Dirty Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
1/2 onion, finely diced
3 red bell peppers, finely diced
3 green bell peppers, finely diced
2 yellow bell peppers, finely diced
1 1/2 tablespoons Old Bay Seasoning
1 1/2 cups long-grain white rice
2 3/4 cups boiling water
4 cups canned black-eyed peas, rinsed and drained
salt and pepper
2/3 cup fresh cilantro, finey chopped

Preparation

In a large ovenproof pan over meidum-high heat, melt butter; add onions and peppers to pan and stir until limp, about 5 minutes.
Add Old Bay seasoning and rice and continue cooking until rice is translucent, about 2 minutes.
Pour 2 3/4 cups boiling water into rice mixture.
Stir well until rice returns to a boil.
Stir in the black-eyed peas and season well with salt and pepper.
Cover pan with a sheet of buttered waxed paper or prchment paper and then with aluminum foil.
Bake in 400\u00b0F oven for 15 to 18 minutes.
When the rice is done, fold in the cilantro and serve.