Name: Skillet Sausage Rice and Peas
Prep time: 7 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs Uncooked Italian sausage, sweet or hot; 1 medium Onion, chopped; 2 cups Jasmine Rice, raw; 2 cups Peas, frozen; 2 tbsp Chicken Soup Base; 2 tbsp Butter; 2 tbsp Parsley (optional)

Sausage, Rice, Peas: Comfort Food in a Skillet

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Sausage, rice and peas: it might just as well say cheap, fast, comfort food. I think a prerequisite for comfort food is that it can’t be too exotic. And the cheaper it can be put together, the better it tastes. This is such a recipe.

We enjoy Italian sausage very much in this meal (and just in general), but almost any sausage would work well.

Turkey or chicken sausage would be delightful, as would be bratwurst or kielbasa. If you use one of these sausages, you might need to add a little fat to the skillet instead of taking it out.

The bratwurst and kielbasa would make for an even faster skillet dinner.

You can add the rice as soon as it browns – no need to wait for it to cook through.

I use my trusty Big Stainless Steel Skillet (affiliate links follow – see Disclaimer page for details) but any large skillet with a lid will do just fine. Break up the sausage into decent size chunks – you want there to be some substance remaining when it’s done cooking.

Render the fat for a few minutes, then add the onions and cook for a couple more minutes. When the onion is translucent, add the rice, the water, and the soup base.

Bring it up and let it simmer – once it starts to boil, turn it down to low and let it cook gently for 20 minutes, covered.

Taste the rice after 15 minutes or so to see if it is ready, and if so, remove from heat and add the frozen peas and a couple of tablespoons of butter.

Put the lid on for a few more minutes to let the peas warm up and let the butter melt, then stir it all together and enjoy.

Skillet Sausage Rice and Peas

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: sausage rice and peas

Prep Time: 7

Cook Time: 20

Resting time: 3

Total Time: 30

Servings: servings

Simple, cheap comfort food made quickly in a single skillet.

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Ingredients

1 1/2 lbs Uncooked Italian sausage, sweet or hot
1 medium Onion, chopped
2 cups Jasmine Rice, raw
2 cups Peas, frozen
2 tbsp Chicken Soup Base
2 tbsp Butter
2 tbsp Parsley (optional)

Instructions

In a large, dry skillet, break up sausage over medium high heat, allowing fat to render – about 3 minutes. Leave sausage a decent size – 1 inch pieces are perfect.
Add chopped onion to skillet and stir to coat with fat. Allow to cook for a few minutes.
If necessary, drain excess fat from skillet. Sprinkle uncooked rice over sausage and onions and combine. Allow to cook for about 2 more minutes until well coated.
Add 4 1/2 cups room temperature water to skillet. Sprinkle in soup base, and bring entire mixture to a boil over medium high heat.
Turn heat to low and cover skillet. Allow to cook until rice is desired tenderness, about 15 minutes. Remove from heat.
Sprinkle frozen peas on top of rice and dot with butter. Replace lid and allow to sit for two to three minutes.
Stir sausage, peas and rice together and serve.

It really is that easy. This recipe works great halved, and it is super for late night noshing.

Just don’t fall asleep while it’s cooking. ♥

Exactly what I wanted and the recipe is truly perfect! Perfectly cooked rice, butter adds so much, doesn’t even need salt or pepper. Simple and perfect and I made it with smoked kielbasa, so these are ingredients I can have on hand all the time.