Sausage Rice Casserole - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 pkg. Lipton chicken noodle soup mix
5 c. boiling water
1 1/2 c. uncooked rice
1 lb. sausage
1 large chopped onion
4 c. chopped celery
green pepper (optional)

Preparation

Combine soup mix and water; boil 7 minutes.
Add rice and simmer 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, saute the sausage and drain.
Add chopped onion, celery and green pepper.
Combine rice and sausage mixture.
Mix well.
Put in casserole and bake in slow oven at 325\u00b0 for 1 hour.