Sticky Honey Garlic Smoked Sausage and Rice

A black bowl filled with fried rice, topped with sliced sausage, chopped green onions, and sesame seeds, sits on a wooden surface with scattered green onions.

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This Sticky Honey Garlic Smoked Sausage and Rice combines browned sausage, tender jasmine rice, and a sweet and savory honey garlic sauce in one easy skillet.

Prep Time10

Cook Time35

Resting Time5

Total Time50

Servings:

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 lb smoked sausage sliced
4 cloves garlic minced
1/4 cup honey
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt or to taste
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes optional
2 cups jasmine rice
3 cups chicken broth
3/4 cup frozen peas and carrots
Red Pepper Flakes optional

Instructions

Slice the smoked sausage into even rounds and mince the garlic. Measure the remaining ingredients so everything is ready before you begin cooking.
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet with a tight-fitting lid over medium heat. Add the smoked sausage and cook for 5–7 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the slices are browned around the edges. Use fully cooked smoked sausage and follow any additional package heating instructions.
Add the minced garlic and cook for 1–2 minutes, stirring constantly, until fragrant. Do not allow the garlic to burn.
In a small bowl, stir together the honey, soy sauce, black pepper, salt, and red pepper flakes. Pour the mixture into the skillet and stir until the sausage is evenly coated.
Add the jasmine rice and frozen peas and carrots to the skillet, then stir until everything is coated in the honey garlic sauce. Pour in the chicken broth and bring the mixture to a boil.
Reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer for 18–20 minutes, or until the rice is tender, the vegetables are heated through, and the liquid has been absorbed.
Remove the skillet from the heat and leave it covered for 5 minutes. Fluff the rice gently with a fork, stir the sausage throughout, and serve warm.

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Notes

Use jasmine or comparable long-grain white rice, not instant or brown rice with the same timing.
Keep the skillet at a low simmer once covered so the honey does not scorch.
Rest covered for 5 minutes before fluffing the rice.

Estimated nutrition. Per one-sixth of the sausage, rice and sauce. Uses pork-and-beef smoked sausage, regular chicken broth and dry long-grain white rice as references; all oil and honey are counted. Optional pepper flakes are excluded. Sugar is unavailable in the frozen-vegetable reference data.

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