Recipe for COOK-UP RICE - Martinsville Bulletin

COOK-UP RICE
Entrees
Contributed by: Elnora Foster
Ingredients: 1 cup cooked meat 1 onion 2 blades chives sprig of thyme sprig of marjoram 1â�„2 cup prepared shrimp 2 TBS butter 4 cups water pinch of salt 1â�„2 cup dried peas, soaked beforehand, or 1 cup green peas 2 cups rice 1 tsp. lime juice few garden tomatoes 1 tsp. hot pepper pieces of green pepper
Cut up meat, onion, chives, thyme and marjoram. Brown with shrimp in the butter. Add water, salt and peas. Cook for 20 minutes. Add rice, lime juice, tomatoes and hot pepper. Cover and cook until both rice and peas are soft but grainy. Garnish with green pepper.
(This recipe was contributed as part of a "Cook of the Week" feature.)