Chinese Casserole - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. sausage
1 1/2 c. chopped celery
1 large chopped onion
1/2 c. chopped green pepper
1/2 c. raw rice
2 pkg. dry noodle soup mix
4 c. boiling water
1/2 c. slivered almonds
1 c. chow mein noodles

Preparation

Brown sausage.
Lift out of drippings.
Saute vegetables in drippings; lift out.
Place rice and soup mix in large baking dish.
Add hot water.
Mix well.
Add almonds, meat, vegetables and half of noodles; mix well.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour.
Stir every 20 minutes.
Top with rest of noodles last 20 minutes.