Vegetarian Southern Red Rice, Beans & Sausage

Headed into the oven!

Beautiful colors mingle here to create a hearty, satisfying meal.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 13 x9 baking dish.

3 tablespoons organic butter
1 cup chopped red onion
1 can diced green chilis (4oz)
2 links of Tofurky Kielbasa links, cut into chunks
1/2 cup canned organic pinto beans
1 cup white rice
1 can fire roasted tomatoes
1 1/2 cups veggie broth (a cup if you don't live at high altitude)
1 tsp hot sauce, or a bit more if you like it hotter like we do!
Salt & pepper to taste

In a saucepan melt butter and saute the onion, peppers and sausage. Add remaining ingredients and simmer until sauce thickens in about ten minutes.

Pour into prepared baking dish, cover with foil and bake 40-45 minutes until rice is tender.

This goes perfect with my Sweet Corn Bread or Indian Fry Bread would be great too!