Tomato Rice

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter or bacon fat
• 1 cup rice
• 1 pint of hot water
• Season with salt
• Pure Gold pepper
• cayenne
• curry powder, if liked
• the chopped meat

Method

1. 1

   Put the butter in a frying pan and cut the onion in, then fry to a delicate brown; add the rice, and brown that in the butter, taking care not to let it scorch.

2. 2

   Next add the tomatoes and hot water; cover and cook until the rice is done, adding more water if needed; but it should not be watery when done.

3. 3

   Season and then put in the chopped meat, and reheat.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Blue Ribbon and Pure Gold cook book (1905) by Blue Ribbon Manufacturing Company, page 22. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

2 tablespoons butter or bacon fat, 1 cup rice. Put the butter in a frying pan and cut the onion in, then fry to a delicate brown; add the rice, and brown that in the butter, taking care not to let it scorch. Next add the tomatoes and 1 pint of hot water; cover and cook until the rice is done, adding more water if needed; but it should not be watery when done. Season with salt, Pure Gold pepper and cayenne, and curry powder, if liked; then put in the chopped meat

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