Recipe: Yummy Carolina Red Rice & Sausage

Carolina Red Rice & Sausage. Huge Selection of White, Brown, Long-Grain, Organic & More. A Carolina Low Country tradition, cooked rice is baked with tomato sauce, bacon, and onion to make a savory side dish. A Carolina Low Country tradition, cooked rice is baked with tomato sauce, bacon, and onion to make a savory side dish..

As I've posted before, rice is one of our Carolina roots and rice is a popular dish in my house. My Lowcountry sweetie says this is as good as his Mama's so I'm posting it with pride! Simple and tasty and the most of the ingredients are always in my pantry. You can have Carolina Red Rice & Sausage using 10 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Carolina Red Rice & Sausage

1. It's 1 pound of Smoked Sausage Sliced [I like to use Cajun Sausage].
2. Prepare 3 Tablespoons of Oil.
3. You need 2 of whole Medium Onions,.
4. You need of Diced Small1 Tablespoon Minced Garlic.
5. Prepare 2 1/2 teaspoons of Salt, Divided.
6. Prepare 3 1/4 cups of Water.
7. It's 1 of whole (6 Oz. Size) Tomato Paste.
8. It's 1 Tablespoon of Brown Sugar.
9. You need 1 teaspoon of Black Pepper.
10. It's 1 1/2 cup of Long Grain Rice, Uncooked (i used jasmine rice).

Charleston red rice or Savannah red rice is a rice dish commonly found along the Southeastern coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina, known simply as red rice by natives of the region. This traditional meal was brought over to the U. S. by enslaved Africans originating from the West Coast of Africa. This cultural foodway is almost always synonymous with the Gullah or Geechee people and.

Carolina Red Rice & Sausage step by step

1. Brown slices of sausage in oil. Add onion, garlic and ½ teaspoon salt. Cook until onion is softened..
2. Add water, tomato paste, remaining 2 teaspoons salt, brown sugar and black pepper. Let simmer 20 minutes..
3. Add rice and stir. Transfer to a 9×13 pan and bake at 350ºF for 45 minutes..

Cooked with Tomatoes instead of water to give it sweetness and its characteristic color. Its also know as Savannah Red Rice, Lowcountry Red Rice, Gullah Red Rice, or simply Red Rice with tomato sauce and sausage. Our Carolina® Jasmine Rice with Red & Wild Rice mixes up the savory flavors of red and wild rice, with aromatic jasmine rice for the ultimate rice combo. The complex texture of long grain aromatic rice combined and chewy red and wild rice mixes up to create a satisfying, flavorsome addition to any dish. This is pure southern soul food.