Description
A customizable one-pot Instant Pot casserole featuring smoked sausage, rice, veggies, and cheese for an easy meal that you can make with whatever you have on hand.
Ingredients
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- 1 Tbsp olive oil (or canola, vegetable)
- 1 (12 oz) package beef smoked sausage (or kielbasa, andouille, ham cubes, italian sausage)
- 1/2 cup diced onion (or shallot, or 1 Tbsp dried onion)
- 2 1/4 cup chicken broth (or water and Better than Bouillon chicken base, vegetable broth, beef broth)
- 1 1/2 cups converted rice (or long grain white, basmati, jasmine)
- Pinch of kosher salt
- Pinch of smoked paprika
- 1/2 tsp each black pepper, sage, rosemary, ground thyme, garlic powder (or another mixture of seasonings you like)
- 2 ribs of celery, diced (or green bell pepper)
- 2 carrots, peeled and sliced (or 1 cup green beans)
- 2 cups chopped cabbage (or 4 ounces sliced mushrooms)
- 1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce (or 2 Tbsp tomato paste or a can of diced tomatoes)
- 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar (or colby, pepper jack, monterey jack)
Instructions
- Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the oil and swirl around. Add in the smoked sausage and brown for 2 minutes on each side. Add in the onion and saute for 3 minutes.
- Pour in the broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot.
- Sprinkle in the rice. Add in salt, paprika, pepper, sage, rosemary, thyme, garlic powder, celery, carrots, cabbage and tomato sauce. Don’t stir.
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 5 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 10 minutes and then move valve to venting. Remove the lid.
- Sprinkle on the cheese and let it melt. Serve and enjoy!
- Method: Instant Pot