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Country-style Sausage Skillet

A skillet dish of pork sausage, onions, green peppers, zucchini, rice, and cheese simmered in cream of chicken soup.

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Why it works: Onion and garlic match in chemistry and in kitchens. They rank in the top 1% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 29,058 recipes. Both carry furaneol, which smells caramel, strawberry. The science ↓

Country-style Sausage Skillet

Timeabout 10 minutes

Ingredients

Directions

Make the skillet base

  1. Cook sausage, onion and green peppers in large skillet until meat is no longer pink and vegetables are tender crisp.

  2. Stir frequently to crumble meat.

  3. Drain off fat.

  4. Stir in soup, bouillon granules, water, salt, garlic powder and zucchini.

  5. Cover and simmer about 10 minutes or until zucchini is tender.

Add rice and cheese

  1. Add rice, stirring gently to prevent breaking up zucchini.

  2. Top with cheese.

  3. Replace cover and cook over low heat until rice is hot and cheese melts.

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

847Calories
72 gProtein
33 gFat
62 gCarbs

Counts 10 of 12 ingredients. The other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 10 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Pork100g cooked242
Rice1 cup cooked (158g) white206
Chicken100g cooked165
Cheddar Cheese1 oz (28g)113
Cream1 tbsp (15ml) heavy51
Onion1 medium (110g)44
Cucumber1/2 cup sliced (52g)16
Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Garlic1 clove (3g)4
Salt1 tsp (6g)0
Soupnot in our table0
Waternot in our table0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

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Steps grouped into stages for easier reading; the method is the source's own.

Explore the science

The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Onion + garlictop 1% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together29,058 recipes

    Shared aroma: furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

  2. Pork + chickentop 2% of all pairs
    Smell alikestrong
    Cooked together5,417 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-furfurylthiol (coffee, roasted).

  3. Chicken + ricetop 5% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together4,769 recipes

    Shared aroma: (e,e)-2,4-decadienal (fatty, deep fried).

  4. Pork + cheddar cheesetop 6% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together1,505 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  5. Chicken + garlictop 7% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together10,850 recipes

    Shared aroma: 3-ethyl-2,5-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs

What each ingredient does

Pork sausage
Provides meat, fat and savory flavor that seasons the whole skillet.
Condensed cream of chicken soup
Adds creamy moisture and body that binds the skillet together.
Zucchini
Supplies the main vegetable bulk and moisture, softening as it simmers.
Cooked rice
Adds starchy bulk that absorbs the sauce and makes the dish filling.
Cheddar cheese
Melts over the rice to add richness and a savory, gooey topping.

The step that matters

Simmer the zucchini until just tender. Zucchini releases water as it cooks, so simmering it fully softens it without turning the dish watery. Adding the rice gently keeps the zucchini pieces from breaking apart.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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