Collard Greens with Rice and Sausage

This delicious one-dish meal combines leafy collard greens with brown rice, pork sausage, and white beans and just a hint of spicy Cajun seasoning and red pepper flakes.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 435 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 ½ cups water
• ½ cup chopped celery
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1 teaspoon Cajun seasoning
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 cup brown rice
• 1 bunch collard greens - rinsed, trimmed and chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can no-salt-added diced tomatoes, undrained
• 1 pound ground hot sage pork sausage
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can white beans, drained

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bring water and brown rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed, 45 to 50 minutes.

Step 2

When rice is almost finished, heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir sausage in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove sausage to a large bowl, leaving 1 tablespoon fat in the skillet. Add cooked rice to sausage in the bowl.

Step 3

Add onion and garlic to the skillet and saute over medium heat until onion is soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Add celery and cook for 3 minutes. Add collard greens and saute until slightly wilted, 3 to 4 minutes. Add diced tomatoes with their juices, white beans, Cajun seasoning, and red pepper flakes; simmer for 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve collard greens over the sausage and rice mixture, or mix it all together.