Rice Dressing

5 from 6 votes

Rice Dressing combines long-grain brown rice with sausage and mushrooms and is super tasty. This healthier side dish is a delicious holiday staple but also makes a nice weeknight meal!

Course Main Dish, Side Dish

Cuisine American

Keyword rice dressing

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 30

Total Time 50

Servings servings

Calories 213kcal

Author Sue Ringsdorf

Ingredients

1 ½ cups long-grain brown rice
2 cups lower-sodium chicken broth (or water) - more if cooking on stove top
2 Tablespoons olive oil
20 oz. turkey sausage - or other sausage
1 medium yellow onion - chopped
4 stalks celery - chopped
16 oz. sliced mushrooms
3 cloves garlic - minced
kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper - to taste
a pinch of red pepper flakes - optional

Instructions

Brown sausage. Remove sausage from casings. In a stock pot, cook the turkey sausage until done. Remove to a bowl.
20 oz. turkey sausage
Sauté onions and celery. Add some olive oil to the stock pot and cook the chopped onion and celery for a few minutes. Add seasonings.
2 Tablespoons olive oil, 1 medium yellow onion, 4 stalks celery
Add mushrooms and garlic. Then add the sliced mushrooms and cook for another 6-7 minutes, or until veggies are soft and liquids absorb. Add garlic, salt, and pepper at the end of the cooking and stir well.
16 oz. sliced mushrooms, 3 cloves garlic, kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Make brown rice. Cook the rice in an instant pot or on the stove top (according to package directions).
1 ½ cups long-grain brown rice, 2 cups lower-sodium chicken broth (or water)
Combine dressing ingredients. To the veggies, add the cooked sausage and brown rice and stir well.
Serve. Serve the rice dressing with a pinch of red pepper flakes and chopped cilantro.
a pinch of red pepper flakes

Notes

If using the instant pot to cook the rice, combine rice and chicken broth and cook on high pressure for 8 minutes. Do a natural release for about 8 minutes and release vent. Stir rice.

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