Sausage And Rice - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. hot sausage
1 lb. mild sausage
1 c. chopped green pepper
2 1/2 c. chopped celery
3/4 c. chopped onion
1/4 c. slivered almonds
2 pkg. Lipton chicken noodle soup
4 1/2 c. boiling water
1 c. rice (raw)
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 c. butter

Preparation

Crumble sausage and brown. Drain. Add green pepper, celery and onion to sausage. Continue cooking until vegetables are tender. Add slivered almonds and reserve some for garnish. In another pan, combine soup, water and rice. Simmer 20 minutes. Add salt and butter. Stir well. Combine rice and sausage mixture. Put in 3-quart greased baking dish. Sprinkle with almonds. Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour. Freezes well.