Hearty Sausage-Rice Casserole With Pecans by Nita
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| hearty sausage and rice casserole with pecans by nita |
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| serves about 12 |
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| note: this could be halved and frozen easily. |
| 2 boxes uncle ben's long grain and wild rice |
| (note: use only one of the seasoning packets) |
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| 1/3 cup | white rice |
| 5-1/2 cup | boiling water |
| 1 | knorr beef bouillon cube |
| 3 Tbsp | butter |
| 1/2 tsp | crushed basil |
| 1/2 tsp | crushed herbs de provencal or, oregano and parsley |
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| combine in a large boiler and cook according to package directions for |
| about 25 minutes or until tender and water is mostly absorbed: remove |
| from heat and set aside. meanwhile, peel, chop and set aside 1 medium |
| sweet type onion. in a frying pan, break up and saute' until browned: 1 |
| or 1 1/2 pounds bulk mild sausage |
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| when sausage is done, remove it from pan. drain on paper towels to remove |
| excess fat. set aside in a medium bowl. saute' onion in the sausage |
| drippings (add a little butter if needed) until tender and somewhat |
| translucent. remove onions from pan when done and add to bowl with cooked |
| sausage. stir to combine. drain mushrooms, discard liquid and chop |
| medium chop: |
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| 1 large | jar sliced mushrooms |
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| add chopped mushrooms to sausage and onion mixture. |
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| add: 1/2 to 3/4 cup chopped pecans to above. |
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| when rice has cooled somewhat, combine it in a large bowl with the |
| sausage, onions, mushrooms, pecans. stir together gently to combine. |
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| add and stir in well: |
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| 1 can | campbell's cream of chicken or cream of mushroom soup |
| 1 | soup can half & half or milk |
| 1/4 tsp | ground black pepper |
| 1/2 to 1 tsp | table salt |
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| pour mixture into a large baking pan and sprinkle with plain bread crumbs |
| if desired -- (optional - if using bread crumbs, drizzle with excess |
| sausage drippings and melted butter). bake in preheated oven at 350 |
| degrees f. for 25 to 30 minutes. serve hot. |
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| note: crushed potato chips could be used for chopping. |
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| may cover mixture and refrigerate overnight and bake the next day. remove |
| from refrigerator about 30 minutes before baking and bake as above only if |
| the mixture is cold, it may require a bit of milk and baking for about 40 |
| minutes. serve with green salad or cole slaw. |
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| nita holleman |
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| (ID: 8878) Mirror: rec.food.recipes: Wed, Feb 4, 2004 |