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Rice Pilaf with Mushrooms & Sausage

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Cornish Hen with Rice Pilaf

Cornish Hen with Rice Pilaf

Copyright 2008 Kevin D Weeks
I developed this recipe for Rice Pilaf with Mushrooms & Sausage as a stuffing for roast Cornish hens - and it does indeed make a great stuffing. But it's equally as good as a side dish with chicken, lamb, or fish. In the recipe I call for Italian sausage because most folks have access to that, but almost any raw sausage will work depending on what you’re serving the pilaf with. ((Larger image.) Serves 4.

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup long grain rice
  • 1 Tbsp. olive oil; divided
  • 1/8 lb. Italian sausage (about 1/2 link); sliced into 1/4-inch rounds
  • 1/4 lb. mushrooms; quartered
  • 1/2 tsp. Herbes de Provence (available in the spice section at your grocers)
  • 1/4 yellow onion; coarsely chopped
  • 3/4 cup chicken broth or stock
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 1/4 cup white wine

Preparation:

1. Heat olive oil in a small saucepan over medium heat and brown Italian sausage rounds on both sides. Remove sausage to a plate and return pan to heat.

2. Add another teaspoon of oil to the pan, bring to heat and add mushrooms and Herbes de Provence.

3. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms begin to brown, then add onions and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until onions are translucent. Remove onions and mushrooms to plate with sausage and return pan to heat.

4. Add last teaspoon of oil, heat and then add rice. Cook, stirring frequently, until the rice smells nutty.

5. Return sausage, onions, and mushrooms to pan and add remaining ingredients.

6. Bring to boil. Cover with a dish towel or cloth napkin, seal with lid, and cook over very low heat for 17 minutes.

7. Remove from heat, let sit (covered) for 5 minutes then uncover and fluff with a fork.

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