Chicken and Wild Rice with Smoked Sausage

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Photo: Karry Hosford
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8 servings (serving size: 1 1/2 cups)
December 2002
RECIPE BY Cooking Light

On hectic days, nothing beats a one-pot entrée. Artichoke hearts and black olives jazz up this rice-based dish. All you need is a simple salad to complete the meal.

Ingredients

  • Cooking spray
  • 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces
  • 1 (14-ounce) package reduced-fat smoked sausage (such as Healthy Choice), cut into 1/2-inch-thick slices
  • 4 cups (1/2-inch-thick) slices portobello mushroom caps (about 8 ounces)
  • 2 cups chopped onion
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 (14 1/2-ounce) cans fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
  • 2 (6.2-ounce) packages fast-cooking recipe long-grain and wild rice (such as Uncle Ben's)
  • 1/2 cup chopped green onions
  • 1 (14-ounce) can quartered artichoke hearts, drained
  • 1 (2 1/4-ounce) can sliced ripe olives

Nutritional Information

  • Calories 340
  • Caloriesfromfat 9%
  • Fat 3.3g
  • Satfat 0.7g
  • Monofat 1.4g
  • Polyfat 0.8g
  • Protein 27.7g
  • Carbohydrate 48.4g
  • Fiber 4.6g
  • Cholesterol 51mg
  • Iron 2.7mg
  • Sodium 895mg
  • Calcium 57mg

How to Make It

Step 1

Heat a Dutch oven coated with cooking spray over medium-high heat. Add chicken; sauté 4 minutes or until done. Remove from pan; keep warm.

Step 2

Recoat pan with cooking spray. Add sausage; sauté 5 minutes or until browned. Add mushrooms, 2 cups onion, and garlic; sauté 3 minutes. Add broth and rice, omitting seasoning packets; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 20 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.

Step 3

Stir in chicken, green onions, artichokes, and olives. Cook 3 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

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Ratings & Reviews

jspicest's Review

jspicest
November 14, 2014
All I can say about this recipe is "meh". I had wild rice leftover from another meal, so was looking for something to do with it. The diverse ingredients in this recipe appealed, so I gave it a try. In the end, what I got was something enormously bland. Except for the smoked sausage, which stands out in every bite and doesn't seem to go with the rest of it. The artichokes and olives didn't seem to add anything either. I won't be making this again.

diaphinia's Review

JasonBurn
September 08, 2011
This is delicious, healthy comfort food. I think the olives are not required here (save some fat), and I usually increase the other vegetables, because it's pretty meat-heavy. Also, because I prefer the texture and have the time, I will use plain old wild rice (8 ounces) and long-grain brown rice (4 ounces). I soak the wild rice while I'm preparing everything else, and I add about 20 minutes to the cooking time. This is seriously tasty, and, as a side note, I've prepared it several times for friends recovering from surgery and chemotherapy, and it's well-tolerated. Savory but not overpowering.

rstarrlemaitre's Review

diaphinia
January 09, 2011
Yum! I like to think of this as rice pilaf on steroids - a simple rice pilaf chalk full of yummy chicken, sausage, artichokes, and olives. I served it with a simple salad in dijon vinaigrette on the side, which made a filling and quick weeknight meal.

JasonBurn's Review

rstarrlemaitre
August 16, 2009
Great recipe! We made once before and agreed that it needed just a touch of salt. We added a teaspoon with the broth and rice and it was perfect.