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Southern Red Rice

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PREP TIME
15 min
COOKING TIME
65 min
TOTAL TIME
80 min
SERVINGS
8 servings
Dinner Southern
Southern Red Rice
Ingredients
  • cooking spray
  • 6 cups boiling water
  • 2 cups uncooked long-grain white rice
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 6 slices bacon
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
  • 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 dash hot pepper sauce
Instructions
1
Preheat your oven to the desired temperature of 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2
Next, take a moment to prepare your baking dish by greasing it with a suitable amount of oil or cooking spray, ensuring it's the right size for your needs - in this case, a 2-quart dish.
3
While you're waiting for the oven to heat up, combine water, rice, and salt in a saucepan and bring the mixture to a rolling boil.
4
Once boiling, reduce the heat to a lower setting and cover your saucepan, allowing the rice to cook slowly until it's tender and most of the liquid has been absorbed - this process should take around 20 to 25 minutes.
5
Simultaneously, cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat until it reaches an evenly browned state - this should take about 10 minutes. Set aside some of the bacon drippings in the pan, then reduce the heat to a lower setting.
6
Drain the cooked bacon on a plate lined with paper towels and crumble it once it's cooled enough to handle.
7
In the same pan you used for the bacon, cook and stir the onions until they become translucent - this should take around 5 to 8 minutes.
8
Add the crumbled bacon, tomato sauce, tomato paste, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and hot sauce to the pan. Bring the mixture to a simmer, then reduce the heat and continue cooking for 10 minutes.
9
Once your rice is cooked, spoon it into the prepared baking dish.
10
Mix the tomato-bacon mixture with the rice until everything is well combined.
11
Cover your dish and bake it in the preheated oven for 45 minutes.