Recipe: Low Country Red Rice (using bacon and tomato paste)

LOW COUNTRY RED RICE

14 bacon slices
2 large red bell peppers, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
4 teaspoons dried thyme
3/4 cup tomato paste
3 cups uncooked long-grain white rice
6 cups canned vegetable broth or chicken broth
1 tablespoon hot pepper sauce (such as Tabasco)
Salt, to taste

Cook bacon in heavy large Dutch oven over medium-high heat until brown. Transfer bacon to paper towels and drain. Crumble bacon.

Pour off all but 3 tablespoons bacon drippings from Dutch oven. Add bell peppers, onion and thyme and saute 5 minutes.

Mix in tomato paste, then rice. Add broth, hot pepper sauce and bacon and bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until rice is tender, about 30 minutes. Season to taste with salt.

From: SueA, CA - 08-25-97
Source: Bon Appetit magazine, October 1993