Sausage and Rice Dressing
Sausage and Rice Dressing is loaded with pork sausage. It's a meaty rice casserole with onion, celery, mushrooms, cajun seasoning, and cheddar cheese.
Servings: 8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 (6-ounce) package wild rice mix
- 1 pound ground pork sausage with sage
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 medium sweet onion chopped
- 1 celery stalk finely chopped
- 1 (8-ounce) package white mushrooms sliced
- salt and pepper
- 1 (10.5-ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
- 1/2 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare rice according to package directions.
- In a large pan, brown sausage, breaking it apart with a wooden spoon. Once no longer pink, transfer it with a slotted spoon to a large bowl.
- To grease in pan, add butter and cook onion, celery, and mushrooms until soft. Season with salt and pepper. Add to bowl with sausage.
- Add rice, cream of mushroom soup, Cajun seasoning, thyme, and 1 cup of cheddar cheese. Stir to combine.
- Transfer mixture to a greased 9x13-inch baking dish. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Cover with foil and bake 20 minutes.