Charleston Red Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. raw, long grain rice
6 c. boiling water
3 tsp. salt
6 slices lean bacon
2 medium onions, chopped fine
1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
1 (6 oz.) can tomato paste
3 tsp. sugar
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
dash of red hot pepper sauce

Preparation

Cook rice in 6 cups salted water until light and fluffy, not soft and sticky.
Fry bacon until brown and crisp.
Saute onions in 4 tablespoons of bacon fat until clear.
Add tomato sauce and paste, sugar, Worcestershire sauce and hot sauce and cook slowly for 10 minutes.
Place the cooked rice in a buttered baking dish and stir all seasonings in rice.
Place in oven and bake at 325\u00b0 for 45 minutes.
Crumble bacon over top.
Makes 10 to 12 servings.