Wild rice sausage recipe easy - Casseroles
We don’t grow wild rice down here, but it is delicious, so I order my wild rice from a reservation store at Leech Lake, Minnesota operated by the Band of Ojibwe. Wild rice bake makes an easy, hearty meal out of a Northwoods classic casserole recipe.
Wild Rice With Sausage

This recipe is by Marian Burros and takes 2 hours. Tell us what you think of it at The New York Times - Dining - Food.
Provided by: Marian Burros
Total time: 120 minutes
Yields: 8 servings
Number of ingredients: 6
Provided by: Marian Burros
Total time: 120 minutes
Yields: 8 servings
Number of ingredients: 6
Ingredients:
- 1 cup wild rice
- 3 cups boiling water
- 1 pound pork sausage, crumbled
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 2 large acorn squash, quartered lengthwise and seeded
- 3 cups cooked Brussels sprouts or peas
Nutrition:
- Calories: 305 calories
- Unsaturated Fat: 8 grams
- Carbohydrate: 33 grams
- Fat: 15 grams
- Fiber: 5 grams
- Protein: 14 grams
- Saturated Fat: 4 grams
- Sodium: 777 milligrams
- Sugar: 2 grams
- Trans Fat: 0 grams
- Pour boiling water over rice and let stand 10 minutes; drain.
- Cook sausage until most of the fat has been rendered; drain fat. Add sausage to rice and place in 9 by 13 inch baking dish or similar shallow casserole.
- Place squash quarters on top of sausage and rice; cover tightly and bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours. Just before serving, fill squash quarters with cooked Brussels sprouts.
Sausage & Wild Rice Bake

Wild rice bake makes an easy, hearty meal out of a Northwoods classic casserole recipe.
Provided by: Land O'Lakes
Total time: 15 minutes
Prep time: 15 minutes
Yields: 6 servings
Number of ingredients: 10
Provided by: Land O'Lakes
Total time: 15 minutes
Prep time: 15 minutes
Yields: 6 servings
Number of ingredients: 10
Ingredients:
- 1 (12-ounce) package sage-seasoned pork sausage
- 3/4 cup uncooked wild rice
- 3/4 cup uncooked brown rice
- 1 rib (1/2 cup) celery, sliced
- 1 small (1/2 cup) onion, chopped
- 1 small (1/2 cup) red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
- 2 (14.5-ounce) cans chicken broth
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/2 cup sour cream
Nutrition:
- Calories: 330 calories
- Fat: 14 grams
- Saturated Fat: grams
- Cholesterol: 35 milligrams
- Sodium: 850 milligrams
- Carbohydrate: 40 grams
- Fiber: 4 grams
- Sugar: grams
- Protein: 13 grams
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Cook sausage in 10-inch skillet over medium heat 5-7 minutes or until browned. Drain fat.
- Place cooked sausage into ungreased 2-quart casserole. Add all remaining ingredients except sour cream; stir to combine. Cover; bake 1 1/2-2 hours or until rice is tender. Stir in sour cream.
Wild Rice and Sausage Casserole

This recipe is bi-cultural if you will – pork sausage from the South and wild rice from Minnesota, and I have to hand it to those folks from Minnesota on this one. We don’t grow wild rice down here, but it is delicious, so I order my wild rice from a reservation store at Leech Lake, Minnesota operated by the Band of Ojibwe. Of course, I will point out that Leech Lake is very near the headwaters of the Mississippi River. Try this recipe – it is simple and delicious.
Provided by: The Fat Man
Total time: 90 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes
Prep time: 30 minutes
Yields: 6 servings
Number of ingredients: 11
Provided by: The Fat Man
Total time: 90 minutes
Cook time: 60 minutes
Prep time: 30 minutes
Yields: 6 servings
Number of ingredients: 11
Ingredients:
- 1 lb pork sausage (your choice of hot or mild)
- 1 cup wild rice (not cooked)
- 1 cup white onion, diced
- 3/4 cup celery, diced
- 1/2 cup carrot, diced
- 1/2 cup bell pepper, diced (any color)
- 1 (10 3/4 ounce) can cream of celery soup
- water
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons butter
- fresh black pepper (3 grinds (or more)
Nutrition:
- Calories: 622.5 calories
- Fat: 39.8 grams
- Saturated Fat: 14.6 grams
- Cholesterol: 105.4 milligrams
- Sodium: 1950.4 milligrams
- Carbohydrate: 42.1 grams
- Fiber: 4.5 grams
- Sugar: 5.2 grams
- Protein: 24.9 grams
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Wash wild rice several times under cold water until water runs clear. Set aside.
- Melt butter in skillet and then fry sausage over medium high heat, breaking up into as small pieces as possible. Do not overcook--cook just until all pink is gone. Remove sausage from skillet and set aside.
- In same skillet saute onion, celery, carrot and bell pepper over medium high heat until just beginning to brown lightly. Toss frequently.
- Add wild rice to skillet and continue to saute a while longer, tossing frequently to coat wild rice with oil but do not let it burn.
- Add salt and black pepper to taste.
- Add Cream of Celery soup to skillet and mix quickly, then add 2 soup cans of water and stir until well mixed.
- When well mixed, add reserved sausage meat and mix thoroughly. Bring to a boil, immediately remove from stove and pour into a buttered casserole (at least 2 qts.) and cover with foil.
- Place in oven and bake. After 30 minutes check and add a small amount of additional water if necessary, and stir well.
- Cook until most liquid is absorbed, but not until casserole is dry, about an hour.
Wild Rice and Sausage Casserole

Initially created as a stuffing for poultry, we enjoy this hearty, satisfying dish throughout the year as the main meal. The sharp, nutty flavor of Parmesan is a recent addition that rounds out the flavors beautifully. My original recipe called for a half cup of chopped pecans, but I more recently substituted water chestnuts which offer a welcome crunch. Feel free to use either option. Yield: about 6 cups
Yields: 0 servings
Number of ingredients: 12
Yields: 0 servings
Number of ingredients: 12
Ingredients:
- 2/3 cup (4 1/2 ounces) wild rice blend (may substitute brown rice)
- 1 pound turkey or pork sausage, casings removed
- 8 ounces mushrooms, chopped (see notes)
- 1 small onion, diced (about 1 cup)
- 1/2 cup chopped celery
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- 1 egg, lightly beaten (see notes)
- 1/2 cup chopped water chestnuts (about half a 5-ounce can; see comments above)
- 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme (or 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh minced)
- 1/2 teaspoon each kosher salt and pepper
How to cook:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 2-quart casserole.
- To prepare the rice, bring 1 1/4 ounces of water to a boil in a small saucepan. Add the rice, cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 35-40 minutes or until the water is just absorbed. Remove from the heat and allow to sit, covered for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork. (At this point, you may cool and then cover and refrigerate the rice for up to 2 days.)
- Heat a large skillet over medium heat and cook the sausage until evenly brown, crumbling the meat as it cooks. Remove to a mixing bowl.
- In the same skillet over medium heat, cook the mushrooms, onion, and celery until the mushrooms release their liquid and the vegetables are beginning to brown, about 8-10 minutes. Add the garlic for the last 30-60 seconds, stirring until you can smell it but it is not brown. (If the skillet seems dry at any point, add a drizzle of olive oil.) Remove from the heat, and allow to cool for a few minutes.
- To the sausage, add the cooked rice, mushroom mixture, parsley, egg, water chestnuts, Parmesan, thyme, salt and pepper.
- Mix until combined and then turn into the prepared baking dish.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until hot throughout. Garnish with additional parsley, if desired.