Smoked Sausage Spanish Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (1 lb.) pkg. smoked sausage
1 (16 oz.) can stewed tomatoes
1 (8 oz.) can tomato sauce
1/2 c. water
3/4 tsp. dried thyme leaves
dash of hot pepper sauce
2 c. instant rice

Preparation

Cut sausage into 1/2-inch pieces.
Combine all ingredients, except rice, in large saucepan or Dutch oven.
Bring to a boil, cover and turn down heat.
Simmer about 10 minutes.
Stir in rice, remove from heat.
Cover and let stand 5 minutes.
Makes 4 servings.