Mexican Fire Rice

lauralie41's Note:

A filling spicy rice and sausage dish that is baked with picante sauce, sour cream, and cheese. Adapted from a recipe websites newsletter.

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 2 2/3 cups water
• 1 1/3 cups long grain white rice, uncooked
• 1 lb ground pork breakfast sausage
• 1 (16 ounce) jar picante sauce
• 1 (8 ounce) container sour cream
• 8 ounces cheddar cheese, shredded

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Bring water to boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in the rice, reduce heat, cover, and simmer for approximately 20 minutes.
3. In a large skillet over medium heat brown sausage until no longer pink.
4. In a medium mixing bowl add cooked rice, cooked sausage, picante sauce, and sour cream. Mix well, place in casserole dish, and top with cheddar cheese.
5. Bake approximately 20 minutes or until cheese is bubbly. Serve with sides of extra picante sauce and sour cream.

Reviews

[Lavender Lynn]

Totally loved this. This was so easy and so good. I actually used mild Picante sauce and it was just perfect for me( I am a spicey wimp) This went great with our mole sauce My Own Mole and Mexican Grilled Chicken. Made for ZWT8.

[gailanng]

Hoist the sail...we're headed to Baja.

[MelissaO']

Wow! I didn't know what to expect, but I am SO glad I tried it! I used the "hot" breakfast sausage, brown rice, and colby-jack cheese. The only other change I made was to add a can of drained and rinsed black beans. (It still fit perfectly into an 8 x 8 x 2 casserole.)