Baked Parmesan Rice With Sausage Peppers And Mushrooms Recipes

BAKED RICE WITH SAUSAGE PEPPERS AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy 12 inch skillet over moderately high heat. Add the sausage, and saute for 5 minutes or until browned. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a bowl. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the fat from the skillet and discard. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Add the onion to the skillet and saute stirring for 5 minutes. Add the red pepper, mushrooms and zucchini and saute, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes longer. Stir in the rice tossing to coat. Add the stock, bring to a boil and stir in the Parmesan cheese, basil, pepper and sausage. Transfer the mixture to a lightly oiled, 2 quart casserole. At this point the casserole can be cooled to room temperature and stored in the refrigerator, tightly covered, for up to 24 hours. Bake covered for 25 minutes. Uncover and bake 10 minutes longer or until almost all the liquid has been absorbed and the rice is tender and the top is slightly crusty.

BAKED RICE WITH SAUSAGE, PEPPERS AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• 1. Heat the oil in a heavy 12 inch skillet over moderately high heat. 2. Add the sausage, and saute for 5 minutes or until browned. 3. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a bowl. 4. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the fat from the skillet and discard. 5. Preheat the oven to 350. 6. Add the onion to the skillet and saute stirring for 5 minutes. 7. Add the red pepper, mushrooms and zucchini and saute, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes longer. 8. Stir in the rice tossing to coat. 9. Add the stock, bring to a boil and stir in the Parmesan cheese, basil, pepper and sausage. 10. Transfer the mixture to a lightly oiled, 2 quart casserole. AT this point the casserole can be coled to room temperature and stored in the refrigerator tightly covered for up to 24 hours. 11. Bake covered for 25 minutes. 12. Uncover and bake 10 minutes longer or until almost all the liquid has been absorbed and the rice is tender and the top is slightly crusty. Recipe by: Readers Digest Cook Now, Serve Later, 1989 Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #1024 by njwwb on Jan 20, 1998

ITALIAN SAUSAGE, SPINACH AND RICE BAKE

Steps:

• In a large skillet saute onion and garlic in olive oil until soft.
• Add sausage and cook until no longer pink, breaking up larger pieces if you need to.
• Add in rice, mushrooms, spinach, chicken broth, salt and pepper and cook until heated through.
• Add in the cottage and mozzarella cheese and turn into a greased casserole dish.
• Top with parmesan cheese.
• Bake at 350 for about 30-40 minutes until bubbly and golden on top.

BAKED ZITI WITH MUSHROOMS, PEPPERS, AND PARMESAN

Steps:

• Chop yellow bell peppers and onion and mince garlic. In a 3- to 4-quart heavy saucepan cook yellow peppers, onion, and garlic in 1 tablespoon oil, covered, over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally, until peppers are soft, about 30 minutes. Stir in cream. In a blender puree mixture in batches (use caution when blending hot liquids), transferring to a large bowl, and season with salt and pepper. (Sauce may be made 2 days ahead and chilled, covered. Bring sauce to room temperature before proceeding.)
• Thinly slice mushrooms lengthwise and cut red and orange bell peppers into 1/4-inch-wide strips. In a deep large heavy skillet cook mushrooms and peppers in remaining 2 tablespoons oil over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until peppers are softened and most of liquid is evaporated, about 8 minutes, and season with salt and pepper.
• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Fill a 6- to 7-quart kettle three fourths full with salted water and bring to a boil. Stir in ziti and cook until just tender, about 10 minutes. Reserve 1 cup pasta cooking water and drain ziti well in a colander. Rinse ziti and drain well. Thinly slice scallion greens. Into sauce stir ziti, mushroom mixture, scallion greens, 1 1/2 cups Parmesan, reserved cooking water, and salt and pepper to taste. Spoon mixture into a 3-quart shallow baking dish and sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup Parmesan.
• Bake ziti in middle of oven until hot and pasta begins to brown, about 20 minutes.

PARMESAN PEPPER RICE PILAF

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, heat olive oil over medium high heat.
• Add crushed red pepper and rice.
• Stir well to coat rice with oil.
• Cook for a minute or two until rice starts to look translucent.
• Add the chicken broth and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until all broth is absorbed.
• Remove lid, fluff rice with a fork.
• Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and black pepper.
• Cover just until cheese melts.
• Serve.

SKILLET SAUSAGE WITH MUSHROOMS AND RICE, SO SIMPLE

Steps:

• Slice open and remove the casings from sausage.
• Spray a large nonstick saucepan with nonstick spray, heat over medium-high heat.
• Add the sausage, mushrooms, and onion, breaking up the sausage with a fork.
• Cook until sausage is browned and the mushrooms and onion are tender, about 8 minutes.
• Add the rice and broth, stirring well, bring to a boil.
• Cover, reduce the heat, and simmer until broth has evaporated and rice is tender (about 20 minutes).
• Stir in Parmesan cheese and pepper.

BAKED PARMESAN RICE WITH SAUSAGE, PEPPERS AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Grease a "huge" oven proof fry pan with a fitted lid, or use a large oven proof pot skillet.
• In the frypan, heat oil on medium-high heat.
• Add in the sausages, and saute for 5 minutes, or until browned.
• Transfer to a bowl.
• Pour some of the fat from the skillet if desired, and discard the rest.
• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• To the same skillet/frypan, saute the onions and garlic for about 5 minutes until soft.
• Add in the red bell pepper, mushrooms and zucchini; saute, stirring occasionally (about 5-6 minutes).
• Stir in the uncooked rice; toss to coat.
• Add in the chicken stock; bring to a boil, and stir in the grated Parmesan cheese, basil, pepper and browned sausage; mix well with a spoon.
• Bake in the same fypan for 25 minutes, or until rice is done to desired texture.
• Delicious!