Best Spanish Rice Recipe

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"We love the zing from the Cajun seasoning and hot sauce," writes Mary Hoxworth from Killbuck, Ohio. "I like to use this spicy rice to make stuffed green peppers."

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Best Spanish Rice Recipe

Prep: 15 min. Cook: 25 min.

Yield: 3 Servings

15 25 40

Ingredients

1/4 pound bulk Johnsonville® Ground Sausage
3 tablespoons each chopped onion, celery and green pepper
1 small garlic clove, minced
1 cup water
1/3 cup uncooked long grain rice
1/8 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
1 to 2 drops hot pepper sauce
Dash each salt, paprika and pepper
3/4 cup canned diced tomatoes

Directions

In a small saucepan, cook the sausage, onion, celery and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink and the vegetables are tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Drain.
Add the water, rice, Cajun seasoning, pepper sauce, salt, paprika and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until rice is tender, stirring once. Stir in tomatoes; heat through. Yield: 3 servings.

Nutritional Facts 2/3 cup equals 158 calories, 5 g fat (2 g saturated fat), 15 mg cholesterol, 342 mg sodium, 22 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 6 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 1 starch, 1 vegetable, 1 fat.

Originally published as Spanish Rice in Cooking for 2 Spring 2009, p18