Sausage Baked Rice
Delicious sausage baked rice for a lazy Saturday
I had a lazy (but totally enjoyable) Saturday and stayed at home to play Prince of Persia the whole day instead of going out or doing anything useful. Hence no time for fancy meals, but one still got to eat ;) So I made a whole tray of baked rice where B and I had for both lunch and dinner. It was sooooo delicious that even though we had it for two meals straight, B and I still fought over the remaining portions, and towards the end, B scraped the tray even though there was nothing left. The recipe is actually based on my earlier chicken and mushroom baked rice (just swap the chicken and mushroom for sausages) which many readers had tried and left some really good feedback about the recipe. So I guess this recipe is really foolproof having been tried and tested by quite a few people ^_^ I’m going to make seafood baked rice next time. I tried a few other variations before and this sausage one is really good. Do buy nice sausages (those gourmet type that you pan fry for breakfast, they are usually refrigerated and go by weight – I bought cheese & pork sausages – NOT those frozen dark brown type that are used for bbq or canned ones).
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Yummy sausage baked rice with lots of mushroom sauce and cheese
Ingredients
(Serves 4-6)- 1 1/2 cups uncooked rice
- Water to cook rice
- 5 garlic cloves
- 200g sausages, sliced (I use the gourmet type of sausages such as chicken cocktail)
- 15g butter (or use olive oil for healther version: reader suggestion)
- generous tablespoons mushroom soup (I use Campbell’s, straight from the can – no need to mix with water or cook)
- Shredded Mozzarella Cheese (about 150g)
- Shredded Cheddar Cheese (about 150g)
- Salt & Pepper
- Parsley (garnishing)Directions
1. Wash and rinse uncooked rice until water runs clear.
2. In a heated wok or saucepan, melt the butter. Add the washed rice, salt and black pepper to taste. Stir well.
3. Wait for the rice mixture to cool, then transfer to a rice cooker. Add the garlic cloves. Add water to cook rice (I use slightly more than 1 1/2 cups of water – adjust the water amount according to your cooker).
4. When the rice is cooked, stir in the cut sausages. Portion out the rice into oven-safe baking dishes (you can also use disposable aluminium tray) until about half the depth of the dish.
5. Smear some mushroom soup sauce on top of the rice, and topped with a layer of shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese.
6. Baked in a pre-heated oven at 200C (392F) for about 20-25 minutes, or until all the cheese has melted and is very slightly browned. Garnish with parsley if desired.
Ultimate comfort food
More baked rice recipes:
- Chicken and Mushroom Baked Rice
- Hawallian Baked Rice
- Broccoli, Potato and Sausage Baked Rice
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Looks great to me. Shall give it a try. Thanks for sharing.
Hope you like it. Do give me your feedback if you try it :)
we agree-great comfort food often comes from a one dish meal
now this is comfort food!
brilliant idea! i am sooo gonna copy copy this yaaa…
hehe let me know how it goes :)
Baked rice topped with cheese–sounds fantastic!
This is a great quick and easy meal! Looks delicious too! ;)
This looks excellent!! Such delicious comfort food!
Looks good, love the mushrooms!
Hi, I LOVE reading your blog because you make cooking seem so easy! May I have your permission to print out some of the recipes from your webpage? I don’t know how to cook, but I am hoping to learn the ropes. The recipes will only be meant for my personal use and will not be circulated elsewhere or used for business purposes. Thank you.
Sure, go ahead! :-) Let me know your feedback about the recipes when you try them k? :)
Looks amazing. I’ve never made bake rice before but now I think I have to. Heh.
There’s always a first time ;)
nothing beats cheese baked rice! too bad my hubs doesnt like it =(
He don’t like cheese? We are mad about cheese here ;p
This recipe sounds quite easy to make. It’s good to find some easy, stress-free recipes, since I don’t have that much time to cook anymore that my holiday is over – I am sure I will try this sooner or later…
I make usually a similar dish and really is a perfect comfort food full of flavors :)
It looks impressive!
Cheers!
Gera
No wonder you both fought over the dish ;) Easy to see why!
When can we have this again? :D
What a yummy and easy dish! I have some Rice A Roni in the pantry that I think might work too. I can’t wait to see your seafood version!
I’ve never heard of this rice but it sounds like an interesting rice to use for baking :)
WOW! This looks amazing! I’ve been baking more and more with cheese and trying out different cheese breads. Often, I don’t know what to do with the leftover cheese, and this seems like a yummy solutions!
Nice site you have! Yea u can toss your leftover cheese for the topping and experiment with different types of cheese :)
This is such a great one pot meal.
Can I skip the 2nd step of frying the rice and just cook it in the rice cooker?
hi juhuacha, there is more aroma if you fry the rice with butter, but yes you can use readily cooked rice if you’re pressed for time.
But for the other baked rice recipe I linked, it’d be better to fry the rice with the chicken and mushrooms or they may not cook well in the oven :-)
i just made this for dinner and it yummy… hubby and 2 girls wiped out everything within record time. alll i heard was ” superb mummy”, “so good, finger lickin good”, “spot on, dear!”, etc, etc. other than increasing the rice to 2 cups, and sausages to 250g, i followed your recipe even the cooking time. just prefect, as always. thanks ALOT for sharing.
It makes me happy to hear that your family liked the recipe. It’s my family favorite too. Thanks for your kind words :-)
OMG! I did it…I made this dish single-handedly (helper was off) and ENJOYED doing it! And my hubby and sons loved it!!!
Now decideding what to tackle next.
Thanks, Wiffy! :D
I’m glad to hear you like it! This is an easy dish with good taste, that’s why I like to bake it too. Thanks for your feedback :)
Look at the melted cheese…it looks so scrumptious.
I’m officially addicted to your baked rice recipes! I think I’ve tried all your recipes & made some more that have been modified. Cheese & rice is the best combination :D
ps: try soft cheese (like Laughing Cow’s cheese bites) with kimchi fried rice, the cheese makes the spicy kimchi more bearable for me.
wah so happy and flattered to hear that you tried all the baked rice recipes!
I like the unusual combi of cheese and kimchi! Hmm … do you make the fried rice, sprinkle cheese on top …. and bake it? If not, teach me how you do it, hehe :halo:
i have this in the oven right now sans sausage… it’s smelling soooo good :O) thank you!
glad to hear that you like it! :halo:
If you have soft spreadable cheese, you can just spread the cheese on top of the Kimchi fried rice when the rice is still hot.
If your cheese is hard, just sprinkle them on top of the rice & microwave it so the cheese melts.
I recommend mild-tasting cheese like mozzarella & not something strong like cheddar.
I made your Cod with creamy mushroom sauce last week it was delicious! I like your blog better than any TV people, the food is soooo tasty! This week I was looking for an option that used stuff I already had, this recipe looked amazing and easy but I didn’t have everything so I made some adjustments and would like to share it becasue the recipe is so flexible.
I used:
risotto rice (no rice cooker so I just coked it in the pan)
hot Italian sausages rather than gourmet
Sharp cheddar grated cheese
and I added french friend onions to the top along with the cream of mushroom soup.
Thank you for suck yummy affordable ideas!
I am sooo going to cook this for my home economics practical test.
But I have a question, must we cook the campbell mushroom soup before adding it into the rice?
Hi Jay, you don’t have to cook the campbell soup before adding it. I use it straight from the can. Sometimes I also use Japanese mayo instead. Hope this helps and good luck for your test!
But its kind of salty if you don’t cook it D:
WOW YOU REPLY REAL FAST HAHA THANKS.
Can’t wait to try this! I love how all your recipes are fairly simple and don’t require a million fancy ingredients that I need to go buy (and probably never use again!) ^^
Hi Mary, Thanks! Hope you like the taste when you try it out. :-)
Hey! Thank you for the reply. I made it today and it was great, really easy!! I couldn’t get cheddar so I ended up using all mozzarella, and also no garlic cloves so ended up using a bit of the minced garlic that came in a jar. -_-
I think I might’ve gone overboard w/ the mushroom soup though (also used Campbells, since I happened to have it around). I tried to cover all bits of rice with it , and in the end it might’ve been a bit too overpowering (although my roommate found it okay, I found it too moist lol). But there you go, just in case anyone is going to try making this and sees my comment… don’t go all crazy like me unless you want the same result hehe…
Thanks noobcook/wiffy for a successful dish : )))))
I made baked rice with all mozzarella before too, it’s nice!
Sorry to hear that your baked rice is a little overpowering with the campbell soup. Yes, everything in moderation ;) Recently, I discovered that using Japanese mayo is really yummy and less salty, you can try it next time. Thanks for your feedback :)
I DID IT.
ALL MY FRIENDS LOVE THIS.
I COOKED IT FOR MY TEST AND NO ONE COULD GET ENOUGH OF IT HAHA.
Except that I’ve cooked the soup before pouring it on to the rice :D
GREAT RECIPE. :D
yay! glad to hear that! Thanks for your note :)
stumble across your webbie when i ran a search for “recipes for microwave oven” (we jus bought a microwave oven!!). your dish look so easy and yummy, i definitely got to try it. hubby LOVE cheese and cream sauce as well!! but how much salt do we need to use..? i’m a complete idiot when it comes to cooking :P
Hi Charisse, for me, I grab a small pinch of salt between the thumb and index finger, mix it in the dish, and taste to test if you need more :)
Hey! May I know where to get Shredded Mozzarella Cheese and Shredded Cheddar Cheese? :)
you can find them at all supermarkets, such as NTUC and Cold Storage. Usually at the fridge section where they place the cheeses, butter etc
First baking experience and succeed!! YEAH!!! Thanks for easy-to-follow recipe! Will definitely try it again. Will not add salt to melted butter and will presoak sausages in future to reduce saltiness though…
did you use those sausages in the can? Glad to hear your first baking attempt is successful :)
I changed the sauce to jap curry , and it tastes pretty good :D THANKS FOR YOUR RECIPE :D
that’s really creative. You gave me an idea to make curry version :D~
Do I need to cook or steam the sausages first?
no need. They are already cooked. then u place it with the cooked rice and then bake in oven, it will be warmed :)
Hello,
just tried your receipe but added mushrooms too and used carbonara pasta sauce instead of cream of mushroom.. came out really good! Can’t wait to try the rest of your other receipes.
Thanks!
I just tried this last weekend. Added some mushrooms to complement the sausage and it turned out fantastic!!! All my friends love it! Can wait to try your other recipes. It’s was so easy to do too. Thanks thanks!
Hi Wiffy,
I will be cooking the baked chicken rice for dinner tonight. What do you think if I add some sausages, ie combination of the chix and sausages together in the baked rice ?
Thank you.
sounds good to me, more variety. Hope you like your dinner tonight :)
Hi, just happen to go into your blog and find it very interesting. Anyway would like to know can I cook the rice by steaming it instead of using rice cooker. Please advice. Thanks
Hello… this should be 5th or 6th time I am reproducing this dish in my kitchen. Today again I am cooking it for some guests. I think it is high time I said “Thank You” :) By now I have made quite some variations of this dish. Thanks again.
Hey! thanks! what a wonderful recipe.
i made it early in the morning for my girlfriend :)
She really enjoy it,im so happy :)
Thanks for a great recipe. Altho I did vary it with the ingredients I had on hand. Used light sour cream instead of Campbell’s mushroom soup, and also beat an egg into the rice mixture before baking. Turned out yummy!!
love the tweaks you made, it does sound yummy!
I would love to give this a try! One question: can you make the rice a day ahead and bake later or freeze leftovers? Also, the rest of the campbell soup, how to store it? Thank you!
Made this over the weekend. It was seriously good. My picky toddler didn’t want his macaroni & cheese I had made him, he wanted the sausage baked rice!
Thanks for another great recipe!
good to hear that, thanks!
Can i dont fry the rice and butter+s+p? Just pop all into rice cooker straight and cook?
will be less fragrant but yes, you can. short cut method will work too.