This is an easy, gluten-free, stove-top meal that is usually liked by all. Spanish rice is a nice side by itself, but if you add sausage, it becomes a main dish. Serve it with a garden salad, and it’s a tasty summer meal that doesn’t require the oven.
If you like Spanish rice, you might be interested in trying Lynn’s Mexican Style Quinoa. Personally, I think it’s a great idea, especially if your family is not fond of quinoa, and I hope to try it soon.
Spanish Rice with Sausage
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Yield 6
Ingredients
- 1 pound sausage (the kind in a tube)
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 1/2 cup white rice
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 1/2 cup chicken broth
- 8 ounces tomato sauce
Instructions
- In a heavy pot, cook the sausage, stirring to crumble.
- Remove the sausage with a slotted spoon, then drain all but a couple tablespoons of the grease.
- Add the onion and cook for several minutes until almost transparent.
- Add the rice. Stir and cook for several minutes.
- Add the garlic, stir and cook for one minute more.
- Slowly stir in the chicken broth and tomato sauce
- Heat to a boil, then cover and reduce heat. Simmer for 20 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in the sausage.
Courses Main Dish
We do sausage meals like this often. So easy and flavorful!
This looks so yummy, Linda!! I haven’t been able to find a general GF sausage (beside chicken sausage) to use in cooking (that is good). What brand do you use?
Hugs,
Megan
Are Johnsonville sausages available near you? I don’t know if they all are, but many of theirs are GF according to their web site.
I just went from zero plan for supper to all ready to dish up in 30 minutes, thank you for re-posting this on Facebook today! I threw in a some chopped kale, fresh cilantro and stewed tomatoes as well, and it was a big hit!
You additions sound delicious. Glad I could help!
I made Spanish rice with sausage today, for some meals this week and froze portions for later. I added, cumin, hot peppers and a pablano pepper, black beans and corn. Used my home canned tomatoes! It turned out great!
Need all the new GF recipes y’all have!! My mom has Celiac’s disease and gets bored with the same ole’ same ole’ soooo please bring it !!! THANX!!
It’s my first time making it and I subbed ground turkey for sausage and added black beans and corn and some chili powder and cumin..smells great!
Do you put the rice in cooked? Or does it cook in with the sauce?
It cooks with the sauce.
How do I get the sausage to crumble????
This is made with bulk sausage (in a tube, not links or patties) and it is cooked and crumbled in a skillet like browning ground beef.
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Could Brown rice be used instead of white?
We use brown rice which takes longer to cook than white rice. Can we put the rice in their cooked? Will it still come out good?
Most of the chicken broth called for in the recipe is absorbed by the rice. Use broth for cooking your brown rice (however much you would normally use). Then cook the sausage, onion, and garlic and add the tomato sauce and cooked rice. I think that will work!
instant white rice?
No, this recipe simmers for 20 minutes so it uses regular white rice.
Is the rice precooked?
No, it cooks in the chicken broth that is called for in the recipe.