Opelousas – A Rice Cooker One Pot Meal

Opelousas you say? Huh? I realize it’s not a recipe name anyone would search but I don’t know what else to call it. That’s what they call it. When I say they, I mean cajuns. My wife is from Lafourche Parish in Louisiana and opelousas is something that her mom used to make when she was a kid. Basically opelousas is a one pot meal cooked in a rice cooker. Everyone in south Louisiana has a rice cooker and they eat rice ALL THE TIME. My wife goes to the Asian market and buys the big sack of Jasmine rice.…