Simple Sausage Rice Dinner
This simple sausage rice dinner is the dish I throw together on nights I am too tired to think of what to make. It's fast, delicious, and uses ingredients we always have on hand. Served with a side of green beans or broccoli, and you have a complete meal in 20 minutes.
Equipment
- Instant pot - or regular pot with lid for stovetop method
- Liquid measuring cup
- Spatula
- Whisk
- Teaspoons
- Measuring Cups
- Knife
- Cutting board
Ingredients
- 2 cups Rice I use long grain white
- 1 pound Breakfast Sausage ground
- 2 1/2 cups Chicken Broth (4 cups for stovetop method)
- 1 Onion diced
- 1 cup Celery diced
- 3 tbsp Butter
- 1 tbsp Soy Sauce
- 2 tsp Salt
Instructions
- Using the instant pot sauté setting, cook breakfast sausage thoroughly. Or sauté the sausage on medium heat in a pot for stovetop method.
- Add butter, celery and onions to the sausage and saute until tender (about 5 minutes)
- Turn off heat. Deglaze pot by adding chicken broth and scraping any brown bits off of the bottom of the pot.
- Add salt and soy sauce to pot and stir.
- For instant pot: add rice, do not stir. Pressure cook high for 8 minutes then natural release 5 minutes. Release remaining steam and fluff with fork.(It will take about 15 minutes for the instant pot to build pressure)
- For stovetop: add rice, stir, bring to boil, cover with lid and simmer on medium/low for 18-20 minutes or until rice is fully cooked. Fluff with fork.
- Serve warm with a vegetable side or as a meal on its own.
- Can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Can warm in oven or microwave to reheat.