Southern Rice With Bacon Flavored Gravy Food

ONE POT BACON FRIED RICE

Steps:

• Heat a nonstick pot over medium high heat.
• Add bacon and cook for a few minutes until crisp. Remove bacon from pot and keep aside. Crumble it when it cools down a bit. Don't throw away the bacon fat.
• In the same pot with bacon fat, add sesame oil, onion, garlic, frozen vegetables and saute for a few minutes until they are tender.
• Push these vegetables to one side of the pot and add eggs.
• Scramble them until fully cooked.
• Mix them together with the veggies.
• Add boiled rice, cooked bacon, soy sauce, Sriracha sauce, salt, pepper and mix everything together.
• Garnish with some more cooked bacon and lots of green onions. Enjoy!

RICE AND GRAVY

Steps:

• Place the peas in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water. Add 1 tablespoon of the bacon grease and the salt. Bring to a simmer and cook the peas until tender, about 1 hour.
• Remove from the heat, drain and set aside.
• In a medium cast-iron pan set over medium heat, add the remaining 1 tablespoon bacon grease, the flour and some salt and pepper. Constantly stir the flour until it just starts to turn deep golden brown and resembles peanut butter. Add 2 1/4 cups water, and continue to stir, scraping the browned bits from the bottom of the pot. Continue to stir until thick and bubbly.
• Add the cooked peas to the gravy and reduce the heat to low. Cook for 10 more minutes, then add a little more flour or water if needed to achieve the desired consistency. Add salt to taste and serve over the rice.

SOUTHERN BACON GRAVY (FOR BISCUITS)

Steps:

• Cook bacon in large skillet until crispy. Remove cooked bacon to paper towels to absorb grease. When cool, crumble bacon into small pieces. Set aside.
• Do NOT clean skillet. Leave 2 Tablespoons bacon grease in skillet. Discard the rest.
• In separate bowl or container, whisk together milk, flour, salt and pepper, until lump-free. Pour the milk/flour mixture into skillet with remaining bacon grease. Add crumbled bacon pieces. Heat mixture on medium (whisking/stirring constantly) until it comes to a boil; reduce heat a bit, and continue cooking and stirring, until gravy has thickened (5-6 minutes). Give it a taste test.
• Add additional salt and pepper, to taste (I ALWAYS add more). Once gravy has thickened, add 1-2 Tablespoons cold butter. Stir until butter is melted, incorporated into gravy, and mixture is heated through.
• Slice warm biscuits in half horizontally. Place biscuit halves onto serving plate. Spoon hot gravy over each half. Serve and enjoy!

BACON DIRTY RICE

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until almost crisp, about 10 minutes. Add the rice, coriander and cumin and cook, stirring, until the rice is coated and light golden, 1 to 2 minutes. Add the chicken broth and 1 cup water. Increase the heat to medium-high and bring to a boil. Cover the saucepan with a tight-fitting lid and reduce the heat to low; cook for 16 minutes, then let stand, covered, for 5 minutes. Fluff the rice with a fork and stir in the cilantro, parsley and salt and pepper to taste.

BEEF TIPS WITH RICE AND GRAVY RECIPE

Steps:

• Cut beef into about one inch cubes.
• Place a medium sized sauce pot on medium heat.
• Add bacon grease or cooking oil.
• Add beef.
• Add onions.
• Stir the meat and onions until the meat is lightly brown.
• Add beef broth and bring to a rolling boil.
• Cover, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 1 hour or until beef is tender.
• In a small bowl, mix Cornstarch with cold water, stir well.
• Slowly add the cornstarch to the beef and broth, stirring constantly.
• Simmer another 10 minutes or until gravy has thickened.

CHARLESTON RED RICE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease a 2-quart baking dish; set aside.
• In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp, about 7-8 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove bacon to a paper towel-lined plate, reserving the drippings in the pan. Melt butter in the same skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook, stirring, until the onion softens, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring constantly, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Stir in the tomato paste, kosher salt, sugar and pepper. Cook for 1 more minute.
• Add the bacon, water and rice. Bring to a simmer, then reduce the heat to low. Cook, uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the liquid has reduced slightly, about 8-10 minutes. Use a wooden spoon to scrape up any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet as you stir.
• Transfer to the prepared baking dish. Cover and bake until the rice is tender, about 40-45 minutes, stirring every 15 minutes.
• Fluff the rice, garnish with fresh parsley, and serve.

SOUTHERN RICE WITH BACON FLAVORED GRAVY

Steps:

• Put all ingredients (except crumbled bacon)in a pot and bring to a hard boil.
• Reduce heat to medium so that the rice boils fairly fast.
• Cook for 25-30 minutes till the water cooks out enough that the rice just starts to stick.
• Add crumbled bacon and serve.

BACON GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat a large skillet to medium-hi. Place 6 slices of bacon in the skillet and cook until just under crispy.
• Remove bacon from skillet and drain; set aside. Discard all but 2 tablespoons of the bacon grease.
• Add flour to grease, and whisk together. Cook for about a minute without burning the flour.
• Add milk; whisk together.
• Heat until bubbling. Simmer for 5-10 minutes, until sauce starts to thicken.
• Meanwhile, crumble bacon. Add salt and pepper (to taste), and bacon to gravy. Allow to simmer until desired consistency.
• Serve over biscuits.

SOUTHERN TOMATO GRAVY WITH BACON

Steps:

• Cut bacon into half-inch pieces with kitchen scissors and add to a cold pan. Heat the pan to medium heat and cook bacon, stirring frequently, until bacon is crisp and fat is rendered. Remove bacon to a paper-towel-lined plate and leave the grease in the pan.
• Add flour to the pan with the bacon grease and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, for several minutes to create a roux. Scrape up any bits of bacon that may have stuck to the bottom of the pan.
• Whisk in chicken broth and tomato juice, stirring constantly until fully incorporated. Stir in smoked paprika and simmer until thickened. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Serve spooned over grits or biscuits with the bacon sprinkled on top.

SOUTHERN-STYLE SPANISH RICE WITH BACON

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large skillet, fry bacon until cooked, but not crisp, over medium heat. Remove from skillet, drain on paper towels, and dice and set aside.
• Pour the bacon fat into a measuring cup; if there is less than 1/4 cup add enough butter to make 1/4 cup of fat. (Add a teaspoon of butter at a time, stirring-the hot bacon fat will melt the butter.)
• Pour the melted fat back into the skillet, and add the onion and rice. Sauté over medium heat, stirring constantly, until rice is lightly browned and onion is tender.
• Remove from heat; stir in diced bacon, tomatoes with juice, water, salt, pepper, and chili powder. Return to the heat, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid is almost all absorbed-about 20 minutes.
• Add cheese, lower the heat and stir until cheese is melted.
• Serve hot and enjoy!