2 | Cups | Raw, long grain rice |
6 | Cups | Boiling water |
3 | Tsp. | Salt |
6 | Slices | Bacon, lean |
2 | Medium | Onions, chopped fine |
1 | Can | Tomato Sauce (8 oz.) |
1 | Can | Tomato Paste (6 oz.) |
3 | Tsp. | Sugar |
2 | Tsp. | Worcestershire sauce |
Dash red hot pepper sauce |
Cook the rice in 6 cups of salted water until light and fluffy - not soft and sticky. Fry bacon until brown and crisp; remove from fat and reserve for garnishing rice. Saute chopped onions in 4 tablespoons of the bacon fat - until clear. Add tomato sauce and paste, sugar, worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, and cook slowly for 10 minutes. Place the cooked rice in a buttered 2 quart baking dish and stir all the seasonings into the dry fluffy rice with a fork. Place in the oven and bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes, or until rice has absorbed all of the liquid. Crumble bacon over top and serve hot. Yield 10 - 12 servings.