Sausage Celery Rice Casserole

Preheat oven to 350ºF. In a skillet, cook and brown the sausage for 10 minutes over medium-high heat until browned and cooked through. Add onion and celery and cook for 3 more minutes until slightly soft.

In the bottom of a large casserole dish, combine stock, soup, rice, and sausage mixture. Add the crushed red pepper flakes if using. Stir together, and smooth out the top.

Cover the casserole tightly with foil and bake for 1 hour, then taste the rice for doneness. If the rice is cooked through, remove from the oven and let sit, covered, for 15 minutes until serving. Add a bit more cooking time if needed, or a splash of extra stock if the rice is uncooked and the casserole is very dry.

Serve in shallow bowls, and enjoy!

Notes:
1. If you use hot sausage, skip the red pepper flakes. You won’t need them!
2. If you’d like to use regular white rice, feel free, and if you use regular brown rice (that takes longer to cook), add about 1/2 cup extra water or stock to the casserole before cooking. Keep in mind that the rice may not cook quite as quickly. Just taste it before you take it out of the oven, and add more liquid and/or cooking time if needed to finish the rice!

Recipe adapted from South Your Mouth.