Lucky Black Eyed Peas with Rice & Bacon

Submitted by tgobbi

"A light, easy dish for when you're ready to take a break from heavy meals. This recipe is supposed to serve 6 but it didn't go that far at MY table. No reason to stop at half the bell pepper - it could have used more. Also that "dash" of cayenne should be increased by quite a bit!"

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 5 slices bacon, chopped or 1/2 cup chopped Canadian bacon
• 1 small red onion, chopped
• 1⁄2 red bell pepper, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 cup basmati rice (wash well)
• 2 cups low sodium chicken broth
• 2 (15 ounce) cans black-eyed peas, drained,rinsed
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 1 dash ground red pepper (cayenne)
• 1⁄2 cup chopped parsley

directions

1. Cook bacon in large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat until crispy.
2. Drain off all but 1 T of the drippings.
3. Add onion; cook, stirring, until lightly browned, 5 minutes.
4. Stir in red pepper and garlic; cook, stirring, 1 minute.
5. Add rice; cook, stirring, until lightly colored, about 3 minutes.
6. Stir in chicken broth, peas, salt, thymeand peppers; heat to a boil.
7. Cover; reduce heat.
8. Cook until rice is tender, about 10 minutes.
9. Stir in parsley.

Reviews

[Ntwiebe]

Very simple, and quick. I was in a hurry, so I simmered the rice with the broth while cooking the bacon and preparing the other ingredients. This seemed to work out just fine. I kicked it up a notch with some Caribbean hot sauce as a condiment.

 

[sugarpea]

Tasty and healthy. I would plan on twice the recommended time to simmer the rice, about 20 minutes or 45 minutes for brown rice. Great flavor and quite simple to make.