Smoked Sausage with Dirty Rice #ImprovCookingChallenge

This quick and easy one dish dinner is ready in under an hour.  Perfect for those crazy days when you have been running all day and are famished.

It's time for the Improv Cooking Challenge......

Nichole of Cookaholic Wife invites us each month to join her in making up a dish containing two ingredients.  We are set loose to use any other pantry ingredients we would like but the dish must feature the ingredients listed in the challenge.  It's our small version of chopped.  This month's ingredients were Sausage and Rice.  

Let's see what all the contenders brought to the ring.........

Improv Cooking Challenge: May 2021

Sausage and Rice

• Goan Chorizo Pulao by Sneha’s Recipe
• Creole Style Jambalaya by Cookaholic Wife
• Sausage Dirty Rice by Making Miracles
• Smoked Sausage with Dirty Rice by A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Vegan Jackfruit Seed Pulao by Magical Ingredients

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  I think my recipe is a Knock-out.  Try it and let me know what you think.........
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Entrees, Pork, Rice, One Dish Meals, Quick, Easy

  Entrees, Pork

  Southern

  Yield: 4 servings

  Author: Wendy Klik

  

  Smoked Sausage with Dirty Rice

  This quick and easy one dish dinner is ready in under an hour. Perfect for those crazy days when you have been running all day and are famished.

  Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 30 MinTotal time: 40 Min

  Ingredients

  • 1 c. white rice
  • 2 1/2 c. chicken broth
  • 12 oz. smoked kielbasa, sliced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1/2 Vidalia onion, diced
  • 1 stalk celery, sliced
  • 1/2 green pepper, diced
  • pinch of cayenne
  • salt and pepper, to taste

  Instructions

  1. Make the rice according to package directions using broth instead of water.
  2. While rice is cooking, heat a skillet over medium high heat.  Add the sausage and cook until browned.  Add the garlic, onion, celery and green pepper.  Cook until softened about 5 minutes.  Add the remaining 1/2 c. of broth and cayenne.  Cook until liquid has reduced a little and then stir in the rice.  Season with salt and pepper and serve.

  Notes:

  Adapted from a recipe found at Food Network.

  Nutrition Facts

  Calories

  367.37

  Fat (grams)

  25.75

  Sat. Fat (grams)

  8.47

  Carbs (grams)

  20.77

  Fiber (grams)

  0.90

  Net carbs

  19.87

  Sugar (grams)

  5.40

  Protein (grams)

  13.23

  Sodium (milligrams)

  1566.07

  Cholesterol (grams)

  65.16

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