Grand Canyon Casserole

Grand Canyon Casserole–rice with smoked sausage, green beans, garlic and cajun seasoning made fast in your Instant Pot.

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Instant Pot Grand Canyon Casserole

I came across a recipe for grand canyon casserole and it’s ingredients were literally rice, smoked sausage and peas. (Truly I don’t understand the name of the recipe 🤷‍♀️). This sounded like a start to a recipe to me…but it definitely needed more flavor. With a few additional ingredients and swapping out the peas for green beans the recipe turned into a hearty, flavorful and quick weeknight dinner. This recipe reminds me of my famous Instant Pot Cajun Sausage, Potatoes And Green Beans except with rice instead of potatoes.

Ingredients/Substitution Ideas

• Butter
• Beef smoked sausage–or andouille cajun sausage or kielbasa
• Garlic cloves
• Chicken broth–or water and Better than Bouillon
• Converted rice–or long grain white rice
• Cajun seasoning–I used the Kroger store brand
• Canned green beans–or fresh green beans
• Fresh cracked pepper
• Tabasco–optional

Steps

Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the butter and let it melt.

Add in the smoked sausage and brown for about 4 minutes. Add in the garlic and saute for 30 seconds. 

Pour in the broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot. 

Sprinkle in the rice, cajun seasoning and dump in the beans. 

Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 3 minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 10 minutes. Move valve to venting and remove the lid. 

Stir and serve with fresh cracked pepper and a few drops of tabasco sauce. 

Notes/Tips

• We had this as an all in one pot meal but if you’d like to serve a few sides with it you may consider fruit salad and/or a corn salad.
• What is converted/parboiled rice? Don’t confuse converted rice (or sometimes it is called parboiled rice) with pre-cooked or minute rice. Parboiled rice has been processed in its husk by soaking, steaming, and drying. As a result, all the nutrients from the husk are absorbed into the grain before it’s removed. The starch content alters in the process, making cooked parboiled rice less sticky than regular white rice. The rice kernels aren’t clumpy and glued together instead they are more separated. I found a bag of parboiled rice at Walmart next to the normal long grain white rice. Sometimes I buy it at Winco in the bulk section. I have also found it in the orange box (Ben’s brand) next to other rices.
• This recipe can easily be gluten-free. Just check labels.
• Try mixing up the vegetables in this dish. Instead of green beans you can try spinach, corn, carrots, cauliflower, peas, etc.
• You can try using brown rice instead. Use a 22 minute pressure cook time with a 10 minute natural pressure release. The vegetables will get overcooked most likely if added at the beginning of the pressure cook time.
• I used my 6 quart Instant Pot*. You can also make this in a 3 or 8 quart pot.
• Store leftovers in an airtight container* in the refrigerator for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
• Other recipes you can make with converted rice are Instant Pot Spanish Rice With Beef and Instant Pot Gyro Casserole.

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