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Gourmet Spanish Rice
1/2 cup chopped onions
2 tablespoons butter, margarine or oil
1 tart cooking apple, peeled, cored and coarsely chopped
1/3 cup sliced almonds
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons chili powder
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
2 cups drained canned tomatoes
3 cups cooked rice (cooked in beet broth)
In a large skillet or saucepan, cook onions in butter until soft but not brown. Stir in apple, almonds, seasonings and tomatoes. Cook a few minutes to develop flavors. Add rice and cook, stirring, until thoroughly heated.
Red Rice
3 slices bacon, diced
1 cup chopped onion
1 cup chopped tomatoes
1 cup uncooked rice
1/2 tsp. Salt
1/4 tsp. Ground black pepper
1/8 tsp. Ground red pepper
2 Tbs. Tomato paste
Cook bacon in skillet, low heat until almost crisp; remove and set aside. Pour bacon drippings into saucepan; cook onion in drippings until golden. Stir in tomatoes, rice, salt, pepper, and 1 3/4 cups water (1 1/2 cups for short and medium grain, 2 cups for parboiled, 2 1/4 cups for brown rice). Bring to a boil; stir once or twice. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer 15 to 20 minutes (45 minutes for brown rice), or until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed. Blend tomato paste in 1 tablespoon water. Stir tomato paste and reserved bacon into rice.
Chinese Fried Rice
4 eggs
4 oz. Diced pork
1/2 lb. Boiled rice
4 Tbs. Green peas
2 chopped onions
1 chopped celery stalk
4 Tbs. Button mushrooms
2 oz. Diced ham
6 Tbs. Oil
1 1/2 Tbs. Soy sauce
1/2 tsp. Sugar
1 tsp. Salt
Beat eggs with salt for 10 seconds. Marinate diced pork in soy sauce and sugar. Heat 2 Tbs. Of vegetable oil in large frying pan. Add two chopped onions. Stir fry gently for 1 minute. Add 4 Tbs. Green peas. Add well chopped celery stalk. Add mushrooms and ham. Fry 1/2 minute at medium heat. Push vegetables to one side of pan, add 2 Tbs. Of oil. Pour in beaten eggs. Scramble the eggs, push opposite other ingredients. Remove pan from heat, heat oil in another pan. Pour in marinated pork, and stir fry quickly for 3 minutes. Add boiled rice, scramble and mix with pork for 1 minute. Pour rice, and pork into frying pan, sprinkle with 1/2 tsp. Of salt. Mix with eggs and other ingredients, over high heat for 1 minute. Serve on warmed dish. Eat immediately.








