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Robbie's Red Rice Recipe

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Upon my move to the Low Country of South Carolina, I was introduced to red rice, a traditional Deep South dish. I experimented with a recipe and this is the result.

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Robbie's Red Rice Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Bake: 1 hour

Yield: 10 Servings

15 60 75

Ingredients

1 package (12 ounces) bulk pork or turkey sausage
1-1/2 cup water
1 cup uncooked long grain rice
1 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup each chopped green, yellow and sweet red pepper
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 teaspoon pepper
4 bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 can (14-1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained

Directions

In a skillet, cook sausage until no longer pink; drain.
Transfer to an ungreased 2-qt. casserole; stir in the water, rice, onion, peppers, butter and pepper. Add bacon and salt if desired. Cover and bake at 350° for 45 minutes. Stir in tomatoes. Bake 15 minutes longer. Yield: 10 servings.

Nutritional Facts One 1/2-cup serving (prepared with turkey sausage and margarine and without bacon or salt) equals 103 calories, 7 g fat (0 saturated fat), 22 mg cholesterol, 243 mg sodium, 6 g carbohydrate, 0 fiber, 5 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 meat, 1/2 starch.

Originally published as Robbie's Red Rice in Country December/January 1997, p51

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