Call it paella or rice pilaf; this is my version of rice cooked with Mediterranean veggies and sausages. I throw in veggies like corn, red pepper, zucchini, carrots and black olives, that not only makes this dish colorful, but very healthy! Parboiled rice adds the fiber; however you can use white rice or risotto rice. To cut back on calories I usually use chicken sausages, but if you really want a fiery dish and don’t mind the extra calories, use spicy chorizo sausages.
Ingredients
1 cup Parboiled Rice
2 cup water
6 Sausages (I use chicken but any sausages will do)
1 tablespoon Olive Oil
One large onion, finely chopped
1 cup of chopped red Bell Pepper
1 Zucchini chopped
1/2 cup Corn Kernels
½ cup Black Olives
1 tablespoon tabasco
1/2cup tomato puree
½ tea spoon Cayenne Pepper
1 cube of Chicken Bouillon
Chilli Flakes (only if you have high tolerance for spice)
Salt to taste (check the bouillon for salt, it may be enough)
Method
1.
In a vessel cook the parboiled
rice in water till almost done.
2. Meanwhile, slice the sausages 1/2 inch long and sauté them gently in a
large pan with ½ tbsp olive oil. Add a dash of tabasco and tomato puree and
cook for a few minutes till slightly crisp. Remove sausage and keep to one side
3. In the same add the remaining oil and fry the onions and garlic till
softened. After 5 minutes or so add the peppers, zucchini, olives and corn
kernels, cook for a further few minutes then return the sausages to the pan.
4. Add tomato puree to the mix one chicken bouillon. Add the cayenne pepper and tabasco, and salt.
5.
To this mix add the almost
done rice and cover the pan. Let it cook till the rice is fully done.
Serves - 4
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