Spanish American Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 large chopped onion
1 green pepper
1 stalk celery, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 lb. sausage (kielbasa)
2 c. tomato sauce
salt and pepper
3 c. cooked rice
2 to 3 Tbsp. grated cheese

Preparation

Heat
oil in skillet; cook onions slowly for 5 minutes. Add pepper,
celery and garlic; cook another minute.
Stir in sausage chunks
and saute, stirring now and then for another 5 minutes. Stir
in tomato sauce; add salt and pepper to taste. Simmer sauce while
you spread half the rice in the bottom of greased casserole;\tcover with sausage mixture, then top with the final layer
of
rice.
Sprinkle grated cheese on top, if you wish. Bake in a preheated 350\u00b0 oven for 20 to 25 minutes. Serve bubbling hot.