This bold-flavored Savannah Red Rice recipe will blow you away. You have to try this rice brimming with lots of tomatoes, spicy heat, sausage, and shrimp.
Fry the bacon until crisp and sausages until cooked and brown in a large skillet. Remove the bacon, let it cool and crumple it into pieces, and set aside.
To the sausage, saute the onion, bell pepper, and celery until tender. Add garlic and cook 1 min or until fragrant.
To the skillet, add the rice, tomatoes, tomatoes (sauce, broth, and paste), the creole seasoning, cayenne, sugar, and hot sauce. Cook down and stir the liquid for 15 minutes, but do not leave it to cook the rice completely.
Transfer the mixture to a 1 1/2 quart baking dish. Cover with foil and bake at 350 F for 30 minutes. Check with a fork to see if the rice is soft and fluffy. If not, place back in the oven for an additional 10 minutes.
After placing the baking dish in the oven, season shrimp with 1/2 teaspoon of creole seasoning, and saute in the same skillet until just done. Set aside. When the rice is baked, top of rice with the shrimp and sprinkle the bacon on top.