Easy Dirty Rice

It was requested that I post this recipe, which I took to church this week. I think I doubled it for church. It is a variation on a recipe from a small book I picked up a couple of years ago called Rival Crock Pot Slow Cooker Recipe Card Collection.

• 1 pound bulk pork sausage (Recipe calls for 1/2 pound of Italian; didn't sound like enough; and I didn't have Italian--nor do I like it as well.)
  
• 2 cups water (I added chicken bouillon--one cube per cup of water.)
  
• 1 cup uncooked long grain rice (I used Uncle Ben's.)
  
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 1 large green bell pepper, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup finely chopped celery
• 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground red pepper

1. Brown and drain sausage. Place in crock-pot.

2. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover; cook on HIGH a couple of hours. (The recipe says LOW for two hours, but I find more and more, especially with removable crocks, HIGH is required for at least part of the cooking.)

When I made this, I cooked the sausage at home. When I got to church, I put all the ingredients in the crock-pot and mixed it up, turned it on HIGH before corporate-prayer-time, and let it stay on HIGH until lunch. Very easy!

Enjoy!

Mary Susan