Charleston Red Rice

Ingredients

• cooking spray (1 )
• boiling water (6 cups)
• uncooked long-grain white rice (2 cups)
• salt (1 tablespoon)
• bacon (6 slices)
• onions (2 )
• tomato sauce (1 (8 ounce) can)
• tomato paste (1 (6 ounce) can)
• white sugar (1 tablespoon)
• Worcestershire sauce (2 teaspoons)
• hot pepper sauce (1 dash)

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease a 2-quart baking dish.
2. Bring water, rice, and salt to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until the rice is tender and most of the liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes.
3. While rice is cooking, cook bacon in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Reserve about 1 tablespoon of bacon drippings in the pan. Drain bacon on a plate lined with paper towels; crumble the bacon once cooled enough to handle.
4. Cook and stir onions in the reserved bacon drippings until translucent, 5 to 8 minutes. Stir in crumbled bacon, tomato sauce, tomato paste, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and hot sauce; bring the mixture to a simmer, reduce heat, and continue to simmer for 10 minutes.
5. Spoon cooked rice into the prepared baking dish and stir the tomato-bacon mixture into the rice until evenly combined.
6. Cover the dish and bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes.

Nutrition

(*Nutrition data is approximate and may vary depending on the brand and type of ingredients used.)

• kcal: 331
• fat: 10 g
• sats: 3 g
• carbs: 52 g
• fibre: 3 g
• protein: 8 g
• salt: 1.4 g