Recipe - Chicken With Rice And Bacon

8 sl Bacon, finely chopped
1 md Onion, chopped (about 1/2
Cup)
1 md Green bell pepper); chopped
(about I cup)
1 cn (28 ounces) whole tomatoes,
undrained
4 cup Cutup cooked chicken I
1 L/2 Cups uncooked instant
rice
One half cup Hot water
1 teaspoon Ground cumin
Three fourths teaspoon Salt
One half cup Raisins

Place bacon in 3quart microwavable casserole. Cover with microwavable
paper towel and microwave on high 5 to 6 minutes, stirring after 3 minutes,
until crisp. Drain bacon on paper towel, reserving fat in casserole. Stir
onion and bell pepper into bacon fat. Cover tightly and microwave on high 4
to 5 minutes, stirring after 2 minutes, until onion is tender. Stir in
tomatoes; break up tomatoes.

Stir in chicken, rice, hot water, cumin and salt. Cover tightly and
microwave 15 to 17 minutes, stirring after 8 minutes, until mixture is hot
and rice is tender. Stir in raisins. Cover and let stand 5 minutes.
Sprinkle with bacon.

8 to 10 servings.

From the files of Al Rice, North Pole Alaska. Feb 1994

From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini