Sausage & Rice Casserole

I LOVE CASSEROLES! Casseroles, to me, are the ultimate comfort food. This recipe came from the Heaven's Bounty cookbook and my Nana wrote beside it "Good." So it was time to test that theory. I will admit, when it came out of the oven, I was a little nervous. However, it was delicious! It makes a lot so be prepared for leftovers! Again, in an attempt to lighten it up a little I used turkey sausage. The recipe goes a little like this:

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Ingredients for Sausage & Rice Casserole are above, with the exception of some water. A very easy recipe with only 8 ingredients!

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Start by preheating your oven to 325 degrees. Brown package of turkey sausage over medium heat then drain off excess fat. I used mild sausage, but if you like a little heat get that hot sausage!

Lightly grease a 13x9 casserole dish

Add in 1 cup uncooked rice. Be sure it goes on the bottom so it has the opportunity to cook all the way through. 

Add in 10.5 oz can of Cream of Chicken soup

Then a 10.5oz can of Cream of Mushroom soup

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Now take one of the soup cans and fill it with water and pour water into the casserole dish with the other ingredients.

Chop up 1 cup of celery.....and 1/2 cup of onion

Add in all the remaining ingredients, so celery, onion and turkey sausage.

And don't forget your seasoning! 

Bake for 2 hours at 325 degrees and you get this lovely product below!

​I'll admit when the casserole came out of the oven, I freaked a bit. I could see pieces of rice on top that were quite crispy. But when you scoop out a portion, you see all that tender rice under there! This recipe makes 8-10 servings, so thankfully this makes really great leftovers. ENJOY!