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Title: Rice With Chick Peas
Yield: 6 Servings

Ingredients

    1/2 lb Dried chick peas; picked
           -over
           and soaked for 3 hours or
           -overnight
      2 qt Water
      1    Bay leaf
      2 oz Salt pork; rind removed
      1 lg Onion; finely chopped
      5    Garlic cloves; finely
           -chopped
      1    Yellow bell pepper; stemmed,
           - seeded,
           and finely chopped
      3 oz Smoked slab bacon; rind
           -removed,
           and cut into 1/4inch" dice
  1 1/2 c  Long-grain white rice
  1 1/2 ts Salt
      1 ts Freshly-ground black pepper
    1/4 c  Dry sherry

Instructions

Drain the soaked chick peas and, in a large pot, combine them with the
water and the bay leaf. Bring up to a boil, reduce the heat and simmer
coveredfor about 2 1/2 hours, or until tender. Drain, reserving the
cooking water, and discard the bay leaf. There should be 3 cups of liquid,
if necessary, add some water to make up the amount.
Heat a large ovenproof casserole over low heat and cook the
salt pork, turning it over occasionally, for 4 to 5 minutes. Increase the
heat to medium and add the onion. Cook for 4 minutes, stirring
occasionally. Add the yellow pepper, garlic, and bacon and cook for about
8 minutes more, until all the vegetables are softened. Tip the pan to the
side and spoon off all butabout 2 tablespoons of the fat. Add the rice and
stir for about 3 minutes,until it is well coated with the fat and just
beginning to brown. Add the salt, pepper, sherry, the reserved 3 cups
cooking liquid, and the chick peas.
Cook partially covered over medium-high
heat without stirring until most ofthe liquid has been absorbed and small
craters appear in the top of the rice, 20 to 25 minutes. Reduce the heat
to low, stir the rice with a fork, and cover tightly. Cook for about 10
minutes more, until the rice is tender.Remove the salt pork and serve.
This recipe yields 6 to 8 servings.

Recipe Source:
TOO HOT TAMALES with Susan Feniger
and Mary Sue Milliken From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show #
TH-6254 broadcast 05-15-1997) Downloaded from their Web-Site -
http://www.foodtv.com
Formatted for MasterCook by Joe
Comiskey, aka MR MAD - jpmd44a@prodigy.com -or- MAD-SQUAD@prodigy.net

09-26-1998

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Contributor: Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken

Preparation Time: 0:00

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