1 box Zatarain's New Orleans style beef flavored rice*
3/4 lb smoked sausage, sliced
1 lb. bag broccoli florets, frozen
1 tbsp. lemon-pepper (McCormick's)
1 tbsp. soy sauce

Prepare flavored rice per box instructions except add sausage also. Put rice, sausage and water in a bowl and heat in microwave for 2-3 minutes. Pour rice and sausage in to Crock-Pot, add lemon-pepper seasoning and soy sauce and continue to cook on high for approximately 45 minutes to an hour. Stir in broccoli and continue to cook on low for 2-3 hours.

Depending on how you like your broccoli (crisp, firm or soft) you should put broccoli in later for crisp and earlier for soft. I sometimes steam broccoli separately in order to prepare the dish faster with softer broccoli. This way it's ready to eat in less than 2 hours.

Note: I don't know if you can get Zatarain's products outside of Louisiana. If not, use your favorite flavored rice.

Submitted by: David Brevelle