My Mom’s Sausage & Rice Casserole

Haven’t cooked it in years but love this recipe !

We just didn’t like this. It’s made up of things we like, but I guess not baked all together. The vegetables were overcooked and the noodles added an slimy texture.

We just didn’t like this. It’s made up of things we like, but I guess not baked all together. The vegetables were overcooked and the noodles added an slimy texture.

This casserole has great, great potential, but didn’t meet my expectations. I followed the recipe exactly and when it was done the rice was somewhat dry and it was a little bland. I will make it again, but as others have suggested I will use Hot Sausage instead of regular Sausage, and I will increase the amount of liquid used. It wasn’t bad, but could use a little oomph!

I know this recipe would be great as is…however, I did make some changes, and only for convenience sake. I made the rice + water + soup mix in my rice cooker. Then I cooked the sausage, drained and added onions, celery, and water chestnuts and cooked briefly (we like our veggies crunchy), then added the rice mixture to my large skillet, stirred and it was all done in less than 40 minutes.

The flavors were good but it was too mushy for our taste. The almonds helped and I added cheese for the last 20 minutes. Making my own turkey sausage eliminated the “too salty” issue. I may try it again replacing the bell pepper with frozen mixed vegetables. Spices for making turkey sausage are poultry seasoning, allspice, paprika and fennel seed, salt & pepper if desired. Use ground turkey breast for sausage flavor, no salt, no fat.

I used turkey sausage instead of pork and cashews instead of almonds. It had a great flavor and was easy to make. The only reason I’m not giving it five stars is because it’s silly to make it in the oven when you can cook the whole thing much quicker on the stove top without dirtying another dish. Also, I sprinkled the nuts on last instead of cooking them with the dish and letting them get soggy.

This recipe was good but I only had to cook mine for 60 minutes in a covered casserole dish and it was done. I added more celery than called for because I had to use it. Thanks for the recipe!

The chicken soup mix is too salty for us. I omitted that and instead used plain water with some ground pepper and oregano. Still gives the rice some flavour. I added spices to the sausage mixture instead. I used Pineapple Curry sausage, and this tasted fantastic.

My Mom used to make this also. Fond memories from my childhood. Very good, however won’t make it that often.

I call this “Octopus’s Garden” and serve it as a kid’s dish. Slice half of each sausage lengthwise into 8 strips, and allow these to poke out of the top while cooking. They’ll curl into tentacles! (See photo #3)

I have made this recipe multiple times and finally felt guilty that I hadn’t written a review. I prefer it with country flavored pork sausage, more than say Italian sweet sausage…though the green peppers shine when using Italian sweet. I feel the original recipe is wonderful, but when I use the country pork sausage. I replace the green peppers with green beans (as I am not a big pepper fan) and add Herbs de Provence seasoning. It is perfect served with a goat cheese and beet salad as well as a loaf of crusty bread. Thanks Corrie for posting!

Okay, prepared as directed except for adding a bit more onion and celery,only took 65 or so minutes to cook or would have been dried out. Don’t know why I didn’t have to drain my sausage as it wasn’t particularly greasy. And the almonds were starting to look a little dark and it was kinda salty. Not a keeper, sorry.

90 minutes was way too long. i had no almonds so 30 minutes before it was done i put cheese on top and it almost made it bearable.

Wow, this stuff was awesome. I did put everything on the stove first to cut down on the baking time. i also used twice the rice the recipe called for. But i can’t wait to make it again! Super! thanks

This was so salty my wife and I could not eat it. I never post on the site but I just had to this time. My wife said it was probably the soup mix since I did not add any salt. It is certainly possible that I did something wrong but I don’t think so. Sorry to the chef but will never make this again.

For a much quicker version, brown & crumble sausage in a large, deep sided frying pan. While sausage is cooking, cut veggies. I use Jimmy Dean regular or hot sausage and add waterchestnuts for a little more crunch, without changing the flavor. When sausage is browned and drained, remove from heat, add all other ingredients and stir. Cook according to rice directions, usually about 30 min, covered. So delicious, I always double the recipe. Just as good reheated in the microwave.

When I was a kid, my mom let us choose whatever we wanted for dinner on our birthdays. I always chose sausage and rice casserole. I didn’t get the recipe before my mother passed away. This is exactly like she used to make, except she did not put in green peppers (so I don’t) and she did not put in the almonds, which is an addition I love, so I do. Thanks for bringing back the memories.

My mom fixes this dish and has for probably 50 years. My Aunt gave her the recipe. It is fantastic at get togethers. And to the person that said it was St Pauls Rice, I have heard it called Religious Rice Casserole, St Peters Rice and St Pauls Rice. It is all the same!!! Ummmmm Good!!!! I have two great broccoli recipes that I will try to add…. Gotta get working to fix something for a church get together tomorrow… God Bless…

My family, including my grandsons, love this recipe..This is the first time I’ve made it quite sometime.. When I first made it, we had it so often I was afraid they’d get tired of it..It never happened,, Truly, one of our favorites…

I read the reviews and used their suggestions, it turned out great!