Warm Italian Rice Salad with Sausage and Romaine
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Cooking:
5 min.
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Servings per container:
4
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Ingredients for - Warm Italian Rice Salad with Sausage and Romaine

1. Vegetable oil - 1 teaspoon
2. Ground mild Italian sausage - 8 ounces
3. White button mushrooms, sliced - 5 large
4. Dried Italian seasoning - ½ teaspoon
5. Knorr® Rice Sides™ - Herb & Butter - 1 (5.4 ounce) package
6. Frozen peas, thawed - ½ cup
7. Romaine lettuce, chopped - 1 head
8. Grape or cherry tomatoes, halved - 5 ounces
9. Shredded Italian cheese blend - ¼ cup

How to cook deliciously - Warm Italian Rice Salad with Sausage and Romaine

1. Stage

Heat oil in 12-inch skillet over medium heat; add sausage and cook and stir, crumbling into small pieces, until cooked through and no longer pink, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove cooked sausage from skillet with a slotted spoon; drain on paper-towel-lined plate. Pour off all but 1 tablespoon rendered fat.

2. Stage

Place mushrooms in skillet and cook over medium heat until tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer from pan with slotted spoon to plate with sausage.

3. Stage

Prepare Knorr® Rice Sides™ - Herb & Butter in skillet according to package directions. Stir dried Italian seasoning into the water; omit additional margarine. Three minutes before the rice is finished cooking, add the peas. When rice is done, stir in cooked sausage and mushrooms. Heat through.

4. Stage

Add romaine lettuce and tomatoes; toss lightly. Scoop into serving bowls; top each serving with desired amount of shredded cheese and serve immediately.