Chicken-Rice Purlo - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 large onion, diced
3 Tbsp. bacon grease
1 (4 lb.) stewing hen, cut up
salt and pepper to taste
4 c. chicken broth from the hen
2 c. uncooked white rice
3 hard-cooked eggs, coarsely chopped

Preparation

Saute onion in\tbacon
drippings until tender.\tAdd cut up chicken and
seven\tcups
water.
Add
salt and pepper.
(I like my purlo hot with pepper.) Bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer until done, about 1 1/2 hours.
Debone chicken, measure out 4 cups broth.
Return
to\tboil
and
add rice and chopped eggs.
Cook, covered,
until
grains
are tender and liquid is absorbed, about 25\tto 30 minutes.\tOther meats or seafood may be substituted for the
chicken.
(As\ta
child I thought the whole world ate purlo for Sunday dinner.)