Southwest Chicken Sausage & Rice Skillet

🥘 Ingredients

• Italian chicken sausage mix
  9 oz
• Southwest spice blend
  1 tbsp
• butter
  2 tbsp
• chicken stock concentrate
  1 unit
• cooking oil
  4 tsp
• hot sauce
  1 tsp
• jasmine rice
  1 c
• lime
  1 unit
• long green pepper
  1 unit
• olive oil
  2 tsp
• onion
  1 unit
• pepper jack cheese
  1 c
• salt
• sour cream
  2 tbsp
• tomato
  1 unit

🍳 Cookware

• small pot
• small bowl
• small bowl
• large pan
• baking dish

1. 

   1

   Heat broiler to high. Wash and dry all produce. In a small pot , combine jasmine rice , 3/4 cup water (1 1/2 cups for 4 servings), and a pinch of salt . Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender, ⏱️ 15 minutes to ⏱️ 18 minutes . Keep covered off heat until ready to use in step 4. Meanwhile, halve, peel, and thinly slice onion . Core, deseed, and dice long green pepper . Dice tomato . Zest and quarter lime .

   jasmine rice: 1 c, salt, onion: 1 unit, long green pepper: 1 unit, tomato: 1 unit, lime: 1 unit
2. 

   2

   In a small bowl , combine sour cream , a pinch of salt, and lime juice to taste. Add water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency. In a separate small bowl , combine tomato, a drizzle of olive oil , a pinch of salt, and as much lime juice and lime zest as you like.

   sour cream: 2 tbsp, olive oil: 2 tsp
3. 

   3

   Heat a large drizzle of cooking oil in a large pan (preferably ovenproof) over medium-high heat. Add Italian chicken sausage mix and cook, breaking up meat into pieces, ⏱️ 1 minutes to ⏱️ 2 minutes . Add onion, green pepper, and Southwest spice blend . Cook, stirring, until veggies are lightly browned and sausage is cooked through, ⏱️ 5 minutes to ⏱️ 7 minutes .

   cooking oil: 4 tsp, Italian chicken sausage mix: 9 oz, Southwest spice blend: 1 tbsp
4. 

   4

   Add cooked rice, chicken stock concentrate , 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings), and 1/4 cup water (1/3 cup for 4) to pan. Stir to thoroughly combine. TIP: If pan isn't ovenproof, transfer mixture now to a baking dish .

   chicken stock concentrate: 1 unit, butter: 2 tbsp
5. 

   5

   Top sausage mixture with pepper jack cheese . Broil until cheese is bubbly, ⏱️ 2 minutes to ⏱️ 3 minutes . TIP: Watch carefully to avoid burning.

   pepper jack cheese: 1 c
6. 

   6

   Top broiled sausage mixture with salsa and crema. Drizzle with hot sauce if desired. Serve with any remaining lime wedges on the side.

   hot sauce: 1 tsp