Southern Style Spanish Rice With Bacon Food

BACON SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• Fry the bacon until crisp.
• Remove bacon and crumble.
• Save 1/2 of bacon fat.
• Saute onion and pepper (in 1/2 of the fat from the bacon) until tender. Add rest of ingredients.
• Stir, cover and simmer for 45 minutes.
• Add crumbled bacon before serving.

SPANISH RICE WITH BACON

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels. Add oil to the drippings; saute onion for 3 minutes. Add rice; stir until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil. , Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes or until rice is tender. Sprinkle with bacon.

SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• In a large, heavy skillet, cook bacon until crisp. Remove to paper towels to drain; crumble after it has cooled down, and set aside. Drain most of the bacon grease from the skillet, leaving only a teaspoon or two.
• Add ground beef to skillet; cook, breaking up, until browned.
• Add chopped onion and green bell pepper; continue cooking until onion is tender.
• Add tomatoes, water, rice, chili sauce, salt, sugar, Worcestershire sauce, and pepper. Cover and simmer for 30 to 35 minutes.
• Before serving, top with the reserved crumbled bacon and, if desired, shredded Mexican cheese blend. Serves 6

SPANISH RICE WITH BACON

Steps:

• Cook bacon in skillet, cool. While bacon is cooking, cook rice, and chop onion and green pepper. After bacon is cooled, rip into small pieces, and mix with rice.
• In the same skillet you cooked the bacon, quickly fry green pepper and onion (only about 1 minute, just until you smell the onion). Mix onion and green pepper with rice and bacon mixture, and pour into round casserole dish. Drain can of tomatoes, and pour over top of rice mixture. Sprinkle the top with salt and pepper.
• Bake in 350°F oven for 20-30 minutes.

SPANISH RICE ORIGINAL

Steps:

• Bring chicken broth and tomato sauce to a boil in a small saucepan, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and maintain a simmer while preparing the remaining ingredients.
• Meanwhile, place bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer bacon to a paper towel-lined plate, reserving bacon grease in the skillet. Chop bacon.
• Cook and stir onion in reserved bacon grease over medium heat until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in rice; cook and stir until lightly browned, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour boiling chicken broth and tomato sauce into rice mixture; add diced tomatoes, green peppers, and chopped bacon. Season with chili powder, salt, and pepper. Cover and simmer until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, 30 to 40 minutes. Stir black olives and corn into rice mixture before serving.

SPANISH RICE WITH BACON

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove and drain on paper towel.
• Add oil to the drippings and saute onion for 3 minutes. Add rice and fry until golden brown, about 5 minutes.
• Stir in the remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes or until rice is tender.
• Sprinkle with bacon and serve.

SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat, then add the onions, green peppers, and celery and sauté until soft, about 3 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another minute while stirring. Add the rice and stir together to mix. Add the tomato sauce and the water carefully. Season with the salt and pepper, and add the cumin, if using. Bring to a boil, lower the heat, cover, and simmer for 20 to 25 minutes, until the rice is done, stirring once or twice.

SPANISH RICE DISH

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook bacon until crisp. Drain fat. Add all remaining ingredients. Bring mixture to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, over medium-low heat, until rice is tender, about 35-40 minutes. Stir occasionally to prevent scorching.

SPANISH RICE

Steps:

• In a large pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat.
• Add in the rice and next 7 ingredients.
• Cook and stir often until the rice is browned.
• Add in the water and tomato sauce; stir to combine.
• Bring to a boil; lower heat to medium; cover and cook 25 minutes or until rice is tender.

SAUSAGE SPANISH RICE WITH BACON

Steps:

• Cook sausage and crumble in small pieces and set aside.
• Cook bacon until crisp, drain then crumble into small pieces and add to the sausage.
• Saute the onion and garlic in the bacon drippings until golden, drain on paper towels, then add to meat mixture.
• In a large saucepan bring the water and tomato paste to a boil.
• Add the rice, cover and cook over medium-low heat for 20 minutes.
• Add meat mixture to rice mixing well and serve while still hot.
• You can double or triple this recipe easily then freeze the leftovers in ziplock freezer bags for quick sides to Mexican meals.

HAMBURGER SPANISH RICE WITH BACON

Steps:

• In a 12-inch skillet, cook bacon slices until crisp; drain on paper towel and set aside.
• In the same skillet, along with the bacon grease, brown the hamburger and cook the vegetables; then drain in a colander.
• Return cooked beef and vegetables to the skillet, then add the remaining ingredients.
• Crumble bacon slices, and add to the skillet, and stir.
• Bring ingredients in skillet to a boil, then reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 30 minutes, or until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed.
• Note: You can substitute stewed tomatoes for the regular canned tomatoes.