One-Pot Italian Sausage and Rice Recipe
Here's a delicious one-pot dish that's perfect for your weeknight dinner. Italian Sausage and Rice is packed with flavor in every spoonful --- you'll surely ask for seconds!
Servings: 3
Calories: 463kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 2 links Italian sausage, sliced into rounds
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 small onion, chopped finely
- 1 stalk celery, chopped finely
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, chopped roughly
- 1/2 cup rice
- 1 & 1/2 cup stock, hot/boiling
- 1/2 tsp dried parsley
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- salt & pepper, to season
- fresh parsley, to garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Using a small skillet, heat olive oil over medium-high heat.
- Once it's ready, start frying the sliced sausages until cooked.
- Set them aside, then adjust the heat into medium and add the garlic and onion. Cook until the onions softened.
- Add the chopped celery; mix and cook for a few minutes.
- Add the tomatoes, salt, pepper, dried parsley, and dried oregano.
- Mix, cover, and cook for a few minutes, just until some of the juices of the tomatoes have come out.
- Add the rice and mix to coat it evenly.
- Add the stock.
- Cover with a lid, adjust the heat back to medium-high, and bring to a boil.
- Lower the heat to medium-low and simmer until the rice is cooked, occasionally stirring to make sure nothing sticks at the bottom of the pan. It generally takes 18 to 20 minutes.
- Taste and adjust the seasoning, then place the slices of sausage randomly in the cooked rice.
- Place the lid back, turn off the heat, and leave it covered for two minutes.
- Serve your Italian sausage with rice, garnished with fresh parsley, if desired.
Notes
- Cook's Tip #1: Feel free to remove some of the oil in the skillet if you think there is too much left after cooking the sausage.
- Cook's Tip #2: Make sure you chop all the vegetables finely. They all need to dissolve (almost) once the rice is ready.
- Cook's Tip #3: Do not forget to taste and adjust the seasoning while the rice is cooking, not when you're about to add the sausage back.
- Variation #1: Tomato sauce. If you cannot find any good tomatoes, canned chunky tomatoes are a good alternative.
- Variation #2: Herbs and chili. You can add your other favorite dried herbs and chili flakes if you want a bit of heat in this one-pot sausage and rice.
- Variation #3: Stock. Use vegetable or beef stock if that's what you have on hand.
Nutrition
Calories: 463kcal | Carbohydrates: 35g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 28g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 60mg | Sodium: 737mg | Potassium: 540mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 307IU | Vitamin C: 16mg | Calcium: 47mg | Iron: 2mg