Dirty Rice

Total Time: 38 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 18 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/2 onion, finely diced
• 3 red bell peppers, finely diced
• 3 green bell peppers, finely diced
• 2 yellow bell peppers, finely diced
• 1 1/2 tablespoons old bay seasoning
• 1 1/2 cups long-grain white rice
• 2 3/4 cups boiling water
• 4 cups canned black-eyed peas, rinsed and drained
• salt and pepper
• 2/3 cup fresh cilantro, finey chopped

Recipe

• 1 in a large ovenproof pan over meidum-high heat, melt butter; add onions and peppers to pan and stir until limp, about 5 minutes.
• 2 add old bay seasoning and rice and continue cooking until rice is translucent, about 2 minutes.
• 3 pour 2 3/4 cups boiling water into rice mixture.
• 4 stir well until rice returns to a boil.
• 5 stir in the black-eyed peas and season well with salt and pepper.
• 6 cover pan with a sheet of buttered waxed paper or prchment paper and then with aluminum foil.
• 7 bake in 400°f oven for 15 to 18 minutes.
• 8 when the rice is done, fold in the cilantro and serve.