Southern Rice With Bacon Flavored Gravy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

8 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled (reserve grease)
1 cup rice
3 cups water
2 tablespoons bacon grease
1/2 teaspoon salt (to taste)
1/2 teaspoon black pepper (to taste)

Preparation

Put all ingredients (except crumbled bacon)in a pot and bring to a hard boil.
Reduce heat to medium so that the rice boils fairly fast.
Cook for 25-30 minutes till the water cooks out enough that the rice just starts to stick.
Add crumbled bacon and serve.