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Bacon & Golden Raisin Pilaf

Published: Aug 11, 2012 · Modified: Aug 19, 2022 by Felicia Lim · This post may contain affiliate links

In my office, I work with 10 guys and 1 girl,  and each of them have the most interesting characters. There are mathematicians, quantitative finance dudes, brokers and a bond expert. Now, the bond expert is called Jorge, a 69-year old man from Croatia who has lived at least 40 years in Argentina – which in my opinion makes him almost Argentine, except for the fact that he does not have the Argentine passport, but a permanent residence document.

Recently, Jorge started the custom of cooking for the entire office every Thursday. He loves to cook, and he absolutely adores history, so everytime he cooks something for us, we get an introduction to the origins of the food, where it came from, which century it started its existence, the different variations to the same dish as a result of evolution in plant species etc, etc.

Last Thursday, he made a delightful bacon pilaf, and upon my relentless requests, he gave me the recipe, in detail. I finally got down to cooking it yesterday, and made a slight twist to it by adding golden raisins, which I love and always never fail to invoke the Middle Eastern taste in rice. Garnished with spring onions and parsley, the dish was a total, total hit.

BACON & GOLDEN RAISIN PILAF (Serves 4)

Ingredients:

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1) 200g of long grain white rice
2) 300g of smoked bacon
3) 1 small tube of saffron (or 1 cube of saffron stock from Knorr’s)
4) Ground red pepper
5) Salt to taste
6) 1 small packet of golden raisins

Steps:

1) Cut the bacon into small strips and stir fry them in a pan (using the fats as oil)
2) After about 5 to 10 minutes when the bacon is more or less cooked, add in the ground red pepper
3) Add in the rice and stir for a while to let the rice absorb the flavours
4) Add in saffron and 500 ml of water initially, stirring every once in a while
5) As rice cooks, add as much more water as needed, but in small portions each time until rice achieves consistency you like
6) Once rice is cooked, add in golden raisins, and stir to make sure they are distributed evenly
7) Chop parsley and spring onions for garnish

Rice:

Smoked Bacon:

Cut bacon into small strips:

Stir-fry bacon in its own fat:

Once bacon is cooked, add in ground red pepper:

Add in rice:

Stir the rice with the bacon for a few minutes:

Add in saffron and water:

As rice cooks the grains get thicker:

Fresh parsley:

Fresh spring onions:

Chopped parsley:

Chopped spring onions:

Rice is now fully cooked:

Golden raisins:

Add in golden raisins:

Stir well to distribute raisins evenly:

Bacon & Golden Raising Pilaf (garnished with spring onions and parsley):

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About Felicia

Hey you! I’m Felicia, a Singaporean girl who moved to Buenos Aires for love. A couple of things about me: I love food, writing and food photography. I wrote a grain-free ecookbook that I know you’ll love and I also do freelance writing and photography if you want to work with me. Follow me on this blog as I navigate the world of cooking gluten-free, dairy-free and egg-free.

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