Charleston Red Rice

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Charleston Red Rice Posted: 08 Feb 2021 05:54 AM PST A Lowcountry recipe popular from Charleston to Savannah, made from rice cooked with bacon and a tomato broth seasoned with peppers and onions perfected by the Gullah and Geechee. When you're from South Carolina and take a beach vacation, more often than not, you seek out the smaller, less popular beaches to avoid the crowds and [cough] tourists. Growing up, our hidden coastal getaway was Edisto Beach which is in the heart of the Lowcountry between Charleston and Hilton Head.  Traveling through Edisto Island to get to the beach (and well, in all of the Lowcountry), you'll pass several little "boroughs" or communities that are too small to have an actual town name or zip code. At the most, these areas may have a traffic light, a gas station or a small local grocery store. If you're lucky, you'll find a gas station that has a fried chicken counter or a tiny diner attached. In most of the world, I imagine a gas station isn't the best choice for eating out but in rural areas, they are home to some of the best local cuisine you'll ever find.  Growing up out in the country, the old Mini-Mart gas station in my hometown of Swansea, SC was our favorite for fried chicken and "taters" (huge seasoned, fried potato wedges). Sometimes we'd drive several towns over to Neeses, just to eat at the Piggly Wiggly which hosts a tiny restaurant with a "meat and three" menu and daily specials as good as any Sunday dinner around.  The closer you get to the coast, the more likely you are to find Red Rice. There is a gas station on Edisto Island that used to have THE BEST red rice (maybe it still does!) and Mama recalls a grocery store diner near Charleston (also a Piggy Wiggly, I think) with amazing Red Rice too. Read more here »

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