There is only one pot to clean after this 30-minute Italian skillet dinner! Rice, peppers, onions, diced tomatoes, vegetable juice, and Italian sausage form a superior supper to anything you might prepare from a box.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
Ingredients
- 1 pound Italian sausage
- ½ cup chopped green bell pepper
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes (such as Red Gold)
- 2 cups vegetable juice from concentrate (such as Red Gold)
- 1 ½ cups instant rice
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Cook sausage in a large skillet until no longer pink, 4 to 6 minutes. Drain off excess fat. Add bell pepper and onion; cook until crisp. Add diced tomatoes and vegetable juice; cook and stir until boiling.
- Remove from the heat and stir in rice. Cover the skillet and let stand until liquid is absorbed, 5 to 8 minutes.
- Sprinkle mozzarella cheese over sausage, tomato, and rice mixture. Cover again and let stand until cheese is melted.
- Yields differ between regular rice and instant rice. One cup of uncooked regular rice yields 3 cups of cooked rice, while 1 cup of instant rice yields only 2 cups of cooked rice.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 358 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 31 g |
| Cholesterol | 42 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 18 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 1012 mg |
| Sugars | 3 g |
| Fat | 18 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Delicious. Simplest recipe in the world.
I’ve made this for years! So glad it’s on here. I had lost my recipe years ago. Best if you get Italian sausage, but I’ve used hamburger and ground turkey.
Delicious. I added mushrooms and used fire roasted tomatoes. The fire tomatoes definitely added a good flavor
Made as per recipe. Everyone had seconds and daughter took leftovers as her work lunch the next day. And, you can really make it in about 30 minutes.
this is now one of my automatic go to’s for the nights idk what else to do, also is a family favorite from my 3, 5, 8, and husband year olds. We have a celiac house and it’s an actual flavorful and delightful meal compared to anything like it we would make from a box… if we made boxed foods.
i used rice-a-roni. it was the Bomb. it so good and easy.
Such an easy recipe with awesome taste!
Very tasty meal. I included red capsicum and diced middle bacon rasher. Used crushed tomatos , Campbell’s chicken stock and Arborio rice.
Not a huge fan of tomatoes, glad I took a gamble. It was delicious, added some crushed red pepper for a little more heat. It was a great dinner on a cold evening. Will definitely make this again. ??
This is a really tasty and easy recipe, I did add chopped garlic, basil and oregano. I didn’t have vegetable juice so used beef broth. I think next time I will use regular rice instead of quick rice and simmer it on low for a bit longer just to absorb some more of the liquid. This reheats really well and was just as tasty the second day.
Great recipe just as it is without any modifications.
Wow! SO DELICIOUS! I added more rice (regular) and vegetable juice so it took longer to cook. The flavor really surprises you! It’s very tasty.
Was quick and easy to make and didn’t require too many ingredients. Would make again.
Pretty good!
Used smoked sausage instead. Tasted great!
Made recipe as directed with two exceptions—when the onions and peppers were nearly done, I added two cloves of fresh minced garlic. Then I added a teaspoon of Italian Seasoning to the sauce before bringing to a simmer.
I substituted the sausage for chicken due to personal preference. I would use less onions and cheese. The cheese makes it difficult to scoop into a bowl. There seemed to be too many onions. Otherwise, it was pretty tasty.
I used chicken broth instead of concentrated tomato juice. I thought it was a good base recipe, but came out bland. It needs more spices in my opinion. I added 1/2 Tbs. Italian seasoning and it still needed something. Also, next time I would cook the sausage without slicing and remove it, serving the rice mixture as a side dish, with the sausages in one piece.
The family loved this, called it a “keeper”. I used regular rice, cooked in vegetable broth before adding to the onion, garlic and sausage mixture, then added vegetable juice and dried oregano instead of tomato juice. I threw half a can of cannellini beans in, then after adding the cheese, I topped the dish with fresh spinach leaves and let sit until the cheese melted, then stirred the spinach and cheese into the dish.
The family loved this. Followed the suggestion of the top reviewer and doubled the recipe, using the 2 different kinds of sausage and twice the juice and rice. Would definitely make again.
This was great, had to use regular rice and still turned out great!