Rice Sausage Casserole - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 box Uncle Ben's wild rice
1 lb. hot sausage
1 medium onion, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 small jar pimentos, chopped
1 can water chestnuts, drained and sliced thin
1/2 c. slivered almonds
1/2 stick butter
1/4 lb. Ritz crackers
1 stick butter, melted

Preparation

Cook rice according to directions on box.
Brown almonds in 1/2 stick butter.
Brown together sausage, onion and garlic.
Mix rice and sausage, while hot, with other ingredients, except crackers and 1 stick of butter.
Place in a 2-quart casserole dish.
Crush Ritz crackers.
Toss with 1 stick melted butter. Sprinkle over top.
Bake for 25 to 30 minutes at 350\u00b0 until bubbly and crackers are browned.