Sausage and Red Rice

This simple dish is easy to prepare and tastes good. A great side dish or main dish if you prefer. You can use mild or hot sausage depending on your taste.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins
• Calories: 296 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons water
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• ½ teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 cup rice
• 1 (16 ounce) package bulk pork sausage
• 4 strips bacon
• ¼ teaspoon dried rubbed sage

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Move an oven rack to the center of the oven.

Step 2

Place the bacon in a large skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Remove the bacon slices to a plate lined paper towels to drain, reserving the bacon fat in the skillet. Crumble the bacon once cooled.

Step 3

Crumble sausage into the reserved bacon fat; cook and stir until the sausage is completely browned and no longer pink, 7 to 10 minutes. Drain sausage and set aside in a bowl. Return skillet to medium-high heat.

Step 4

Heat olive oil in the skillet. Cook and stir onion, bell pepper, oregano, and sage in the hot oil until the onion is soft, about 5 minutes.

Step 5

Combine tomato sauce, rice, water, bacon, sausage, and the onion mixture in a baking dish with a lid; season with salt and black pepper. Stir until evenly mixed. Cover dish with aluminum foil and the lid.

Step 6

Bake in preheated oven until the rice is tender, about 1 hour. Let rest 10 minutes before serving.