Italian Chicken Sausage Brown And Wild Rice Recipes

CHICKEN SAUSAGE WITH BROWN RICE FUSILLI

Steps:

• 1. Prepare the pasta according to package directions, being careful to not overcook the pasta. When the pasta is done, strain and rinse it. Set aside. 2. Cut the chicken sausage into 1-inch pieces. 3. Preheat a large nonstick skillet. Add 1 tablespoon of water and stir in the sausage, onion, and garlic. Cook on medium heat until lightly browned. 4. Incorporate the zucchini, broccoli, salt, and pepper, and cook until vegetables are crisp-tender, about 3-5 minutes. 5. Add the pasta to the skillet and toss until warmed through. Serve immediately with a small dinner salad.

COUNTRY WILD RICE WITH SAUSAGE

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large saucepot over medium-high heat. Add the rice and cook, toasting until the rice begins to smell nutty, about 5 minutes. Add the chicken stock along with some salt and bring it to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cover. Simmer until the rice is tender and has absorbed all the liquid, about 25 minutes
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining tablespoon oil along with the butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onion, pepper and a generous pinch of salt and cook until just tender and beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic, sausage, thyme and sage, and cook, breaking up with a wooden spoon until browned and cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes more.
• When the rice is cooked and liquid is absorbed, turn off the heat, remove the lid and add the sausage and vegetables. Fluff and stir gently with a fork to combine. Add the rice to a serving dish and sprinkle with the chives before serving hot.

CHICKEN WITH HOT ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND RICE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, stir broth with saffron, salt and chili flakes. Set aside to allow flavors to blend. Cut chicken into bite-size pieces, and slice sausages into 1/2-inch rounds. Remove peas from freezer and set on counter.
• In a pressure cooker,over medium-high heat, add chicken, sausages, garlic and onion. Cook, stirring constantly, until chicken is no longer pink from 3-5 minutes. Add peppers and tomatoes. Cook stirring often, until peppers start to soften and tomatoes start to break down, about 3 mintes. Add uncooked rice, then pour broth mixture over top.
• Lock lid of pressure cooker in place. Following directions for your cooker, bring up to full pressure over high heat. Once it as reached maximum pressure, reduce heat to medium-low to maintain even pressure and cook for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and allow pressure to drop naturally for 5 minutes. Remove lid and stir in peas and sprinkle with parsley, if using. Heat from sauce will cook peas. Serve with thick slices of crusty bread.
• NO PRESSURE COOKER? Follow recipe but use a large wide bottom saucepan. Once you have added uncooked rice and poured broth mixture over top, stir to combine. Increase heat to high and bring to a boil. Then reduce heat to medum-low. Cover and cook for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until most of the liquid is absorbed.
• Remove pan from heat. Stir in peas and sprinkle with chopped parsley.

ITALIAN CHICKEN SAUSAGE & BROWN AND WILD RICE

Steps:

• Heat dressing in large deep skillet on medium heat. Add sausage; cook 5 min., stirring frequently.
• Add peppers and tomatoes; stir. Simmer on low heat 6 to 8 min. or until sausage is done and peppers are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in rice; cook 2 min. or until heated through, stirring frequently. Sprinkle with cheese.

SAUSAGE AND WILD RICE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, prepare rice according to package directions. Add beans, corn and sausage. Cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until heated through.

ITALIAN CHICKEN AND WILD RICE

Steps:

• Put chicken, broth, wild rice, onion, and garlic in a slow cooker. Stir in mushrooms, tomatoes, salt oregano, basil and pepper. Cover and simmer for 4 hours on high or 6 hours on low.

WILD AND BROWN RICE

Steps:

• In heavy saucepan, soak wild rice in boiling water for 30 minutes. Drain; rinse thoroughly.
• In large skillet or Dutch oven, combine drained wild rice, brown rice, onion, carrots, celery, chicken broth, thyme, marjoram, salt, and black pepper. Bring to a boil over high heat.
• Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, 50 to 60 minutes.

ITALIAN CHICKEN SAUSAGE AND PEPPERS

Steps:

• Arrange 2 racks in middle and upper thirds of oven and preheat to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line two 10x15-inch baking pans with foil.
• Toss bell peppers, onion, and tomatoes together in a large bowl with 1 tablespoon oil, balsamic vinegar, Italian seasoning, 1/8 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon black pepper. Transfer to one of the prepared pans.
• Roast in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, drizzle bread slices with remaining olive oil and sprinkle with remaining salt and black pepper. Arrange on the other prepared pan.
• Remove the vegetables from the oven; push to one side of the pan. Add sausage to the exposed portion of the pan.
• Roast until vegetables are tender and sausage is heated through, 10 to 15 minutes more, adding the pan with bread in the last 5 minutes of roasting time. Sprinkle vegetables and sausage with oregano and serve with bread.

BROWN AND WILD RICE WITH SAUSAGE AND FENNEL

Steps:

• Simmer water and wild rice in small saucepan 20 minutes. Drain.
• Heat heavy large saucepan over medium-high heat. Fry sausage until cooked through, breaking up sausage with fork, about 4 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer sausage to large bowl.
• Add 2 tablespoons oil to same saucepan. Mix in fennel, bell pepper and fennel seeds and sauté until tender, about 10 minutes. Add to sausage. Heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil in same saucepan. Add leeks and garlic and sauté until tender and golden, about 8 minutes. Add brown rice and stir 1 minute. Mix in broth and wild rice. Season with pepper. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low. Cover and simmer until rice is tender and liquid is absorbed, about 40 minutes. Add hot rice to sausage mixture and toss well. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and chill.) Serve hot.

SAUSAGE AND WILD RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook rice according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. In a large bowl, combine the remaining ingredients; add the rice and sausage. , Transfer to a greased 2-qt. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 hour.