Green Chili Cheesy Rice Bake

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb turkey sausage (or other kind if you prefer)
• 2 cups rice (cooked)
• 1 1/2 cups salsa (mild, medium or hot) or 1 1/2 cups picante sauce (mild, medium or hot)
• 2 (4 ounce) cans green chilies
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Recipe

• 1 1. in a large skillet, brown the turkey sausage over medium high heat. drain off any excess grease.
• 2 2. add in the cooked rice, salsa and green chiles.
• 3 3. stir and heat up the rice and salsa.
• 4 4. when heated through sprinkle the cheese on top and serve when melted. alternately, you can pour the rice, turkey, salsa and chiles into a baking dish (i use a 8x11 glass dish) and then sprinkle the cheese on the top. bake for about 10 minutes in a 400°f oven and then serve.
• 5 *we like to use the minute brown rice and cook it while the sausage browns. i've also substituted orzo and it was really yummy as well.