Italian Pork And Rice Casserole Recipes

ITALIAN PORK AND RICE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute mushrooms and onion in butter until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in tomatoes, pork, peppers, Italian seasoning, salt if desired and sugar; bring to a boil. Stir in rice. , Cover and remove from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes. Stir before serving.

PORK AND WILD RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Place rice and water in a pot and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place bacon in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook until evenly brown. Drain, crumble, and set aside. Place pork in skillet and cook until evenly brown. Drain and set aside.
• Reduce skillet heat to medium and melt butter. Stir in onion and celery, and cook until tender; set aside. Mix flour into remaining butter until smooth. In a bowl, mix the reserved mushroom liquid and half and half; stir into the skillet and cook until thickened. Stir in the soup. Mix in 6 cups cooked rice, cooked bacon, cooked pork, mushrooms, almonds, pimento, parsley, salt, and pepper. Transfer to a 9x13 inch casserole dish.
• Bake 40 minutes in the preheated oven.

ITALIAN PORK AND RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In 8-inch sauté pan, melt butter over medium heat. Add bread crumbs; toast 2 to 3 minutes, stirring frequently, until browned. Transfer to small bowl; set aside.
• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch (3-quart) glass baking dish with cooking spray. Spread rice evenly in baking dish. Top evenly with pork, followed by beans, bell pepper and onions. In small bowl, mix broth, Italian seasoning and salt; pour on top. Cover with foil. Bake 40 minutes.
• Stir cheese and whipping cream into pork mixture. Replace foil; bake 20 to 25 minutes longer or until rice is tender, pork is no longer pink in center and mixture is heated to at least 165°F in center of casserole. Stir; top with toasted bread crumbs and basil.

ITALIAN PORK AND POTATO CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Place potatoes and water in a microwave-safe dish. Cover and microwave on high for 5 minutes or until almost tender; drain., Place potatoes in a 13x9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with garlic, salt and pepper. Top with pork chops and marinara sauce. Cover and bake at 350° until a thermometer inserted in pork reads 145° and potatoes are tender, 40-45 minutes., Sprinkle with cheese. Bake, uncovered, until cheese is melted, 3-5 minutes longer. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

SAUSAGE AND RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large nonstick skillet with a tight-fitting lid over medium-high heat. Add the sausage slices and cook for a few minutes on each side, until brown, about 5 to 8 minutes total. Remove to a plate, blot with paper towels to remove any excess oil, and set aside. (Tip: To finish this meal in 30 minutes, prep the peppers and onions while the sausage browns.)
• With a paper towel, carefully wipe the skillet until it is mostly clean. Heat the remaining tablespoon olive oil over medium high. Add the bell peppers, onion, basil, salt, and pepper and cook until the onion begins to soften and brown, about 3 minutes. Add the rice, garlic, and red pepper flakes, stirring to coat the rice. Cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the chicken broth and canned tomatoes in their juices, stirring well. Bring to a boil, stir again, then cover and simmer on low heat for 5 minutes.
• Stir in the reserved sausage slices until evenly distributed, then re-cover the skillet and remove from the heat. Let stand 5 minutes, until most of the remaining liquid is absorbed and the rice is tender. Sprinkle with parsley and serve warm.

ITALIAN PORK AND RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Sauce: Make sauce first. Saute onions and garlic in oil until golden. Add gravy: tomato sauce, mushrooms and parlsey. Simmer, uncovered, for 30 minutes.
• Casserole: Cut pork into 1/4 inch slices. Cut peppers into eighths. Sprinkle pork with salt and pepper. Saute pork (few pieces at a time) in oil until brown. When all are brown, remove last from pan. Add a little of the sauce to the pan drippins, stir well and return all to the sauce.
• In a 3-qt casserole dish arrange one half of the pork slices. Top with all the rice, which has been mixed with 1/2 of the sauce. Layer one half of the onions, then layer one half of the peppers. Add remaining pork, remaining onions and peppers. Sprinkle with salt. Pour on remaining sauce and bake at 350 degrees for an hour an a half.