Chicken & Sausage Casserole

Yesterday I posted a recipe for the chili I made on Saturday. Today I'm posting the dinner  made on Sunday. It was delicious and very filling. I feel like making some nice pumpkin or cranberry muffins but I'll probably wait until Monday as there is movie I want to catch right now while I enjoy a cup of tea.

 

Ingredients

• 6-8 Italian sausages (sliced) *

• 4 pieces of chicken thighs/legs

• 3 c. brown rice

• 6 c. water

• 1 tsp. vegetable oil

• 1 chopped white onion

• 1 chopped green and red bell peppers

• 1 can of stewed tomatoes or chop about 3 fresh tomatoes

• 3 tsp. of chopped/minced garlic

• 3 chicken bouillon cubes

• salt (to taste  - not to much if you have high blood pressure)

• pepper (to taste)

• 3-4 drops soy sauce for colouring (can be omitted if you have high blood sugar)

• a few sprinkles of cayenne pepper

• 1 tsp. worchestershire sauce

• 1 tsp. hot sauce

Directions

In a large pot over medium/high heat "brown" your sliced sausage in the vegetable oil for approximately 5-7 minutes.  You want it brown. Repeat sausage step with the chicken and remove from the heat when done.

Add the onions, bell peppers, and garlic. Sautee in the same pot until transparent.  Put the chicken and sausage back in the pot and add the water. You can also add the seasonings, worchestershire, and soy sauce (optional).  Bring to a full boil and add rice, boullion cubes and hot sauce.  Stir occasionally and bring to boil.

Reduce heat to simmer, and cover for 1 hour taking care not to remove the lid during this time.
Remove lid, turn off heat, serve up and enjoy.

* A package of Grimm's All-Beef Smokies were used and they were very lean.

If you have no dietary or cholesterol concerns you could use a sausage with more fat (and flavour).  Personally I found these sausages to be hard and they didn't soften with cooking. They were okay in the casserole but next time I would choose a more traditional pork sausage.

Enjoy!

I think this will be new favourite during our cold months of winter.
What is your favourite cold weather dish?