Creole Rice

Name: Creole Rice
Yield: Serves: 4
Ingredients: ¼ Scotch bonnet pepper or other hot red chili pepper, finely chopped, or more to taste; ¼ cup tomato paste; Fresh chopped parsley, for garnish; 1 green bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and cut in strips; 1 small onion, chopped; ¼ pound bacon, chopped; 1 tablespoon peanut butter; 2½ cups beef stock; 1 cup parboiled rice (such as Uncle Ben’s); 1 small red (bell) pepper, stemmed, seeded, and cut into strips; ½ pound stew beef cubes

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sweet Hands

By Ramin Ganeshram

Published 2018

About

Creole rice is very similar to fried rice in its method of preparation. Like most Creole dishes, it has a tomato base, in this case provided by tomato paste. The peanut butter no doubt harkens to the West African tradition of using peanuts or peanut products in stews and other heavy dishes.

Ingredients

¼ pound bacon, chopped
1 small onion, chopped
1 green bell pepper, stemmed, see

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Heat a skillet and add the bacon and fry for 5 minutes. Add the onion and green and red bell peppers and sauté for 1 to 2 minutes, or until the onion is soft. Add the beef and toss well to coat. Lightly brown the beef on all sides. Add the tomato paste, mix well and fry, stirring often, for 5 minutes.
Stir in the peanut butter and mix well. Add the stock and mix w