PIMLICO PLANTATION RED RICE

I received this recipe indirectly from Lady Ann who lives on Pimlico Plantation, Moncks Corner SC. She shared it with her son and her son shared it with me. My hubby really loves this rice!

2 cups uncooked parboil Rice
3 ¼ cups hot tap water
1 6oz can Italian-style Tomato Paste
½ pound Bacon, cooked and crumbled
¼ cup Brown Sugar
1 medium Onion, Chopped
1 pound Sausage, cooked and crumbled
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
Tabasco to taste

Cook sausage, drain fat and set aside sausage. In same skillet, cook bacon, and set aside bacon reserving 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat. Sauté onion in the remaining drippings, drain, set aside onion.

In rice steamer or a heavy based pot with a tight lid, mix together the rice, water, tomato paste, brown sugar, sautéed onion, crumbled sausage, salt, pepper and the 2 tablespoons bacon fat.

Cook on medium high for 15 minutes, turn to medium or low until all the water is absorbed. Turn off heat, set aside pot and let set for 10 minutes. Fluff and turn out into a large bowl and garnish with crumbled bacon.

Hint about the type of rice: I buy this from Sam's and it comes in a cube.