🧈🍤 Stick of Butter Seafood Rice (Seafood Dirty Rice)

🧈🍤 Stick of Butter Seafood Rice (Seafood Dirty Rice)

🧈🍤 Stick of Butter Seafood Rice (Seafood Dirty Rice)

Buttery baked rice loaded with shrimp, crab, and Cajun flavor.

This Stick of Butter Seafood Rice is a rich, comforting twist on dirty rice. The rice bakes first in a savory broth with a whole stick of butter, then gets topped with a seafood mixture of shrimp, lump crab, and sautéed vegetables.

The result is a buttery, flavorful dish that feels indulgent but is easy enough for a weeknight dinner.

Serve it as a main dish or alongside your favorite seafood or grilled meats.

⏱ Recipe Snapshot

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes
Total Time: ~1 hour
Servings: 6

🛒 Ingredients

Rice Base

  • 2 cups jasmine rice
    (Basmati rice works even better for fluffy texture)

  • 2 cans beef consommé
    (or seafood broth for stronger seafood flavor)

  • 1 can French onion soup

  • 1 stick butter, sliced

  • Cajun seasoning (to taste)

Seafood Mixture

  • 1 cup shrimp, peeled and deveined

  • 1 cup lump crab meat

  • ½ cup chopped onion

  • ½ cup chopped celery

  • ½ cup chopped bell pepper

  • 1–2 tbsp butter for sautéing

  • Cajun seasoning (to taste)

Optional garnish:

  • Green onions

  • Parsley

👩🏽🍳 Instructions

1️⃣ Preheat Oven

Preheat oven to 400°F.

2️⃣ Make the Stick of Butter Rice

In a baking dish combine:

  • Jasmine or basmati rice

  • Beef consommé (or seafood broth)

  • French onion soup

Season lightly with Cajun seasoning.

Place slices of butter evenly across the top.

Cover tightly with foil and bake for 40 minutes, or until rice is tender.

3️⃣ Prepare the Seafood Mixture

While the rice is baking, heat butter in a skillet over medium heat.

Add:

  • Onion

  • Celery

  • Bell pepper

Sauté until vegetables become soft and fragrant.

Add shrimp and season with Cajun seasoning. Cook for 2–3 minutes until shrimp begins to turn pink.

Gently fold in lump crab meat and cook for another 1 minute.

Remove from heat.

4️⃣ Combine

Remove rice from oven and gently fluff.

Add the seafood mixture on top and stir lightly to combine.

5️⃣ Final Bake

Return dish to the oven uncovered and bake for 10 additional minutes to allow flavors to blend.

6️⃣ Serve

Garnish with chopped parsley or green onions and serve hot.

🍽 Serving Suggestions

This dish pairs perfectly with:

  • Fried fish

  • Jerk chicken

  • Lamb chops

  • Garlic bread

  • Roasted vegetables

🔥 Flavor Tip

Using seafood broth instead of beef consommé deepens the seafood flavor and makes the dish taste even more like classic seafood dirty rice.

💛 Why You'll Love This Recipe

✔ Rich buttery rice
✔ Packed with shrimp and crab
✔ One-pan baked comfort dish
✔ Perfect for seafood lovers