Bacon Rice Cayman Islands Style

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 -10 slices bacon
• 1 small onion
• 1/4 cup pineapple tidbits
• 1/4 cup water chestnut
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 cup rice, par boiled
• 1 1/2 cups water
• fresh ground pepper
• salt

Recipe

• 1 chop bacon to bacon bits.
• 2 chop water chestnuts to little cubes.
• 3 cook the diced bacon with onions until tender.
• 4 separate the bacon and the bacon grease.
• 5 combine the bacon grease, butter and water in separate pot.
• 6 cook rice for 15 minutes as normal.
• 7 this allows the bacon flavour into the rice.
• 8 combine cooked rice and remaining ingredients (chopped water chestnuts, chopped bacon, onions and pineapple).
• 9 salt and pepper to taste.
• 10 serve with ham or beef.