I wanted to experiment with a dish we quite often eat with sausages: Our Easy Family Chicken Sausage Pilaf. While we are huge fans of risotto in this house, sometimes its just not practical to stand over a stove stirring the rice for over 30 minutes. My cheats pilaf allows most of the ingredients to be cooked at the same time with minimal stirring and mixing together right at the end. A pilaf is rice that is cooked in a stock to give added flavour.
The beauty of this dish, apart from the fact that its really quite easy, is that you can use store cupboard ingredients. Frozen vegetables or fresh veg that needs using up are great too. I can always guarantee that my girls will eat it all up as I put their favourite veg in (This isn’t a dish that you can hide vegetable in!) all the family love Chicken Sausage Pilaf.
Because the rice is cooked in the stock, I find there is no need for any added salt as when usually cooking rice. For a little extra zing, you may like to add some soy sauce at the point of serving though.
CHICKEN SAUSAGE FAMILY PILAF
| Serves | 4 |
| Prep time | 10 minutes |
| Cook time | 30 minutes |
| Total time | 40 minutes |
| Meal type | Lunch, Main Dish |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Serve Hot |
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup Basmati Rice
- 2 cups Vegetable Stock
- 1 Small Onion (Finely Chopped)
- 1 Medium Bell Pepper (Chopped into small cubes)
- 1 handful Frozen Peas
- 1 tablespoon Sesame Oil
- 1 packet Chicken Sausages (8 sausages)
NOTE
This dish also works by adding a tin of chopped tomatoes when cooking the peas and pepper
DIRECTIONS
| 1. | |
| Cook the Chicken Sausages according to the instructions – We oven baked ours for 20-25 mins. Once cooked, chop into 1-2 cm pieces | |
| 2. | |
| Whilst the sausages are in the oven/grill, cook the rice in a large pan. Add the vegetable stock for the rice to cook in | |
| 3. | |
| Once the sausages and rice are cooked, saute the onions for 2-3 minutes in a large pan then add the frozen peas & chopped pepper for another couple of minutes. Add the rice and chopped sausages and stir together adding the sesame oil at the last minute. Serve immediately | |
More Rice Dishes that you might enjoy:
Italian Basil Chicken with Black Rice
Ham, Chestnut & Maple Baked Risotto
Bacon, Balsamic & Black Pudding Risotto
More Super Easy Sausage Recipes
Unbelievably Easy Sausage and Bean Stew from Actually Mummy
I only buy Richmond sausages but I have never tried the chicken ones. They are on my shopping list to try. I love a sausage casserole but I will give the pilaf a try.
Ooh I love a good sausage casserole too! Even better with plenty of mushrooms x
I’d use them in my partners Butter Chicken for when I don’t want to wait too long for him to cook it. Would be amazing in the creamy, buttery sauce, with his home made chapatis and rice. Nom nom! I’m drooling just thinking about it.
Goodness me, I need to come and try your partner’s Butter Chicken! Food sounds amazing in your house.
I’ll have to try your recipe with some of the Tofurky Italian or Kielbasa sausages. What a fantastic opportunity to work in that kitchen though, huh?
It was so lovely – I couldn’t help noticing that the ovens were a tiny bit cleaner than ours at home!
Oh my goodness I want this to try like right now. Hands up I do love a good sausage meal and this sounds like a really delicious way to make something a bit different with them.
There’s just something so comforting about a sausage dish, isn’t there? Always feels like proper family time.
One pot meals are so versatile and great to serve after a busy day. Nice recipe that can be adapted to add different ingredients.
Yes anything that saves on washing up and time is a bonus in this house!
We love Richmonds and I fancy trying these chicken version. I also never thought of adding broccoli to y toad in the hole, genius! Mich x
I know! Can’t believe I didn’t think of it myself. I’m going to be hiding veg in all dishes from now on x
Okay this looks amazing! I am going to have to try this one at home and my hubs is always looking for new meals to try at the fire station too! Thanks for sharing!
Sausages and fire station food is surely a match made in heaven?
I’ve tried some of the richmond chicken sausages and they’re really tasty, I find the chicken ones are so much better for me than the pork ones x
Yes I think I prefer them to pork too – We might leave pork to Grandma’s house and adopt chicken here x
I love chicken sausages because they are lower in fat and can’t wait to try the Richmond ones. I’d use them in my own recipe sausage bake with onions, peppers, butter beans and tomatoes. Theae sausages would make my high protein / low fat meal even better. I’d love to share the meal with Joe Wicks as his recipes have inspired me to develop my own healthy recipes.
Ooh I bet these would go brilliantly with butter beans. Love the sound of your recipe.
We love cooking with sausages, although they are veggie, but I love a good sausage bake and the idea to have them with rice like this. Yum!
Aren’t sausage bakes just so convenient? Brilliant for after school tea times.
My friend just loves sausages so winging this article right her way x
I’m sure she would be really happy with these – I’m so impressed by the quality of the chicken sausages.
I would use these sausages in my Spicy Sausage Bean Casserole. It’s one of those meals you can add to while it cooks slowly throughout the day, as more guests unexpectedly decide to turn up for dinner. Pinned !
One of our family favourites is a spicy sausage casserole – Even my girls are starting to ask for the spicy version. (For years we have tamed down their portions)
We have to admit that Richmond Sausages are our favourite, love how you’ve mixed it up!
Thanks very much – A good rice dish always goes down well with us.
I’d use these sausages to make Toad in the hole with caramelised onion gravy. I’d wrap the sausages in streaky bacon for a posh version of a British classic – perfect comfort food for the whole family.
Oh wow, the addition of bacon sounds incredible. After the day at Richmond, I’m all about adding veg (and other ingredients) to Toad in the Hole.
I love the sound of these chicken sausages! They’d be a lot lower in calories than beef or pork too, I should think.
Yes they are – All the benefits of comfort food with none of the supposed guilt.
We aren’t really sausage eaters but this does sound absolutely delicious!
All the other flavours do go brilliantly with the sausages – Definitely worth a try!
oh wow what an honour that must have been to be invited to that! I have heard about Richmond sausages before 🙂
Yes I do enjoy attending blogger events – so much fun and I always manage to learn something too!
Sausage is a weekly staple in our house and we all love chicken so I know they would be loved too. I want to try the chicken pilaf
Hope you enjoy it when you try it. How do families manage without sausage recipes?
We love sausages in my house but I can’t say I’ve had chicken sausages before but I love the sound of them. Apart from the classic sausage and mash our favourite is making toad in the hole from scratch so I’d love to make that with them, and I would have them with all my family as we don’t get the time to all get together often
Toad in the Hole is such an awesome meal – Comforting and ideal for families
The sausage family pilaf looks amazing, I make a similar recipe that the kids love so will see if they like this one
Ooh I’ll have to hop on over to your blog to see how you made your sausage pilaf.
I would make sausage and bean casserole for my husband and wee boy. They both love it and it would work well with chicken sausages – would make a nice change!
Oh I think we might just have to have sausage and bean casserole one night this week. You have me tempted.
Richmond sausages are a family favourite so will have to see if I can Puck up a pack or two next time I’m shopping. Top tip for mash potato, I always add cold butter to will try warming it first.
That tip will transform your mash (SO I’m told!)
I like the idea of chicken sausages, but it’s good to have a recipe to go with them. I guess the lighter taste of chicken would work well with a pilaf.
Yes the delicate chicken flavour has plenty of opportunity to shine through with the rice and stock.
How have I had never heard of chicken sausages before. Definitely one to try. Your recipe looks delicious.
Chicken sausages are so much more tasty than I ever thought they would be.
Oh I love sausage dishes, perfect comfort food whatever the season. My dad loves richmond sausages and i love having them when I go over to visit.
I agree about sausage dishes being right at any time of year.
I would try to perfect a toad in the hole which I never seem to manage or use them in a homemade cassoulet
Keep going with your Toad in the Hole – When its right, its just divine!
I would do a chicken sausage and mushroom pasta bake, using rigatoni. I would like to share it with my next door neighbor who has just lost her husband. She loves chicken and mushrooms, but says she can’t be bothered to cook for one, which is a little sad. She is just so nice, kind and like a mum to me and I’d love to spend mealtimes with her.
This is so kind – I would love to think someone would do that for my mum
The day looks like a lot of fun. I wish my Yorkshire puddings turned out like yours! I’d like to try chicken sausages with some baked mushrooms and a small amount of creme fraiche/mushroom sauce, served on a bed of wilted spinach. It would be healthy, and just as importantly, very tasty I hope.
I would enjoy them in a sausage and leek bake, with cider and sliced potatoes, topped with a little cheese. With my partner. Good to see chicken pilaf, thought that was just my Mum that made that!
Your mum sounds like a very wise woman!
This looks lovely. I like chicken sausages but do find I get uninspired on ways to cook them.
This looks delicious and so colourful! I never really experiment with sausages to make them into a hearty meal, I need to try this though! Sim x