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?
Ingredients
9 ounce
Italian Chicken Sausage Mix
1 unit
Onion
4 tablespoon
Sour Cream
½ cup
Jasmine Rice
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
½ cup
Pepper Jack Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Long Green Pepper
1 unit
Tomato
1 unit
Lime
1 tablespoon
Southwest Spice Blend
1 teaspoon
Hot Sauce
Not included in your delivery
1 teaspoon (tsp)
Olive Oil
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
1 tablespoon (tbsp)
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• 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.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- 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.
Reviews from our home cooks
This was pretty good, if I make it again I will use unseasoned sausage or season it myself with salt & pepper or maybe some southwest seasoning. It was a little weird to us that the recipe used Italian Sausage for a southwest inspired dish. Especially when you also add southwest seasoning to it...
I loved the idea of this dish! It was so easy and tasty. The sausage had an Italian seasoning base which didn't fit the flavor profile of the rest of the dish. Wish it was more of a neutral or Southwest flavor
Tasty, but not very much rice for being a "rice skillet." Also way too much onion. I would use only half an onion, double the rice, and add a second diced tomato. I think ground beef or strips of steak would a better fit than italian sausage.
This was a very enjoyable meal. My husband would have liked to have had more of the salsa and I would have liked more lime crema. But that would have just been "icing on the cake" I do thank you for not putting raw onions into the salsa! It was much appreciated.
This is one of my favorite meals. I love the flavors and how easy it is to make. It also reheats really nicely for lunch or dinner the next day! I just reserve one of the sour creams to make crema the next day.
DELICIOUS! I could eat this everyday. And I was surprised, because I haven't been a big fan of the chicken sausage, but it works in this meal!
Yummy and easy. Lime zest is a nice touch, and the chicken sausage is delicious. Everything was fresh and wonderful.
Was really tasty. Added more lime juice then recipe called for in the salsa and crema.
It was delicious! The crema and fresh tomato were a great addition. Also, the sausage was very flavorful.
I was surprised by the use of Italian sausage in a Southwest style skillet but it turned out well. It was tasty!
