Ranch Sausage And Rice Casserole - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb bulk sausage
1 large onion, chopped
1 cup celery, chopped
1 small carrot, shredded
1 cup uncooked white rice
1 (10 ounce) cream of mushroom soup
1 (14 ounce) chicken broth
1 cup water
1 teaspoon dry ranch dressing mix (Hidden Valley)
1/2 teaspoon salt

Preparation

In a large saucepan brown sausage, drain well and crumble. Set aside. In same pan saute onion and celery in 1 teaspoon oil. Mix in carrots and sausage.
Place uncooked rice in bottom of a 9 x 9 or 3 quart baking dish. Place sausage mixture in baking dish on top of uncooked rice.
In a medium size bowl mix soup, chicken broth, water, dry ranch mix and salt. Pour over sausage mixture and cover with foil.
Bake in a 350 degree oven for approximately 50 minutes.