CHARLESTON COCONUT PIE RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Cut bacon into 1/2-inch pieces then cook over medium heat in a large skillet until browned and crispy. Remove bacon to a small bowl with a slotted spoon, leaving the drippings in the pan.
• Add onion, green pepper and celery then sauté in bacon drippings for 5 minutes.
• Add garlic, butter and uncooked rice to vegetables then continue cooking and stirring for about 5 minutes or until rice starts to become slightly golden in color.
• Add reserved cooked bacon pieces, tomatoes (with juice), salt, pepper and water then stir well. Bring mixture to a boil then pour into a greased shallow 2-quart baking dish.
• Cover dish TIGHTLY with 2 layers of aluminum foil then bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes. Get the dish into the oven immediately so the boiling mixture doesn’t have time to cool too much.
• Remove dish from oven, carefully remove foil then fluff rice with a fork. If the rice still needs to cook a bit (it likely will – if not, replace foil and skip to the next step), replace foil then return dish to oven to cook for an additional 15 minutes.
• Remove dish from oven and let rest, covered, for 15 minutes. Fluff rice with a fork then serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Cut bacon into 1/2-inch pieces then cook over medium heat in a large skillet until browned and crispy. Remove bacon to a small bowl with a slotted spoon, leaving the drippings in the pan.
• Add onion, green pepper and celery then sauté in bacon drippings for 5 minutes.
• Add garlic, butter and uncooked rice to vegetables then continue cooking and stirring for about 5 minutes or until rice starts to become slightly golden in color.
• Add reserved cooked bacon pieces, tomatoes (with juice), salt, pepper and water then stir well. Bring mixture to a boil then pour into a greased shallow 2-quart baking dish.
• Cover dish TIGHTLY with 2 layers of aluminum foil then bake at 375 degrees for 45 minutes. Get the dish into the oven immediately so the boiling mixture doesn’t have time to cool too much.
• Remove dish from oven, carefully remove foil then fluff rice with a fork. If the rice still needs to cook a bit (it likely will – if not, replace foil and skip to the next step), replace foil then return dish to oven to cook for an additional 15 minutes.
• Remove dish from oven and let rest, covered, for 15 minutes. Fluff rice with a fork then serve.