Sausage & Rice Casserole

This recipe came from the Country Casseroles Cookbook.

• Ready In: 1 hr 55 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 1  lb pork sausage
• 1  cup  sliced celery
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped onion
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped  sweet red pepper
• 1⁄4 cup  chopped green pepper
• 1⁄2 cup  sliced fresh mushrooms
• 1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, drained
• 1  cup  uncooked converted rice
• 2  cups chicken broth
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees,.
2. Brown sausage in a heavy skillet over medium heat, transfer sausage to a 2 1/2 quart greased casserole dish.
3. In the sausage drippings, saute celery, onion, sweet red pepper, green pepper and mushrooms until lightly browned, turn into casserole.
4. Add water chestnuts, rice, broth, salt and pepper to casserole, mix well.
5. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until rice is fluffy and tender.