Sausage and Rice

This recipe is definitely a long time favorite recipe, and a family favorite for sure.  I made it for my roommate for the first time and she was amazed at the taste she said she never had sausage or rice taste so good.

Ingredients

• One rope of Italian sausage
• 3 cloves of garlic minced
• 3 peppers (mix of green and red)
• 6 cups of instant rice
• 1 tablespoon of basil
• 1 tablespoon of garlic powder
• Chicken broth (2 cans)
• water

Directions

1. Place sausage in pan and pierce the sausage with fork all over
2. Place water in pan to cover 3/4 of the sausage
3. Let the water boil and once water boils reduce the heat
4. Let sausage simmer for AT LEAST two and a half hours.
5. Take the sausage out and cut into bite size pieces (KEEP THE WATER from pan)
6. Cook peppers in olive oil for about 10 minuted, then add garlic and cook for one more minute.
7. Place the cut up sausage and pepper into a pot with lid to keep warm
8. Measure the water left from pan that sausage was cooked in (I had about a cup) Then use chicken broth to equal 6 cups for the rice.
9. Let the broth boil, once you add rice and garlic and basil and let the rice cook according to directions.
10. Once rice is done mix rice with sausage and peppers.

Final Product