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4/3/12

Charleston Red Rice

I grew up eating this in Charleston, South Carolina ~ it's soooooo good!

A true Lowcountry delight, there are nearly as many ways to prepare red rice as there are cooks in Charleston, but the basic recipe remains the same: rice, tomatoes and pork fat simmered together to make delicious! This dish is perfect served with fried seafood or cooked greens. If you don’t eat pork, vegetable fat can be used with good results.

Ingredients

4 strips bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces
2 onions, chopped fine
1 small can tomato paste (6 ounces)
2 ¼ cups water
3 teaspoons salt
2-3 teaspoons sugar
½ teaspoon pepper
1 cup long grain rice
8 tablespoons bacon grease (optional)

Instructions

Fry bacon, remove from pan. Sauté onions in grease. Add tomato paste, water, salt, sugar and pepper. Bring mixture to boil, then add rice and extra bacon grease (if desired). Bring to boil again, stir well, and then reduce heat to low. Do not open and stir again until rice is completely cooked (follow directions on rice package), stir in crumbled bacon and serve.
Adapted from Charleston Receipts Repeats

1/28/12

one of my favorite recipes

growing up in charleston, south carolina, we had so much good food and you just can't find food like it anywhere else. there have been many attempts, but nothing compares to good 'ole charleston eats! i am sharing one of my favorites that i use to make every year for christmas but haven't in a few years, so i had to grab the cookbook.

Sands (cookies)
1 stick butter
1 cup flour
1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup chopped nuts
xxxx sugar
mix butter and sugar, flour nuts and put together. roll in small balls. bake at 425 degrees for about 15 minutes. when done roll in xxxx sugar while very hot. yields 3 dozen

some tried and true hints for you - follow recipe completely, make sure your butter/sugar mixture is mixed well with the flour and nuts, you don't want to get any batter that is mostly butter - that turns out badly. be extra careful when rolling in xxxx sugar, you don't want them to crumble, i've found if you wait about 5 minutes they are easier to roll without crumbling. cool them on a rack after you've rolled in xxxx sugar, i end up rolling mine a couple of times. you will get xxxx sugar everywhere so be ready for that. they are easy peasy and everyone { L O V E S } them, so carry some recipe cards with you.

i last visited in july of 2009 - (my goodness how time flies) and here is 1 of the photos i took (out of over 50!). if you've never visited, i highly recommend it, it's a city like no other. this happens to be in my aunt and uncles yard, the lighting isn't right but i still think it's pretty.