This post is sponsored by Eckrich Smoked Sausage. All comments and opinions are my own.
Dinnertime doesn’t have to be stressful. When you plan ahead, you take away the dreaded “what’s for dinner” dilemma that can ruin your day. Plus, planning allows you to be prepared so that dinner comes together quickly…allowing you to spend more time on the things you WANT to do!
I look to the great taste and convenience of Eckrich Smoked Sausage to help me get dinner on the table in a flash. My entire family loves the taste and the ease of use makes the sausage a regular on my weekly menu.
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- 1/2 package of Eckrich Skinless Smoked Sausage, sliced in half, lengthwise
- 1 teaspoon butter
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
- 3/4 cup white rice
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 3 large bell peppers, halved lengthwise, seeds and ribs removed
- 1 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried basil or oregano
- 2 cups baby spinach, coarsely chopped
- 1 tomato, chopped
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Slice Eckrich Smoked Sausage Rope in half lengthwise. Place on one end of well-greased rimmed baking pan (15-inch x 11-inch).
- In a 3-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook 2 to 3 minutes or until slightly tender, stirring occasionally. Add the rice and water; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook covered for 15 to 20 minutes or until water is absorbed and rice is tender.
- Meanwhile, sprinkle the inside of peppers with ½ teaspoon of the salt; place face down on pan with sausage. Bake 19 to 20 minutes or until peppers are tender. Cut sausage into slices.
- Stir remaining ½ teaspoon salt, pepper, basil, spinach, tomato and sausage into rice mixture; cover and let stand several minutes to heat thoroughly. Flip peppers onto serving platter; fill with sausage and rice mixture.
The flavor and versatility of Eckrich Smoked Sausage enables busy moms and dads to prepare a wide variety of delicious and satisfying meals with confidence in no time. With Eckrich Smoked Sausage and the addition of a few pantry staples and simple ingredients, busy families can create an efficient yet affordable meal that the whole family will enjoy.
You can feel good choosing Eckrich for your meals. It’s a trusted brand that’s been around for generations…families just like mine have been serving up Eckrich Smoked Sausage since 1894! Why not pick up a package and serve up this delicious recipe of Smoked Sausage & Rice Stuffed Peppers. It’s sure to be a hit at your house too!
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I use Eckrich sausage in my Sausage Jambalaya. So easy!
I chop Eckrich Smoked Sausage up into medallions, fry it up quick and add it to chopped cabbage that’s been cooked down real well and pasta. Mixed all together it’s a delicious, quick meal.
I like to bake Eckrich Smoked Sausage with green pepper , red pepper and cheese
Chop up the Eckrich sausage and saute it with sauerkraut.
We grill and serve with hot mustard
I like to make a Smoked Sausage & Cheesy Rice Casserole
On homemade pizza ! To make my husband happy with the meal 🙂
I often use the sausage in Zatarain’s mixes
I sauté onions and peppers, grill the smoked sausages, and crisp up some Italian rolls to make sausage sandwiches. Serve with Alexa fries – my kids love this meal!
I would love try stir fry with pepper and onion
I would love to try this.
I cook Eckrich Smoked Sausage cut in rounds and add Red bell Peppers and Onions in a skillet, in what Italian call “Peperonata”, so yummy! Also I used them instead of the Anduille in my Gumbo.
I slice the sausage and grab a bag of Publix stir-fry veggies. Then quickly stir-fry with soy sauce and add to rice for a quick meal.
I make cream of corn soup. Saute some chopped onion with sliced Eckrich Smoked Sausage. Add a can of creamed corn and some black pepper. Cook until flavors meld. Then add some sour cream and cook over low heat until warm.
I put this sausage in a Garbanzo Bean Soup—so good
I slice it and add it to pasta.
Throw it on a pan with cabbage!
I would make a Hungarian red potato goulash dish and also pair the sausage with an assortment of roasted veggies.
I would saute it up and then add the smoked sausage to some red beans and rice. Yum.
My family absolutely loves Eckrich Smoked Sausage. I have even made up recipes thru the years, just to have it for dinner.
We’ll even just cut it up, cold, and eat with cheese and crackers.
So Good.
I slice it and add a can of sauerkraut, super easy and good!
I sliced it and fry with rice
With rice!
Sheet pan dinner with sausage, onions, peppers, broccoli and chunks of red potatoes. Yummy!
I usually cook it with onions, red, green and yellow peppers and serve with pasta.
I cook with chopped onions, peppers, and cabbage. One pot meal.
I even use it for breakfast with some onions and add it to scrambled eggs.
Love to make a big bowl of German Potato salad and simmer sausages cut up in sauerkraut yum!
I slice sausage and saute in olive oil. I saute some veggies too. Then I add a sauce (pesto, tomato, cream or olive oil and garlic) and spices and serve all over pasta with a side salad and bread!
I used Eckrich sausage on pizza, in casseroles, and in jambalaya.
we often cut it up, fry, and add to rice – or if we are grilling its a must have
I I always use smoked sausage in my Spanish Rice recipe. In addition, I use the Smoked Sausage in my BBQ Beans recipe, it just wouldn’t be the same without it.
When we power up the smoker we try to fill it up with a variety of meats including Eckrich Sausage and we need to only cook/clean once to enjoy easy meals the rest of the week. Then its a super simple weeknight meal just warm it up and grab some mustard and a side of homemade potato or macaroni salad. Can’t wait to try your rice and pepper recipe soon.
The kids love Eckrich sausage on Shish Kebabs on the grill. They get to build their own skewers using sliced sausage, mushrooms, peppers, onion, cherry tomatoes and lots of other fresh veggies.
Your stuffed peppers looks like a recipe I make. I keep the peppers whole with the top cut off and fill through the top. I would make sausage, peppers, mushrooms and onions with the Eckrich sausages in a diced tomato base over noodles.
Either with rice or pasta, also good pizza topping!
Grill, slice, serve over braised cabbage, serve with side salad.
I buy every week we love smoked sausage AND Kielbasa too.
Many recipes.
My banging shrimp, sausage corn with grits..so good.
Hoagies with kraut, mustard and onion.
My famous chicken, shrimp, sausage gumbo.
And, southern baked beans.
I even put in my spaghetti.
Thanks!
I do a boiled dinner with Eckrich Smoked Sausage, carrots, potatoes and cabbage. It is easy, fast and healthy. My family love it and working full time I create a “Better. Faster. Dinner.”
I fry it for breakfast with scrambled eggs.
I use Eckrich Smoked Sausage in my red bean and rice, also added bell pepper and onions
I make chili with them!!!!
That looks delicious!
I slice it up and put it on pizza and pasta. It is my husband’s favorite topping.
I always have Eckrich Sausage in my freezer so I use it in various ways. It is a great addition to a skillet meal or even just tossing it into my Zattarains mixes.
I use Eckrich Sausage in beans and rice. Yumm!
I use Eckrich smoked sausage to make a sausage, pepper, and egg casserole for a quick and easy dinner.
It is great in baked beans. Yum!
I slice it up and add it to my crockpot jambalaya! Quick and easy dinner!
I use my crockpot to cook Eckrich Smoked Sausage and sauerkraut and then add egg noodles the last hour, so good.
Red beans, rice and sausage…. I also use it for a Shrimp Boil…yummy!!! The family loves it…
I love seeing everyone else’s ideas. It always helps to change up my menu meals.
I add Eckrich Smoked Sausage to my red beans & rice recipe for a delicious meal! Add french bread and a salad – so good!
I will try it in the stuffed peppers.
Red Beans & Rice
I CUT INTO BITE SIZE PIECES AND BROWN IN A SKILLET WITH OIL. THEN ADD IT TO CUT UP POTATOES AND CAUJUN SEASONINGS AND BAKE IN THE OVEN.
I JUST PUT IT ON THE GRILL WITH PEPPERS AND ONIONS.
I have cooked and my family has ate Eckrich smoked sausage for many, many years. How about putting pieces of it in a delicious Omelet with cheddar cheese (or your favorite omelet ingredients )to start the day with a hardy breakfast.
By the way, I live near a street that sounds like Eckrich. But, that is a coincidence, I think. 🙂 I do have a love for their sausage.
Smoked sausage with some colored peppers and rice in a skillet dish.
Just sausage with sourcrout sandwich
My kids love it grilled with bbq sauce
We have stuffed peppers every now and then. Never thought of adding smoked sausage to them. Looks good. We will try it soon.
I use Eckrich Sausage in my Jambalaya
Grill it and then do whatever sides your in the mood for.
I put the sausage in my omelette with spinach and cheddar cheese
I love sausage with red beans and rice. It makes for an easy supper.
I brown it up and fold it into Rice a Roni or Zatarains Red Beans and Rice box mixes to make a full meal.
I like it with red cabbage.
I use Eckrich Sausage in my Low Country Boil.
I use Echkrich sausage in my Red Rice for dinner, I use it in my seafood gumbo and many times for breakfast with grits and eggs.
I like to grill Eckrich Sausage with peppers and onions. So good!
I like turkey sausage pasta.
I mix it in with some pre-made sauteed sweet potato noodles. Dinner on the table in 10 minutes!
I like to slice it up and saute with some sliced veggies, like squash, mushrooms, onions, zucchini. You could serve over rice or noodles or just eat it straight from the pan!
I love it with red beans and rice.
I love to make a quick hash skillet with Eckrich smoked sausage. I slice up the sausage and throw it in with some diced potatoes, onions, and bell peppers. Add a fried egg on top and you have an easy, quick weeknight dinner.
My kids scream in excitement when they realize that I am cooking Eckrich Smoked Sausage and Mac and Cheese to create a “Better. Faster. Dinner.”
It is good baked in the oven with cabbage, potatoes and onions.
Sheet Pan dinner – smoked sausage, peppers, onions, green beans, potatoes. A little olive oil, salt and pepper. Yumm!
I cut the sausage round pieces like coins. I cook it on a skillet. I then cook cut up potatoes and make skillet potatoes. I serve it with the sausage. It is a family favorite.
Put hash brown potatoes, peppers,onions,spices,oil & sausage in a casserole dish& throw in the oven . Quick & tasty dish & one pot clean-up.
Looks like a great recipe. Will give it a try.
I love adding sliced smoked sausage and peas to pasta with alfredo sauce.
I love the turkey smoked sausage. I do a stir fry with cabbage and onions.
I love to make smoked sausage and veggie packets in foil and either bake them in the oven or put them in grill. It’s delicious!
I love using this sausage and mixing it with vigo yellow rice and peas.. So yummy then add tobasco!!!! This is a one pot dish.
My husband makes it with cabbage and sometimes a potato salad for a German-style dish!
Love stuffed peppers. Gotta try this!
I love grilling this sausage and serving with caramalized onions
I love grilling the sausage and serving with caramelized onions
I love it with red beans and rice. Or just on its own with eggs.
Good for jambalaya.
For a quick & easy dinner I make Sausage, Green Bean, and Potatoes baked on a sheet pan in the oven with a little olive oil & garlic
I cook it with peppers and onions and serve it with rice.
My family enjoys sausage gumbo with rice, or a quick breakfast for dinner of sausage and pancakes.
I use it in my pressure cooker with potatoes, carrots and cabbage for a quick, healthy one pot meal.
Like using it in Kraut and weenies.
scrambled in eggs with onions and peppers. Quick, easy and delicious!
I dice it up, pan sear it, then add it to my gumbo!
I add it to our dirty rice! I also love cooking it with onions and peppers!
I use it in fried rice – better because it is a well-balanced meal with carbs (rice) and fiber and vitamins (vege). Plus, it only takes about 15 minutes to stir up a delicious bowl of friend rice.
I’ve used them many times to make breakfast for dinner, and I’ve even put them in pasta and pasta bakes.
In the morning for breakfast~you fry up the sausage with some yolky eggs! Absolutely amazing!!!
In the morning for breakfast you fry up the sausage with some yolky eggs! Absolutely amazing!!!
We love to make sheet pan sausage – slice up the sausage, some potatoes, zucchini and green beans – coat it in olive oil, garlic powder, salt, and pepper, then bake it in the oven on a cookie sheet. So easy and sooooo delicious!
I use them to make jambalaya for a family favorite.
To change things up, I cube and use Elkrich sausage instead of ground beef in my sloppy joe sauce.
It adds an additional depth of flavor. Super quick & easy.
I use Eckrich sausage to make quick and easy jambalaya. Just cook the sausage, white onion and bell pepper in a little olive oil. Stir in 1 can of Rotel and 24 oz of tomatoe sauce. Lastly, stir in 2 cups of cooked rice. Easy and delicious!
We use it often in veggie soup
I like to use smoked sausage with peppers and onion in macaroni and cheese. It’s a real comfort food meal!
My husband would probably cook them on the grill.
I love to make 15 bean soup, using Eckrich Sausage as my protein source.
On the grill, in my spaghetti sauce, sliced on pizza, but my favorite is on a sub roll with onions & peppers.
I make a dish called “sausage & fried potatoes”. It’s what I call my “lazy man dinner”. It’s what I make when I dont feel like cooking. You just take some potatoes, sausage, green peppers, & onions fry it all together and melt some cheese on top and done. No it’s not healthy but neither is going thru a drive thru and spending $5 on a burger when you dont feel like being in the kitchen.
Mmm, sausage & rice with beans for dinner! My recipe is similar to yours, but I’ll add shrimp or chicken to the mix, too.
I just make it with rice.
I use it in red beans & rice or jambalaya recipes. My guys like it grilled.
My Aunt gave me a recipe for Sausage, cabbage, onion, mixed color peppers, potato chunks, and a can of tomatoes. Oh so good and easy!!
My kids live when I bake it with red slice potatoes and spices! Then I add cheese on top , omg so good . thanks for the chance
Sliced Eckrich smoked sausage, onions and sliced apples fried with a little butter. Serve with American fries .
Erdrich sausage with red pepper onion fried in olive oil over brown rice
Eckrich, onions, and hash browns – fried and served with brown baked beans.
I use them for breakfast sauteed with onions and ketchup, or for dinner in jambalaya.
I use Eckrich sausage, sauteed with coleslaw mix and onion for a fancy kraut and wieners to make a better.faster.dinner.
I would use this sausage in a breakfast biscuit cup. Just chop up into cubes and cook with some cream cheese and potatoes. then get a cupcake pan and put raw dough in each pan lining it.. Add the sausage mixture and bake in the oven until bread is done and puffed 🙂 Easy breakfast sausage cups!! Enjoy 🙂
I usually just add it to Mac n cheese
I like using sausages as a more flavorful version of hot dog..
Using the Eckrich Smoked Sausage with green pepper and onion to make simple stir fry. So delicious.
We like the sausage with pasta. The kids love it alone with ketchup!
Spicy Jambalaya!!
I like it in an omelet.
I slice and use in packaged seasoned rice mixes, such as Jambalaya, red beans and rice. Embellished or not. Keep on hand, and there’s always a quick and easy dinner that’s tasty and economical!
Just simply grill the sausage, then mix with pasta, veggie, and some sauce. It’s healthy and delicious.
Wow, Read some great meal ideas! Thanks for them. We are boring. Just cut up with ketchup.
I grill the smoked sausage. Then I saute peppers and onions in a little olive oil. I buy Publix French Bread and place the sausage, peppers, onions and slices of provolone cheese. Cut the sandwich into smaller pieces and serve. Yummo.
I use canned red kidney beans and this sausage and pumpkin seasoned to taste and served with small portion of rice. Kids loves it.
We use sausages for anything and everything. Breakfast: with eggs, pancakes. Lunch: on buns, with pasta. Dinner: with veggie stir fry.
Sausage and syrup….that is my favorite!
We love it with baked beans.
I make a better faster dinner with Eckrich sausage by slicing it and tossing in with rice and simmered, seasoned beans and diced vegetables. Makes it easy to serve those who want a more veg entree while also satisfying the carnivores.
I love pan fried for breakfast or with Zatarins for dinner
We like to make spinach and feta pasta – penne pasta with sauteed garlic, baby spinach, smoked sausage, topped with paprika and feta cheese!
We love sausage and perogies.
Mine is a layer of black beans, smoked sausage and then a layer of eggs scrambled with cheese and cumin. Absolutely awesome. Hubs like to add hot sauce to it.
Sausage sliced and diced into an omelet is always a hit!
I slice Eckrich Smoked Sausage and put it in red beans & rice.
We Chop it up and mix in with Mac and cheese. We grille it and add to baked beans. We also chuck it up into frittata
s. I love smoked sausage. Especially when I am short on time.
sausage and spinach pasta one pot dish
We like these for breakfast on weekends with eggs, grits and toast.
We use the smoked sausage in a skillet with rice and peppers.
I use it when making breakfast for dinner. Fast and delicious.
I use it in jambalaya to make a Better. Faster. Dinner.
I use it in red beans and rice.
I make sausage potato and onion soup when I want something hearty.
I add it to macaroni and cheese.
Add it to jambalya
I make sausage with potatoes, pepper and onions
I use this in my jambalaya! We love it!
I make a skillet meal with the smoked sausage, red bell pepper, broccoli, tomato sauce, chicken broth, garlic, rice, and mozzarella cheese.
We use this in jambalaya!! Yum yum!!!
We use the sausage for after school snack with a wrap or little naan bread pizzas
I like to add it to red beans and rice or make a skillet meal with fried potatoes and scrambled eggs
I use it in soup with potatoes and kale.
I add it to pasta dishes and dinner omelettes for easy one-dish suppers.
I love to slice and grill my Eckrich Sausages, place them in lettuce and top them with some pico de gallo and shredded cheese to make my lettuce wraps. Yum!
I cook it up with potatoes, onions and peppers
I love to combine it with yellow rice, diced tomatoes, corn and cheese. My kids also like it served with scrambled eggs or pancakes.
Just add it to the pasta
I make cabbage and potatoes and sausage
Love these Easy Meals. Grill Eckrich Sausage which I cut-up into bite-size and put the Sauage pieces into a Rice Cooke. Add uncooked dirty rice and H2O and turn on Rice Cooker.
Wow, what a Meal you have that you and kids will enjoy.
Just think there’s not much to clean-up: 1 pan, 1 Spatula, 1 Rice Cooker Pot, 1 Spoon.
Thanks, and please try.
I have never used it, but I would like to try a recipe with potatoes and onions.
Stir fry with onion and green pepper. Taste so delicious.
Simple pan fry with lots of onions and mustard dipping sauce,
Not sure if I would make the recipe with the smoked sausage. I find that most smoked sausages are way too salty. If Eckrich has a low sodium version, I would try it.
I love Eckrich as it is, especially cooked outside over fire… or on “breakfast for dinner ” nights in scrambled eggs… yum
I love it with rice and peppers in a paella.
My favorite meal is sausage peppers and rice.
I like making spaghetti bogolonse with the or in frittatas..even gumbo. I fry the sausage and use eight eggs. Wait until almost set then add wiilted spinach and cheddar. Then sausage and bake.
slice ’em up and put them in canned soups to add a little extra flavor and meat
The sausage is perfect for red beans and rice. We make a big batch, and the leftovers are just as delicious all weekend long!
grilling it up so the skin is crisp.
I saute sausage, onions and pepers and serve it over rice for a quick and easy dinner
I would make Sausage and Potato Quesadillas.
Breakfast Burritos
Sausage & pepper sandwiches are a must with this sausage
Simple one skillet menu for two. Heat Ekrich Sausage as directed in skillet. Reserve half for another meal. Add to skillet some onions and green pepper bits, frozen veggies, and after a few minutes add half the sausage. Season items with seasoned salt, maybe add cherry tomatoes and serve with salad. This is so quick and easy to clean up!
We just serve it mixed with black beans and rice.
I cube my smoke sausage and mix with a bag of thawed hash browns, add 1 container of sourcream, 1/4 stick of butter, salt, pepper and shredded cheese and bake on 350 for 30 minutes. My family loves it for breakfast or dinner.
Breakfast for dinner, once a week. Pancakes and sausage or sausage grave and biscuits and eggs.
I cook the sausage with peppers and onions and serve on sub rolls. Fast and delicious.
My family loves it almost any way- with pasta, rice etc.
We like to sauté cubed potatoes and add onion. When potatoes are soft we add the sausage. Stir till onions and potatoes are light brown. Plate and cover in shredded cheddar.
Sausage, hashbrowns, and onions. Yum!
I just make a simple sausage and potaotes for a quick and hearty meal.
Our easiest “go to” is fresh raviolis or tortellinis added to a skillet of sauteed veggies with some sausage and a touch of alfredo sauce. One of our recent creations was mushrooms, onions, yellow squash and sausage with spinach ricotta raviolis – delish!
Love to add the sausage to store bought frozen pizzas as well as tacos. It makes our palates happy
I add Ecrich sausage to eggs peppers and sausage with cheese. Quick and delish
I use Eckrich sausage and rice with lemon and cilantro. Sometimes I also add peppers.