Chicken, Sausage and Rice Casserole Recipe
Ingredients
| Bacon Slices | 3 | |
| Onion | 2 Cup (16 tbs), finley chopped | |
| Garlic | 3 Clove (5gm), peeled | |
| 1 green bell pepper, seeded and chopped | ||
| 1 red bell pepper, seeded and chopped | ||
| 3/4 pound sweet sausage, cut into 1/2-inch slices | ||
| Sausage | 3/4 pound | |
| Chicken broth | 5 Cup (16 tbs) | |
| Ground black pepper | 1 To taste | |
| Capers | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Saffron | 1 Teaspoon, crushed | |
| 4 whole chicken breasts, skinned, boned and cut into bite-size pieces | ||
| Paprika | 1 Tablespoon | |
| Olive oil | 2 Tablespoon | |
| Rice | 2 Cup (16 tbs), uncooked | |
| Frozen peas package | 1 , thawed | |
Directions
In a large skillet, combine bacon, onion, garlic, red and green peppers and sweet and hot sausages.
Cook until onions are soft.
Spoon mixture into a 5-quart casserole dish.
Add 1/4 cup broth, black pepper, capers and saffron; mix well.
Sprinkle chicken pieces with paprika.
Heat olive oil in skillet.
Add chicken and cook until brown on all sides.
Add to sausage mixture.
Rinse rice in a colander; add to sausage-chicken mixture.
Add 4 cups chicken broth.
Bake, covered, in a preheated 400-degree oven 35 to 40 minutes, stirring once during baking.
If rice becomes dry, add some or all of the remaining 3/4 cup chicken broth.
When rice is tender, reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees.
Uncover casserole and stir in peas.
Cook 10 minutes longer.
Cook until onions are soft.
Spoon mixture into a 5-quart casserole dish.
Add 1/4 cup broth, black pepper, capers and saffron; mix well.
Sprinkle chicken pieces with paprika.
Heat olive oil in skillet.
Add chicken and cook until brown on all sides.
Add to sausage mixture.
Rinse rice in a colander; add to sausage-chicken mixture.
Add 4 cups chicken broth.
Bake, covered, in a preheated 400-degree oven 35 to 40 minutes, stirring once during baking.
If rice becomes dry, add some or all of the remaining 3/4 cup chicken broth.
When rice is tender, reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees.
Uncover casserole and stir in peas.
Cook 10 minutes longer.
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