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Savannah's Red Rice

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  • Servings: 8
  • Prep: 9m
  • Cook: 90m
    • The following recipe serves 8 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 5 ounces bacon (5 slices)
  • 2 cups yellow onion, chopped
  • 1/2 cup celery, sliced
  • 1/2 cup green bell pepper, minced
  • 7 ounces white long grain rice, dry
  • 15 ounces whole tomatoes, undrained, mushed (1 can)
  • 3/4 cup chicken broth
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper sauce
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 350°F.

  • Step 2: Cook bacon until crisp, about 8 minutes; transfer bacon to a plate lined with paper towels, reserving drippings in skillet.

  • Step 3: Crumble bacon.

  • Step 4: Add yellow onion, celery, and bell pepper to reserved drippings in skillet.

  • Step 5: Season lightly.

  • Step 6: Add cayenne pepper and increase heat to medium-high.

  • Step 7: Cook, stirring often, until vegetables are tender, 5 to 6 minutes.

  • Step 8: Stir in rice and cook a bit.

  • Step 9: Add tomatoes, chicken broth, salt, black pepper, and hot pepper sauce and season to taste.

  • Step 10: Spoon into a lightly greased 2-quart baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil, and bake in preheated oven until rice is tender 45 minutes.

  • Step 11: Let sit out of oven covered for 5 minutes.

  • Step 12: Top with crumbled bacon.

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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