Southern Red Rice
This traditional dish is easy and absolutely delicious.
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 4 strips bacon
- 3/4 cup chopped onion
- 3/4 cup chopped green pepper
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 6 ounce can tomato paste
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 3 teaspoons bacon drippings
- 10-12 large raw shrimp
- 2 cups cooked rice
Instructions
- Cook the bacon until crispy, remove from pan, drain and set aside. Remove drippings from pan except for 4 teaspoons.
- Brown onions, green peppers and celery in the drippings.
- Next add in the can of tomato paste, 1 1/2 cups water, salt, black pepper, sugar and 2 more teaspoons bacon drippings.
- Add cooked rice to the skillet and the shrimp. Chop the 4 strips of cooked bacon and add to the pan.
- Turn skillet to low and cook covered for 10 to 15 minutes.
Notes
1 cup of uncooked rice equals 2 cups of cooked rice.