Wacky Rice and Beans

• 6 slices Bacon
• 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
• 1/2 whole Small Onion, Finely Chopped
• 1 teaspoon Chopped Garlic
• 1 dash Crushed Red Pepper Flakes
• 4 ounces, fluid Wine (Optional: I Used Red; You Can Use White Or None At All.)
• 1/2 teaspoons Dried Oregano
• 1/2 teaspoons Dried Cilantro
• 2 envelopes Sazon Goya Con Culantro Y Achiote, 1 Ounce Packets
• 8 ounces, fluid Tomato Sauce
• 1/2 cans Stewed, Diced Tomatoes With Liquid (14.5 Ounce Can)
• 1 Tablespoon Goya Sofrito
• 1 can Pink Or Black Beans, With Liquid (15.5 Ounce Can)
• 4 ounces, weight Cubed Cooked Chicken
• 2 cups Rice
• 3 cups Water

1. 1.
2. Use a stock pot (one with a cover).
3. Put the bacon into the pot over medium heat and cook until bacon is crispy.
4. Remove the bacon from the pot to cool.
5. 2.
6. If necessary (if there isnt enough bacon grease), add a bit of olive oil to the pan and saute onion, garlic and crushed red pepper flakes.
7. Saute until onion is translucent.
8. 3.
9. Add the wine to deglaze the pot, scraping up all those yummy brown bits from the bottom of the pot.
10. 4.
11. Chop up the bacon into coarse bits and throw it in the pot.
12. 5.
13. Add all of the remaining ingredients.
14. 6.
15. If you like sticky rice, give it all a good stir.
16. 7.
17. Once the soup begins simmering, turn heat down very low and cook it with the lid on until all of the liquid is absorbed and rice is tender (use the timing on the rice package as a guideline).
18. 8.
19. Troubleshooting: If the rice isnt tender but the liquid is all absorbed, add a bit more water and continue cooking until rice softens.

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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/main-courses/wacky-rice-and-beans/ (may not work)