This was a good, easy meal that was a little different from our every day cooking.\u00a0 It was great left over for lunch the next day too.\u00a0 I recommend a spicy sausage.<\/p>\n
Cajun Rice with Sausage
\nFood Network Magazine, June 2011<\/p>\n
2 slices bacon, chopped
\n12 ounces spicy chicken sausage (I used spicy pork sausage)
\n1 small onion, chopped
\n2 stalks celery, sliced
\n1 small green bell pepper, chopped
\n2 cloves garlic, minced
\n2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme or 1 teaspoon dried thyme
\nKosher salt and freshly ground pepper
\n1 cup long grain rice
\n1 cup low-sodium chicken broth
\n2 cups chopped frozen okra, thawed
\n2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley<\/p>\n
Heat a large cast iron skillet over high heat.\u00a0 Add the bacon and cook until crisp.\u00a0 Transfer with a slotted spoon to a paper towel-lined plate to drain.\u00a0 Add the sausage, onion, celery and bell pepper to the skillet and cook, stirring, until the vegetables are soft and the sausage begins to brown, about 5 minutes.\u00a0 Add the garlic, thyme, 1 teaspoon salt and 1\/2 teaspoon pepper to the skillet, then stir in the rice.\u00a0 Add the chicken broth and 1 cup water and bring to a boil.\u00a0 Stir in the okra, then reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer 15 minutes.\u00a0 Remove from the heat and let sit, covered, 5 minutes.\u00a0 Add the bacon and parsley and fluff with a fork.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This was a good, easy meal that was a little different from our every day cooking.\u00a0 It was great left over for lunch the next day too.\u00a0 I recommend a spicy sausage. Cajun Rice with Sausage Food Network Magazine, June 2011 2 slices bacon, chopped 12 ounces spicy chicken sausage (I used spicy pork sausage) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,18],"tags":[73,72,21,23],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=297"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299,"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297\/revisions\/299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewilhelmscook.tempotech.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}