Italian Sausage Fried Rice
Italian Sausage Fried Rice is a fast weeknight dinner that we all love. This is a very easy recipe, and it's a great way to use up leftover Italian sausages.
Yield: 4 people
Equipment
- 12-inch sauté pan, skillet or wok
Ingredients
- cooking oil
- ⅓-1/2 lbs Italian ground sausage sweet or mild varieties work best
- ½ cup diced carrots (from about 2 medium carrots)
- ½ cup diced celery (from about 3 stalks)
- ½ cup frozen peas
- 2-3 cups cooked rice
Instructions
- Heat oil in the pan over medium heat. You only need a tiny bit to start because the sausage will release oils as it cooks.cooking oil
- Add in the sweet Italian ground sausage, carrots, and celery. Cook for about 5-7 minutes, breaking apart the Italian sausage with a spatula. When the sausage is nearly cooked, add in the frozen peas.⅓-1/2 lbs Italian ground sausage, ½ cup diced carrots, ½ cup diced celery, ½ cup frozen peas
- After the sausage is cooked, and the vegetables are soft, turn up the heat and stir-fry for about 2 minutes to get some darker browning on the sausage crumbles and vegetables.
- Turn the heat down to medium again and add in the rice. Break apart the rice with the spatula as needed.2-3 cups cooked rice
- When the rice is fully heated up, serve and enjoy.