Holiday recipes from Charleston Receipts, the nation’s oldest Junior League cookbook, published in 1950 and now in its thirty-fifth printing.
Cook Time:1 hours15 min
Prep Time:30 min
Total Time:1 hours45 min
Servings: 8
Ingredients:
1 Can tomato paste
1 1/2 - 2 cup water
2 onions, chopped fine
3 teaspoon salt
2-3 teaspoon sugar
4 Strips bacon, cubed
8 tablespoon bacon grease
Dash of pepper
2 cup raw rice
Preparation:
Fry bacon, remove from pan; sauté onions in grease; add tomato paste, water, salt, sugar and pepper.
Cook uncovered slowly (about 10 minutes) until mixture measures 2 cups, then add it to rice in top section of steamer.
Add the 1/2 cup additional grease; steam for 1/2 hour, then add bacon, crumbled, and stir with a fork.
Cook 30-45 minutes longer.