Imagine when you come home after a long day at work. You drop your bag on the floor, thinking you want to wind down a bit before making dinner. Suddenly, the phone vibrates.
$*#&! Well, this was not expected. You message back:
What you really meant was…
You rush into the kitchen trying to put something together. Pasta? That’s a great idea! But you already had pasta 2 days in a row, and honestly you really don’t feel like standing by the stove boiling noodles and cooking sauce. Ok, how about hands off cooking? Darn, that’s exactly it!
BAD: Oven? Unfortunately not in this case, it will take 20 minutes just to pre-heat the oven.
WORSE: Slow cooker? Even worse, you don’t have 8 hours to cook. Your husband would rather eat dry noodles than waiting for 8 hours.
Now imagine you come home, tired, and want to wind down for a bit. Your husband messages you to let you know he is coming home in 20 minutes and FYI he is very hungry too. You calmly walk into the kitchen. Pull out your rice cooker, drop all the ingredients in, and hit the COOK button. Voila! It literally took you 5 minutes to put all the ingredients together.
While the rice cooker is working hard prepping dinner for your family, you turn on the TV to check on the latest news, take a refreshing shower, and put a tab of perfume on. You are now relaxed, fresh, and ready to welcome your husband home. While you are flipping through a fashion magazine, your husband arrives home. You welcome him with a kiss and a “How was your day today, dear? Dinner will be ready in 5 minutes.”
Your family sits down for dinner and you serve an incredibly flavorful Spanish rice with smoked sausage and spicy chunky salsa. He takes the first bite and is amazed. He really thought you spent the day making this dish. Little does he know, it took you only 5 minutes and the rest is our dirty little secret. Shhh…
One Pot Spanish Rice Dish Ingredients
Add All Your Ingredients to the Pot
Go ahead and finish reading that magazine you were looking at…
Dinner is Served!
How would this make you feel, if you could spend more time for yourself and less time in the kitchen? And more importantly, what would you love to do during that free time? Grab the recipe below and be sure to let us know how you enjoyed this easy, no-fuss meal!
One Pot Spanish Rice Dinner
Ingredients
- 112.5 grams 1/4 pound smoked sausage, cut into cubes
- 1 1/2 cup white rice
- 1 cup salsa we used hot chunky salsa for more flavor
- 2 cup chicken broth we used 30% reduced sodium broth
- 1 onion diced
Instructions
- Add rice to the rice cooker pot and rinse well 2-3 times until water is clear
- Drain as much water as possible from the pot
- Add your cubed smoked sausage, salsa, chicken broth, and onion to the pot
- Press the "Cook" button
Notes
I Don't Have a Rice Cooker!
No worries, man! After you wash your rice, add all the remaining ingredients into a regular pot and cook UNCOVERED on medium-high heat; just until the chicken broth starts boiling. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook COVERED for 20 minutes, or until rice is cooked and tender.
I am definitely going to have to try this recipe out, I love cooking in my crockpot and this recipe sounds very tasty
to me..
@tisonlyme143
Ooh I Absolutely Love Spanish Rice, Thanks So Much for Sharing! I Make Rice All the Time but You Know I Have Never Made Spanish Rice b/c Honestly I Don’t Think I Had a Recipe for it! My Favorite Mexican Restaurant Has the Best Rice & They Put Tomatoes in Theirs but I bet Salsa is Even Better! Thanks Again for Sharing, Have a Blessed Day! – Jana
Quick and easy are the recipes I like. This one is very healthy too
This looks like something that my husband would adore! I may have to get a rice cooker just to make it!
Oh my goodness! This Spanish Rice looks divine! I love how quick and easy it is to make, too. Adding smoked sausage sounds like a wonderful idea for flavor. I'm pinning this right now!
This looks so good, my daughter won't eat it but I can fix another side for her.
Thanks. Rice is one of my favorite dishes. Gonna try it this way.
This looks easy to make and very delicious! Thanks for next weekends cooking project.
Jerry, let us know how it comes out. 🙂
This looks great. I will give it a try. It lsounds super easy to make.
Hi Jane. Yeah.. there is pretty much NO cooking skills involved. 🙂
Just set and forget…., which is what most of us LOVE! Let us know how it comes out.
This looks DELCIOUS! I'm always looking for quick recipes for nights that I don't feel like making an elaborate dinner, too 🙂
Carrie, this sounds like every night in my life! 😀 Our family usually goes for seconds, when I make this dish. The best part, it's delicious to bring for lunch next day too!
Give it a try and let us know, girl!
I don't have a rice cooker either. But I am willing to try this using a pot. Looks good and has a lot of the things my family likes in it.
It's delicious Sally!
This sounds so good. I love Spanish Rice. This sounds easy enough. I can't wait to try this
It was absolutely delicious Linda!!! You definitely have to give the recipe a go – I’d bet money your family is going to love it as much as mine did!
Nice healthy dish in a short amount of time. Love it!
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we love rice dishes,this looks good
It’s delicious! Y’all are gonna love it!
This looks so good! Thank you for sharing the recipe.
I am loving this, I don’t have a rice cooker yet but have been planning to get one since I started eating more rice and less potatoes 🙂 A great recipe to try here 🙂
I absolutely loved this dish and I know you will too!
This is a great recipe thanks
I would love to try this recipe out. Looks delicious
Sounds so delish and so simple, thanks for sharing this great recipe! It will go great with so many different dishes 🙂
It is delicious Lori! You’re going to love it!
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I believe you are correct, thanks kim 🙂
Thank you for the recipe. We love rice made anyway.
Nice! I need to learn to prepare this. A real life saver. 🙂
I’m planning on giving it a go this weekend Lux! I don’t have a rice cooker – so I’ll let you know how it turns out!