Side Dish Recipe ⇾ Corn and Rice

This is a traditional Bahamian side dish. Corn can be substituted with black-eyed peas or lima beans.

Ingredients

• 1 slice bacon, chopped
• ½ onion, chopped
• ¼ green bell pepper, chopped
• ½ teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
• ½ cup tomato sauce
• 1 teaspoon browning sauce
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 pinch red pepper flakes
• 2 (14 ounce) cans whole kernel corn, drained
• 3 ½ cups water
• 2 cups white rice

Cooking Directions

1. Cook the bacon in a large saucepan over medium heat until the grease begins to render. Stir in the onion, bell pepper, and thyme; cook until the onion is nearly translucent. Reduce heat to medium-low and add the tomato sauce, browning sauce, salt, black pepper, and red pepper flakes; stir; simmer another 3 minutes. Add the corn; simmer another 3 minutes. Slowly pour the water into the mixture while stirring. Raise the heat to high and stir in the rice; bring to a boil; cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer until the rice has absorbed all the moisture, about 30 minutes; fluff with a fork to serve.

Nutrition Facts

• calories421.8
• carbohydrateContent92 g
• cholesterolContent2 mg
• fatContent2.8 g
• fiberContent4.7 g
• proteinContent10.7 g
• saturatedFatContent0.7 g
• sodiumContent1119.7 mg
• sugarContent6.6 g