Cullen's
Red Rice
3 slices bacon, diced
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1 cup uncooked rice
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper
2 tablespoons tomato paste
Cook bacon in small skillet over Low heat until almost crisp; remove from
skillet and set aside.
Pour bacon drippings into medium saucepan; cook onion in drippings until
golden. Stir in tomatoes, rice, salt, ground black and red peppers, and 1 3/4
cups water (1 1/2 cups for short- and medium-grain, 2 cups for parboiled, 2 1/4
cups for brown rice). Bring to a boil; stir once or twice. Reduce heat, cover,
and simmer 15 to 20 minutes (45 minutes for brown rice), or until rice is tender
and liquid is absorbed.
Blend tomato paste in 1 tablespoon water. Stir tomato paste and reserved bacon
into rice.
Microwave Oven Instructions:
Combine onion and oil in deep 2- to 3-quart microwave-proof baking
dish. Cook on High 2 minutes.
Add water, rice, tomatoes, salt and peppers. Cover and cook on High 5
minutes.
Then cook on Medium 15 to 20 minutes or until rice is tender and liquid is
absorbed. Continue as directed above at step 3.
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