Wild Rice Casserole With Sausage Recipes

SAUSAGE & WILD RICE BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Cook sausage in 10-inch skillet over medium heat 5-7 minutes or until browned. Drain fat.
• Place cooked sausage into ungreased 2-quart casserole. Add all remaining ingredients except sour cream; stir to combine. Cover; bake 1 1/2-2 hours or until rice is tender. Stir in sour cream.

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.

WILD RICE AND SAUSAGE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Wash wild rice several times under cold water until water runs clear. Set aside.
• Melt butter in skillet and then fry sausage over medium high heat, breaking up into as small pieces as possible. Do not overcook--cook just until all pink is gone. Remove sausage from skillet and set aside.
• In same skillet saute onion, celery, carrot and bell pepper over medium high heat until just beginning to brown lightly. Toss frequently.
• Add wild rice to skillet and continue to saute a while longer, tossing frequently to coat wild rice with oil but do not let it burn.
• Add salt and black pepper to taste.
• Add Cream of Celery soup to skillet and mix quickly, then add 2 soup cans of water and stir until well mixed.
• When well mixed, add reserved sausage meat and mix thoroughly. Bring to a boil, immediately remove from stove and pour into a buttered casserole (at least 2 qts.) and cover with foil.
• Place in oven and bake. After 30 minutes check and add a small amount of additional water if necessary, and stir well.
• Cook until most liquid is absorbed, but not until casserole is dry, about an hour.

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.

MY MOM'S SAUSAGE AND RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a Dutch-oven over medium heat, brown the sausage with the onion, celery and bell pepper; drain. Pour in rice, hot water, and soup mix. Stir until any lumps of soup have melted. Top with almonds. Cover and bake in a preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours.

HAWAIIAN SAUSAGE AND RICE BAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In small saucepan, bring water and butter to a boil.
• In ungreased 2 1/2-quart casserole, combine all ingredients including contents of seasoning packet and boiling water; mix well. Cover.
• Bake at 375°F. for 40 to 45 minutes or until rice is tender. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

SAUSAGE AND WILD RICE CASSEROLE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 Prepare rice according to package instructions, cooking for about 15 to 20 minutes. Rice should still be watery. Sauté the sausage until browned. Drain off the grease. Sauté the mushrooms in 3 T. butter. In casserole dish mix: rice, sausage, soup, mushrooms, almonds, salt, pepper and curry. (I sprayed my casserole dish with Pam.) Heat through in preheated oven about 30 to 45 min. Can be made up the day before and then cooked. If cold, bake longer. Serves six.

WILD RICE CASSEROLE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bring chicken broth to a boil in a medium saucepan.
• In a 1 1/2 quart baking dish, mix chicken broth, uncooked wild rice, water chestnuts, 2 tablespoons butter and salt.
• Cover, and bake in the preheated oven 30 minutes.
• While rice mixture is baking, melt remaining butter in a medium skillet over medium heat. Place mushrooms and onion in skillet, and slowly cook and stir until tender. Stir mushrooms and onion into the wild rice mixture, cover, and continue baking 30 minutes, or until liquid has been absorbed.

SAVORY WILD RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine water, rice and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 55-60 minutes or until rice is tender. Meanwhile, in a skillet, cook sausage and onion until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add broth, soup, mushrooms, water chestnuts, sage and rice. Transfer to a greased 3-qt. baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 45-50 minutes or until heated through.

CREAMY SAUSAGE & RICE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Fry sausage; crumble and drain on paper towels.
• Remove all but about 1 tablespoon sausage grease; add onions and mushrooms and sauté till onions are wilted.
• In another pan, melt butter; stir in flour.
• Stir in cream and chicken broth, stirring until thickened.
• Add seasonings to simmering sauce.
• Add the sausage, onions and mushrooms to the sauce.
• Add wild rice mix with package of seasonings to the sauce mixture. (If using plain wild rice mixture, you may want to adjust the dried spices added to the sauce.) Stir well.
• Pour into a greased 1 1/2-2-quart casserole dish.
• Cover and bake for 50 minutes at 350°.
• Remove cover and sprinkle with almonds.
• Return to oven for about 10 minutes to toast almonds.

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.

ONE-POT SAUSAGE & MUSHROOM WILD RICE

Steps:

• In 5-quart Dutch oven, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add sausage; cook 6 to 8 minutes, stirring frequently, until cooked through. Drain, and set aside.
• Clean out Dutch oven; melt 2 tablespoons of the butter over medium heat. Add onions and thyme; cook 4 to 6 minutes, stirring frequently, until onions begin to brown and soften. Add remaining 2 tablespoons butter, and stir to melt; stir in mushrooms and celery. Increase heat to medium-high; cook 4 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms release juices and then brown.
• Stir in wine; simmer 3 to 4 minutes, scraping pan to release browned bits. Once liquid is almost evaporated, stir in sausage, broth and whipping cream; stir in wild rice. Heat to boiling over high heat; cover, and cook over medium-low heat 1 hour to 1 hour 10 minutes, without stirring, until rice is tender. Top with parsley and walnuts.