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Vegetable and sausage pilaf with egg

Enjoy a cheap and tasty dinner tonight this recipe is loaded delicious flavours and herby sausages and rice.

  • Time to make: 20 mins
  • Serving: 1 person
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • ½ red onion or 1 shallot, finely chopped
  • small clove garlic, finely chopped
  • 1 carrot, diced
  • 1 small fennel bulb, diced plus fennel tops for garnish
  • 1 sausage (we used pork and fennel) chopped
  • ¾ cup cooked brown rice
  • 1 cup chopped spinach or silver beet
  • 1 egg
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 In a large pan, heat oil over medium. Cook onion, garlic, carrot and fennel bulb for 2 minutes, until soft but not coloured. Add sausage and cook, stirring, until browned.

    2 Add rice and combine. Add ½ cup water to pan and simmer, stirring, until liquid has reduced. Add spinach and cook until wilted. Place pilaf on plate.

    3 Return the pan to the heat and break egg into it. Cook until done to your liking. Serve pilaf with egg on top, garnished with fennel leaves and black pepper.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free sausage.

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