Rice With Sweet Peppers and Ham

• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/4 cup finely chopped onion
• 1/2 cup red and green peppers cut into small cubes
• 1/4 cup cooked ham, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
• 1 cup converted rice
• 1 1/4 cups water
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme or 1/2 teaspoon dried
• Tabasco sauce to taste
• Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon butter

1. Heat the oil in a saucepan and add the onion, peppers and ham and cook, stirring, until wilted.
2. Add the rice and stir.
3. Add the water, bay leaf, thyme, Tabasco, salt and pepper.
4. Stir well and bring to a boil.
5. Cover and simmer for exactly 17 minutes.
6. Remove from the heat, discard the bay leaf and thyme sprigs.
7. Add the butter and stir to fluff the rice

olive oil, onion, red and, ham, rice, water, bay leaf, thyme, tabasco sauce, salt, butter

Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/2913 (may not work)