Southwest Chicken Sausage & Rice Skillet

🥘 Ingredients

• butter
  1 tbsp
• chicken stock concentrate
  1 unit
• cooking oil
  2 tbsp
• hot sauce
  1 tsp
• italian chicken sausage mix
  12 oz
• jasmine rice
  ½ cup
• lime
  1 unit
• long green pepper
  1 unit
• olive oil
  2 tsp
• onion
  1 unit
• pepper jack cheese
  ½ cup
• sour cream
  2 tbsp
• southwest spice blend
  2 tsp
• tomato
  1 unit

🍳 Cookware

• small pot
• small bowl
• small bowl

1. 

   1

   Wash and dry all produce. In a small pot , combine jasmine rice , ¾ cup water, and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to a low simmer. Cook until rice is tender ⏱️ 15 minutes . Keep covered off heat until ready. Meanwhile, halve, peel, and thinly slice onion . Core, deseed, and dice long green pepper . Dice tomato . Zest and quarter lime .

   jasmine rice: ½ cup, 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 diced 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, preferably ovenproof, pan over medium-high heat. Add italian chicken sausage mix and cook, breaking up meat into pieces ⏱️ 1 minutes . Add onion, long green pepper, and southwest spice blend . Cook, stirring, until veggies are lightly browned and sausage is cooked through ⏱️ 5 minutes .

   cooking oil: 2 tbsp, italian chicken sausage mix: 12 oz, southwest spice blend: 2 tsp
4. 

   4

   Add cooked rice, chicken stock concentrate , butter , and ¼ cup water 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: 1 tbsp
5. 

   5

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

   pepper jack cheese: ½ cup
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