Sausage Casserole - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. sausage (Jimmy Dean)
2 pkg. Lipton chicken noodle soup mix
1 c. long grain rice
1 large bell pepper, chopped
1 large onion, chopped
1 large bunch celery, chopped

Preparation

Brown sausage in skillet; crumble with fork as browning. Remove sausage from skillet with slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
Saute chopped pepper, onion and celery in sausage drippings.
Cook 2 packages soup mix in 4 1/2 cups boiling water for approximately 7 minutes.
Put uncooked rice in a large casserole dish.
Add meat, vegetables and soup.
Mix well.
Bake as covered casserole at 350\u00b0 for 1 1/2 hours.