My New Mexican Rice Recipe

Ingredients

• 2 1/4 cups jasmine rice

• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 3 1/2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 4 slices fried bacon, discard bacon, use only the bacon grease
• 1 small red onion, chopped

• 1/2 (15 1/4 ounce) can whole kernel corn

Directions

1. 1

   Mix first 6 ingredients in a rice cooker. Stir occassionally to keep from sticking.

2. 2

   While rice is cooking, fry 4 slices of bacon, add chopped onion to bacon grease and cook until tender.

3. 3

   Add corn and chopped cilantro and remove from heat.

4. 4

   Add this mixture to the cooking rice.