Celery Root and Rice!!!
By: Lady Catherine ...
Published: Saturday, January 7, 2012 - 9:13am

Ingredients




1 fresh celery root
3 carrots – chopped
1 healthy handful of Italian parsley – chopped
1 red onion - chopped
4 cups chicken broth
1 Jalapeño – chopped
1 bell pepper – chopped
7 whole cloves
29 oz. can of Cannellini beans - drained
1 lb. of bacon
Olive oil – for drizzling
1 cup rice – uncooked

Preparation

1 Clean outside of celery root and cut off end pieces. Place in pot covered with water and tablespoon of salt. Simmer for 40- 45 minutes. 2 Remove from water cut off outer skin and then dice. 3 Heat a soup pot with a drizzle of olive oil. Add the chopped celery root, carrots, onion, Jalapeño and bell pepper. Simmer for a few minutes. Add the chicken broth, cloves and Italian parsley. Simmer on low while preparing the bacon and rice. Before serving this dish, pick out the 7 cloves. 4 Add the cannellini beans to the broth before serving. 5 Serve over rice topped with the crispy bacon.

About

This is a very comforting dish to serve in this chilly weather.
With Love,
Catherine
xo