Recipe

Scrumptious Cheesy Rice Recipe

	Sweetwords / All my dishes 2 years, 1 month ago This is a big modification of a recipe I found on cuisinartstandmixer.com. Even my two-year-old loves it! Prep:5m Cook:50m Servings:6	Sweetwords
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Ingredients

1 cup uncooked rice

1-1/4 cups chicken broth

1-1/2 cups water

1 small white onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, minced

2 Tablespoons butter

8oz Colby Jack cheese, shredded

1/8 tsp white pepper

1/4 tsp dried basil leaves

1/4 - 1/2 tsp Cajun seasoning, such as Tony Chachere's

1 small tomato, chopped

2-3 strips bacon

1 chopped green onion top

Directions

Bring 1-1/4 cups broth and 1-1/2 cups water to a boil; add rice, cover and simmer for 10 minutes then let sit. Do not drain.

Meanwhile, saute onion in butter until soft, adding garlic after 5 minutes.

Heat oven to 350.

Add seasonings to rice and stir.

Add onion and cheese to rice, and then stir until cheese is melted, turning heat back on very low if needed.

Add tomato and stir gently, so as not to mash the tomato.

Spray 2qt. casserole with butter Pam; pour rice mixture into dish.

Bake for 20 minutes, or if rice is too wet, turn oven down to about 300 or lower and bake 10 minutes longer.

Meanwhile, fry and crumble bacon.

When rice mixture is done, take out of oven and garnish with bacon and green onion.

Excellent side dish! Looks nice, too.

Recipe may not double exactly, by the way, depending on which type or brand of rice you use.

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Comments

organicmama 2 years, 1 month ago said:
Sounds good Sweetwords!

pointsevenout 2 years, 1 month ago said:
It does sound good. Maybe I should enter my cheesy rice dish in the contest at cuisinartstandmixer.com. It is something similar to this one. There is only 3 days left 'till the end of the contest.

krumkake 2 years, 1 month ago said:
That sounds so good, SW - the flavors sound like they would really spice things up a bit for plain old white rice...thanks!