One-Skillet Sausage Rice

Recipe inspired by: Gordon Ramsay
Headnote and adaptation by: Leslie Brenner

One wintry day back in Covid lockdown times, my adult son Wylie, who was getting kicks watching Gordon Ramsay cooking videos, found one of Ramsay improvising a glorious-looking, saucy one-pan mess of Italian sausage and rice. We put together something similar, and it hit the spot. It’s nothing fancy, but just the thing for laid-back, one-pan comfort food dinner.

Serves 4.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

• 1 large yellow onion, halved and cut into 1/8-inch slices

• 2 garlic cloves, chopped

• 1 pound Italian sausage, sweet or spicy

• 1 cup white rice (jasmine, basmati, etc.)

• 1/2 cup white wine or dry vermouth (optional)

• 1 to 2 roasted red peppers from a jar or olive bar, diced (about 1/2 cup)

• 1 1/2 teaspoons smoked paprika

• 1 or 2 big pinches of chile flakes or Aleppo pepper (omit if using spicy sausage)

• 2 cups chicken, beef or vegetable broth

• 2/3 cup c…