75 pounds of boneless, skinless thighs)
1 tablespoon Essence or Creole seasoning, recipe follows
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups chopped onions
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped bell peppers
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
3 bay leaves
9 cups chicken stock or canned low-sodium chicken broth
1/2 cup chopped green onions
2 tablespoons chopped parsley leaves
1 tablespoon filé powder*
White long grain rice
Hot sauce

In a large enameled cast iron Dutch oven or large pot, heat 1 tablespoon of the vegetable oil over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and cook until well browned, about 8 minutes. Remove the sausage with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels. Set aside.

Season the chicken with the Essence and add in batches to the fat remaining in the pan. Cook over medium-high heat until well browned, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove the chicken from the pan, let cool, and then refrigerate until ready to use.

Combine the remaining 1/2 cup oil and the flour in the same Dutch oven over medium heat. Cook, stirring slowly and constantly for 20 to 25 minutes, to make a dark brown roux, the color of chocolate.

Add the onions, celery, and bell peppers and cook, stirring, until wilted, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the reserved sausage, salt, cayenne, and bay leaves, stir, and cook for 2 minutes. Stirring, slowly add the chicken stock, and cook, stirring, until well combined. Slowly adding the stock is key, allowing the stock to be completely incorporated into the roux. Bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and cook, uncovered and stirring occasionally, for 1 hour.

Add the reserved chicken to the pot and simmer for 1 1/2 hours, skimming off any fat that rises to the surface.

Remove the pot from the heat. Using a slotted spoon, remove the chicken thighs from the gumbo and place on a cutting board to cool slightly. Remove and discard the bay leaves. Shred, discarding the bones and skin. Return the meat to the gumbo and stir in the green onions, parsley, and file powder.

Spoon rice into the bottom of deep bowls or large cups and ladle the gumbo on top. Serve, passing hot sauce on the side.

How To Make The BEST Cream Of Wheat

Delicious Cream Of Wheat Recipe With Honey

2 cups milk of your choice

2 cups water

1/2 sugar or spoons Of Honey

1/2 salt

1 1/4  cup cream of wheat

4 tablespoon butter

in a medium pot heat on medium heat water and milk let it come to a simmer. when it come to a simmer add cream of wheat. and the butter and salt. keep stir until smooth about 3 mins.

Than stir in sugar. add more milk on top and butter add spicy if you like.

Try this great recipe http://delishdlites.com/breakfast-recipes/puerto-rican-crema-de-farina-cream-of-wheat-recipe/

Smothered Chicken Enchiladas

Ingredients

2 pounds chicken breast baked and season

2 tablespoon butter

1 cup season frozen season peppers and onions thewed

2 teaspoon chopped garlic

1 (1 1/4-ounce) package mild taco seasoning mix

1 (4.5-ounce) can chopped green chiles, divided

2 (10 3/4-ounce) cans cream of chicken soup

1 (16-ounce) container sour cream

8 (8-inch) flour tortillas

2 cups (8 ounces) shredded Cheddar cheese

Cut baked chicken breast in pieces add taco seasoning mix and set to the side

add butter to a pan adding the vegtables cook until lightly done add cream chicken soup.

stir very well into the butter and vegtables,adding remaining green chiles,and sour cream. Pour half of soup mixture into a lightly greased 13- x 9-inch baking dish.

add about 4 tablespoon soup mixture to chicken and mix together.

Spoon chicken mixture evenly down centers of tortillas; roll up. Place, seam sides down, over soup mixture in baking dish; top evenly with remaining soup mixture and cheese.

Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until thoroughly heated. Garnish, if desired

Seafood Cornbread Dressing

I got a great recipe.I found just for you.

 Ingredients

 2 boxes Corn Bread mix

 1 cup butter

 1/2 cup chopped onions

 1/2 cup chopped celery

 1/2 cup chopped red and green bell pepper

 1/4 cup chopped green onions

 1 (10 oz) can cream of chicken soup

 1 (14 oz) can chicken broth

 1 lb Imitation crab meat

 1 lb flounder


 Garlic powder, salt, black pepper and red pepper to taste

 Directions

 Make some cornbread from scratch, or prepare the packaged cornbread according to directions and bake.

When the cornbread's done, crumble it into a large, greased baking pan.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Melt butter in a skillet, add chopped vegetables and sauté until wilted. Add soup, broth,  Imitation crab and  flounder

Mix well and heat but do not boil.

Add seasonings. In the baking pan, on top of the cornbread, pour your seafood mixture a little at a time and mix; keep doing this until it's all mixed together.

 Don't add a lot at a time, you don't want it to be runny, just thoroughly moistened. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-45 minutes until golden brown.

dry butter beans

THE LEFT OVER BOWL OF MASHED POTATOES

THE LEFT OVER BOWL OF MASHED POTATOES SOME IDEAS WHAT TO DO WITH THEM

Good And Hot Mashed Potatoes With Gravy Sound Good Last Night Meal..But Leftover Hum!???

What to do with them? I have some plans for those last night side of Potatoes. Everyone love mashed Potatoes and Gravy. Sooooo sometime you cook way too many. Don't push them to the side and forget about them because they are leftovers. I got recipes on the way.

 NUMBER 1 

CHEESY LEFTOVER MASHED POTATO PANCAKES

3 cups chilled leftover mashed potatoes

1/2 cup Sharp shredded cheddar cheese

2 Tablespoons chopped scallions

1 egg beaten

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

3 tablespoon self-raising flour

Canola oil for pan-frying


DIRECTIONS:

In a large bowl, stir together the mashed potatoes, cheese, scallions, egg and 3 tablespoons self-raising flour until combined.

Using your hands, divide the mixture into 12 portions. Roll each portion into a compact ball then flatten it into a pancake about a 1/2-inch-thick.

Place the remaining 1/2 cup of flour in a shallow dish and carefully dredge each pancake in the flour.

Heat 3 to 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil in a large sauté pan over medium heat. (Add enough oil to thoroughly coat the bottom of the pan.)

Fry the pancakes, in batches, until they're golden brown and crispy on both sides, 3 to 4 minutes. Add more oil to the pan as needed between batches. (Do not overcrowd the pan).

Now you can add the left over gravy over them and make another great side.

                                      

NUMBER 2

Bake Potatoes

Ingredients:


4 cups leftover mashed potatoes

4 chopped green onions

black pepper and salt to taste

1/2 cup sour cream

4 slices bacon, fried until crisp and crumbled

1/2 cup grated old cheddar cheese

1 stick butter


Directions:


Preheat the oven to 350°F.

Lightly grease baking dish and adding leftover potatoes adding black pepper to taste. melt butter and pour over potatoes.spread sour cream on top of potatoes.now add cheese on top.next add crumbled bacon and green onions bake until cheese is melted.

NUMBER 3

SHEPHERD PIE

Topping

6 cup left over potatoes

1/2 butter

2 garlic cloves, minced

2/3 cup whole milk

3/4 cups (packed) coarsely grated kasseri cheese

salt and pepper to taste


Topping

Melt butter medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add garlic. Sauté until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add milk mixture and mashed potatoes until just smooth. Stir in cheese.

Drop potatoes over filling by heaping tablespoonfuls, covering completely.
Bake pie until filling is heated through and topping is golden, about 45 minutes.
Garnish with fresh oregano.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 onion, diced

2 stalks celery, diced

2 cloves garlic, crushed

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

1 tablespoon tomato paste

2 pounds lean ground beef or lamb

2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce

1/2 cup beef stock

1 1/2 cups green peas

6 cup left over mashed potatoes

Directions

Preheat oven at 400 degrees F.

Add butter and oil to a large skillet on medium heat. Saute onions, celery and garlic until tender for about 7 to 10 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

 Once the vegetables have softened and start to brown a little add the tomato paste and mix evenly. Add the ground beef and cook until beef is no longer pink about 10 minutes.

 Add the Worcestershire sauce and beef stock. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Cook and simmer for another 10 minutes. Mix in peas.

Transfer mixture to an oven-proof baking dish and spread evenly. Place potato on top of ground beef mixture and spread out evenly once the top surface has been covered  rake through with a fork so that there are peaks that will brown nicely.

 Place the dish into the preheated oven and cook until browned about 20 minutes.

Make it an Individual serving

Easy CornBread

Apple Dumplins

You Know Me ...When I find a Great Recipe...I will Share with you.Love this Apple Dumpling recipe with crescent rolls.

Ingredients

2 (8 ounce) cans crescent rolls

2 sticks butter

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

1 teaspoons vanilla

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 1/2 cup 7 Up (or other lemon soda)

2 apples (Golden Delicious or Granny Smith)

Instructions

Butter a 13 x 9 inch baking dish.
Preheat the oven at 350 F.
Peel and core apples, than cut each apple into 8 slices
Roll each apple slice in a crescent roll and place in a buttered dish.
Melt butter, stir in sugar, vanilla and cinnamon, and when it’s thickened, remove from heat and pour over the dumplings.
Pour the soda in the middle and along the edges of a pan(not over the rolls)
Bake for 35-45 minutes, or until they become golden brown.
Serve warm.

Found Recipe http://omgchocolatedesserts.com/easy-apple-dumplings/

easy potatoes salad

Fluffy Bakery Style Buttercream Frosting

Hey My Folks, Love You All!!! I Found Another Recipe. This One Is A Fluffy Bakery Style Buttercream.

Ingredients

1 1/2 c. Unsalted Butter, Softened

8 oz cream cheese

1 c. Vegetable Shortening

8 c. Powdered Sugar, Sifted

2 tsp. Vanilla Bean Paste

1 tsp. Salt

2 tbsp. Milk

1 to 2 tbsp. Light Corn Syrup

Instructions
Using a stand mixer with the whisk attachment, whip butter and shortening together until light and fluffy -- about 5 to 7 minutes. Butter should be white and the mixture should be airy.
Add powdered sugar, milk, vanilla bean paste, salt and corn syrup. Mix on low until combined. Taste the frosting and add additional salt or vanilla bean as needed.
Return mixer to medium-high speed and whip the frosting until it almost doubles in volume and becomes light and fluffy -- about 7 to 8 minutes.
Frosting is done when it is fluffy and forms soft peaks when you pull a spatula from the bowl. The frosting should stick to the back of a cake spatula. If not, add a 1/4 c. sifted powdered sugar and whip again until fluffy.

Found This Great Recipe On
http://www.onecheaputahchick.com/

Mississippi Mud Pie

When I found A Recipe You Know I will Share...Recipe courtesy of Paula Deen

Ingredients

2 cups sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 stick unsalted butter

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/2 cup cocoa

1/4 cup water

2 eggs

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 cup buttermilk

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 bag miniature marshmallows

Icing:
1 stick unsalted butter, softened

3 tablespoons cocoa

6 tablespoons milk

1 (1-pound) box confectioners' sugar

1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

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Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 13 by 9-inch baking pan.
Combine the sugar, salt, and flour in a large mixing bowl. Bring the butter, oil, cocoa, and 1/4 cup water to a boil in a saucepan. Add to the flour mixture.
Beat together the eggs, baking soda, buttermilk, and vanilla. Add to the chocolate mixture, mix well, and pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 25 minutes.
While the cake is baking, make the icing by melting the butter in the cocoa and milk over low heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, then remove from the heat. Stir in the confectioners' sugar. Slowly mix in the nuts and the vanilla. Take the cake from the oven, and when it cools a bit cover it with miniature marshmallows. Pour the warm icing over the cake and the marshmallows. Cool the cake before serving.
Recipe courtesy of Paula Deen

Read more at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/mississippi-mud-cake-recipe.html?oc=linkback

Southern Coconut Cake

Good Coconut Cake Goes Along Way With Folks....Just Ask Them In The South.

5 large egg whites

½ cup of milk

2 teaspoons of vanilla extract

3 cups of cake flour

2 cup sugar

4 teaspoons of baking powder

½ teaspoon of salt

2 sticks butter room temperature

1 cup unsweetened coconut milk

2 ½ cups of sweetened flaked coconut for garnishing cake


Preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Butter the bottoms of three 8-inch round cake pans.

Cake Photo...From...

 http://www.usrecipe.com/2016/05/southern-coconut-cake.html?m=1
Put the egg whites in a bowl and whisk slightly. Add the ½ cup of milk and the vanilla and whisk to mix thoroughly; set aside.

combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Mix dry ingredients well to break up any lumps. Add the butter and coconut milk on low speed and beat just to combine. Raise the speed to medium and beat until light and fluffy about 2 minutes.
 
Add the egg white mixture in 2 or 3 additions, scraping the sides of the bowl after each addition. Divide the batter among the pans.

Bake for 30 minutes or until a cake taster inserted in the middle comes out clean. Then turn the cakes out and place on a wire rack to cool completely.

7 min frosting

3⁄4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1⁄4 cup boiling water

1⁄4 teaspoon cream of tartar

3 unbeaten egg whites

food coloring (optional)

coconut (optional)

Mix sugar, cream of tartar, vanilla and egg whites.
Add boiling water.

Beat on high til mixture forms peaks (like meringue) approx 5-7 minutes.

Louisiana Crunch Cake

Hey! Everyone found Another cake recipe I know you going to love...The cake is so good and light and so moist...Good  Job Twins!!!

Louisiana Crunch Cake

3 c. cake flour

1 tsp. salt

1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. baking soda

2 c. granulated sugar

2 sticks butter softened room temp

1/4 c. sour cream

4 large eggs room temp

1 c. buttermilk

2 tsp. vanilla extract


Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. tube cake pan ready.
In a medium bowl sift together cake flour, salt, baking powder and soda...Set aside.
Beat softened butter and sugar together until very fluffy (about 5 minuets). Mix in sour cream. Add eggs one at a time and beat until mixture becomes light and fluffy. Mix in vanilla extract.
Add in buttermilk and the cake flour mixture in alternates and beat until fully combined (see video for example)
PLEASE DO NOT OVER BEAT OTHERWISE CAKE IS GOING TO BECOME ROCK HARD!!!
Thoroughly grease a non stick tube pan! If your pan in not a non stick pan, you will need to grease and flour it.
Add approx 1/4 cup of granulated sugar to the pan, and tap around the sides and bottom until evenly coated. Sprinkle coconut flakes to the bottom of pan...You may add more or less coconut, its totally up to you. Pour in batter. Bake for 50 minuets to an hour, or until a wooden skewer inserted into cake comes out clean. DO NOT OVER BAKE!!!!! Otherwise cake will become dry. Once cake is finished baking, remove from pan and let cool.

Vanilla Almond Glaze:
2 c. powdered sugar
4 tbs. butter...melted
4 tbs. canned evaporated milk
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 tsp. almond extract

Directions:
Whisk together powdered sugar butter and milk. Add vanilla extract and almond extract and mix. Add more milk for a thinner consistency.
Drizzle glaze over cake and let set for 10 min.
Serves about 8-10
Found:
http://twingodesses.blogspot.com/2010/12/louisiana-crunch-cake-with-vanilla.html

Dried Butter Beans With Smoke Turkey Tails

Letting the smoked turkey tails simmer down into the beans will make their own creamy mixture. the smoke flavoring it paid for it all.

Dried Lima beans, cornbread and a side of mixed greens Wow!

It's very Easy,to cook dried lima beans from scratch. If you’ve never had them, please try them. They are very filling and satisfying and your family and friend with love them like we did... when my mom sat them on our dinner table for the cold months we was happy and full.

What Is Dried Lima Beans? when the pod on the plant completely dry and you can hear the beans rattling around, in the outer shell can easily be removed to get the perfectly dried beans inside.The beans can last for years in a dry and sealed place.This process can apply to many plants like peas and beans and this how gardner get seeds for the next planting.

Recipe:

Boil Two Smoke Turkey tails In 5 to 6 cups of water with 1 stick Butter Or margarine about 1 hour half or until tender.

1 pound dry Lima butter clean and pick over

1 medium onion chopped

1/4 cup red bell pepper chopped

1 bay leaf

2 tablespoon olive oil

2 tablespoon chopped garlic

1 cup chopped celery

Cook on low heat about 1 hour and a half unto creamy. Add 3 tablespoon butter and black pepper to you liking.

Red Beads And Rice With A Biscuit

I love Beans of all kinds and I will cook them up in a tinkle of an eye. One thing you much know you got to cook beans in smoke meat so they can get that flavor.It don't have to be pork you can cook them in smoke turkey tails,"yes sir"

I like put a biscuit on top under the rice...Try that treat.

1 pound of dry red beans clean and picked
2 smoke turkey tails
1 pound smoke beef sausages sliced
1 large onion chopped
2 garlic clove mashed
1/2 cup celery
1/8 teaspoon cayanna pepper
salt to taste
1/4 teaspoon cumin
1 cup Uncle Ben’s long grain rice (cooked)



Procedure:

1. Boil turkey tails in 8 cups of water 1 hour

2. Add Beans and cook 1 hour

3. Add all ingredients to the cooking beans.(not rice)

4. Cook 30 minutes

5.start mashing some of the beans on the side of the pot with a big spoon
to make them creamy.... beans need to cook 30 minute more with the sliced smoke sausages.

6.Take out turkey tails before serving over rice