Southwest Chicken Sausage & Rice Skillet
with Salsa Fresca & Lime Crema
- Milk
This Southwest-inspired skillet supper has bold flavors that’ll warm you from the inside out—there’s tender rice, bites of flavorful chicken sausage, and sautéed pepper and onion. It’s all topped with gooey melted pepper jack and hot sauce for a little kick, plus fresh salsa and a dollop of tangy lime crema. Need we say more?
½ cup
Jasmine Rice
1 unit
Yellow Onion
1 unit
Long Green Pepper
1 unit
Roma Tomato
1 unit
Lime
4 tablespoon
Sour Cream
()
9 ounce
Italian Chicken Sausage Mix
1 tablespoon
Southwest Spice Blend
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
½ cup
Pepper Jack Cheese
()
1 teaspoon
Hot Sauce
2 teaspoon
Cooking Oil
1 teaspoon
Olive Oil
1 tablespoon
Butter
()
Salt
• Heat broiler to high. Wash and dry all produce. • In a small pot, combine rice, ¾ cup water (1½ 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, 15-18 minutes. • Keep covered off heat until ready to use in step 4. • Meanwhile, halve, peel, and thinly slice onion. Core, deseed, and dice green pepper. Dice tomato. Zest and quarter lime.
• 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.
• Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large, preferably ovenproof, pan over medium-high heat. Add sausage* and cook, breaking up meat into pieces, 1-2 minutes. • Add onion, green pepper, and Southwest Spice. Cook, stirring, until veggies are lightly browned and sausage is cooked through, 5-7 minutes.
• Add cooked rice, stock concentrate, 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings), and ¼ 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.
• Top sausage mixture with pepper jack. Broil until cheese is bubbly, 2-3 minutes. TIP: Watch carefully to avoid burning.
• Top broiled sausage mixture with salsa and crema. Drizzle with hot sauce if desired. Serve with any remaining lime wedges on the side.
- Flavor: Many loved the bold Southwest flavors, though some found the Italian-seasoned chicken sausage clashed with the dish 🌶️.
- Ease of prep: Customers praised how quick and simple this one-pan meal was to prepare, with easy-to-follow instructions.
- Suggestions: Consider adding black beans, avocado, or tortilla chips for extra texture and flavor. Some preferred regular chicken over sausage.
- Leftovers: Several mentioned it reheated well the next day, with some even enjoying it cold or in burritos.
- Portions: While many found it filling, some wished for more vegetables or a larger serving of rice.
