This is a quick and easy casserole that is very tasty! I frequently make pasta dishes with sausage, but I have been trying to use more whole grains, so this time I made the sausage using rice instead of pasta. I used brown rice, which gives it more fiber and also added a nice nutty flavor to the dish.
For the sauce I just poured 1/2 c. of cream in the pan and let it thicken a little bit. It probably would be healthier to make a white sauce with flour and milk, but that takes longer! Plus 1/2 c. of cream spread out among 4 people isn’t a lot of fat. I didn’t want much sauce in this dish, just enough to keep the rice moist.
This dish includes two things my husband doesn’t like much, brown rice and chicken sausage, but he enjoyed this dish and had seconds. I almost didn’t have enough left over to save for pictures! The combination of flavors worked well, and I am going to try replacing pasta with brown rice in more of our meals.
Sausage Mushroom Zucchini Casserole with Rice
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Ingredients:
- 1 1/2 c. cooked brown rice
- 2 T olive oil
- 12 oz mushrooms, sliced
- 1 zucchini, sliced
- 1 yellow pepper, sliced
- 3 links spicy chicken sausage
- 1/2 c. heavy cream
- salt and pepper to taste
- 3/4 c. mozzarella cheese
Directions:
- Cook brown rice.
- Heat olive oil in skillet over medium heat. Add mushrooms and cook for 10 minutes or so until they have cooked down and released most of their liquid.
- Add yellow pepper and zucchini and cook for 5 minutes. Now would be a good time to start preheating the broiler in the oven.
- Slice the chicken sausage and add to the skillet and cook for another 5 minutes to brown the sausage. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Pour the cream in the skillet and let it simmer for 3 minutes until it starts to thicken.
- Put the rice in a layer on the bottom of a casserole dish. Top with the sausage mixture and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Broil for 3 minutes to brown the cheese.
that has some of my favorite ingredients in there, I’ll have to give it a try sometime!
This looks really good! Plus i could make the sausage for my son and then add the rest to the casserole for my husband and I!
This looks and sounds so good. Definitely pinning this to try it.
Looks so yummy! I love both zucchini and sausage! Adding this to my brain to remember to try!
That looks like a perfect dinner for a cold day. Comfort food at its best. Yum.
That sounds like a wonderful and different combination. I’ve bookmarked this! Thank you.
This looks delicious. If you cook it in small dishes, then you could easily customize it for each family member (my son refuses to eat anything if mushrooms are in it, but I love them). I love recipes that are easy to customize.
That looks yummy all of the way!
This is going in our KEEP recipe file! My teens who don’t like zucchini even said this was a good way to have ‘yucky’ squash and they ate a good portion. HA!
I printed the recipe that night, so I wouldn’t lose it!