Easy Mexican Rice w/ Bacon

Name: Easy Mexican Rice w/ Bacon
Total time: 2700 s
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1/2 lb bacon; 1 medium yellow onion- diced; 1 cup medium to long grain white rice; 1 1/2 tsp chili power; 1 can Rotel Tomatoes; 1 2/3 cup (approximately) water

tonya @cook_3922736

Richwood, Texas

I found this recipe over 25 years ago, don't have the foggiest clue where I came across it. I've never seen anything like it since. You may have to adjust the chili powder up or down to your liking, I don't measure it and don't remember how much the original recipe called for.

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Ingredients

45 mins

8 servings

1/2 lbbacon
1 mediumyellow onion- diced
1 cupmedium to long grain white rice
1 1/2 tspchili power
1 canRotel Tomatoes
1 2/3 cup(approximately) water

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Steps

45 mins

1

Dice the bacon & fry in skillet until crispy
2

Remove cooked bacon but leave the bacon grease. You may need to remove some of the bacon grease, you only want enough to coat the rice & onion
3

Add diced onion and rice to bacon grease
4

On medium heat brown the rice to a golden brown. Stirring to brown as evenly as possible
5

Add chili powder, stir in and let cook a few minutes, the longer you let it heat the more depth to the flavor.
6

Add Rotel Tomatoes - undrained
7

Add water - about 1 2/3 cup since the Rotel has about 1/3 cup liquid
8

Bring to a boil, cover and lower heat to simmer until liquid is absorbed and rice is done. About 20 minutes
9

Sprinkle crispy bacon on top and serve
10

Enjoy!