Seafood And Rice

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 115 g smoked bacon, rind removed, diced
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 2 large garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 2 bay leaves
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 4 tomatoes, peeled and chopped
• 150 ml tomato sauce
• 1 cup long grain rice
• 2 cups fish stock
• 175 g cod, skinned, boned and cubed
• 115 g cooked peeled prawns
• salt and pepper
• 2 spring onions, chopped, to garnish

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f
• 2 heat the oil in a large saucepan and fry the bacon until crisp.
• 3 add the onion and celery and stir until beginning to stick to the pan.
• 4 add the garlic, cayenne pepper, herbs, tomatoes and seasoning and mix well.
• 5 stir in the tomato sauce, rice and stock and bring to a boil.
• 6 gently stir in the fish and transfer to an oven proof dish.
• 7 cover tightly with foil and bake for 20-30 minutes, until the rice is just tender.
• 8 stir in the prawns and heat through.
• 9 serve sprinkled with the spring onions.