Lowcountry / Gullah Geechee
Gullah Red Rice
Carolina rice cooked in tomato and bacon fat.
70 minutes Serves 6
Where this comes from
Red rice is the Lowcountry cousin of jollof, carried by Senegambian rice growers.
Ingredients
- 2 cups long grain rice
- 6 slices bacon
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 can tomato sauce
- 1 1/2 cups stock
- 1 tsp sugar
- Salt, pepper, cayenne
Method
- 011. Render bacon, reserve. Cook onion in the fat.
- 022. Add tomato sauce, sugar, and seasoning. Simmer 10 minutes.
- 033. Stir in rice until every grain is coated and red.
- 044. Add stock, cover, bake at 350F for 45 minutes.
- 055. Fold in crumbled bacon and fluff.
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