Cheesy Baked Rice With Prawns and Bacon

Cheese Baked Rice have been my children's favourite food.  I have been wanting to try a hand to cook and taste the home-cooked version of it, but as usual it's not fun to cook only a small portion and enjoying it all by myself.  It is only until recently when my daughter is back home that I get to cook it for the both of us.  There are many recipes of this dish in hand but I try out this prawn recipe adapted from Minty's Kitchen Blog. As usual a bit of adjustments have been made on the recipe to suit our needs.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup cooked rice
10 prawns, medium size (shelled and deveined)
2 pcs. bacon (cut into small pieces)
3 cloves garlic (minced)
1/2 onion (chopped)
1  medium sized tomato (cubed)
1/4 cup chicken stock
Salt and pepper
Enough grated cheddar cheese (for topping)
1 tbsp cooking oil

White Sauce:
1/2 cup cream
1 tbsp plain flour
2 tbsp butter

Methods:

1. In a heated wok add in cooking oil, saute onion and garlic till fragrant, then add in prawns and stir-fry till 3/4 cooked, dish and set aside for later use.
2. In the same pan add in bacon pieces and fry till browned, pour in the chicken stock, stir well, toss in the cubed tomato, cook for 2 minutes and turn off heat.
3. To prepare the white sauce, add butter in a low heated small pan, add in flour and cook stirring for a minute or until mixture bubbles and begins to come away from the side of the pan.  Gradually whisk in the cream until combined.  Continue cooking until the sauce boils and thickens and remove from heat. 
4. Pour the white sauce into (2), season with salt and pepper and stir to combine.
5. Fluff up the cooked rice and place in a casserole dish, pour the prawns and bacon mixture over the rice and mix well.
6. Top the rice with a layer of grated cheese.
7. Bake for about 15 minutes or until cheese turns golden brown.
8. Serve hot.

Note:  I prefer less cheesy, so I just topped a thin layer of cheese over the rice mixture. This is up to individual preference.  I enjoyed this simple yet yummylicious "Cheesy Baked Rice" with a glass of "icy kiwi and green apple smoothies."