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Closeup view of a bowl of wild rice and chicken sausage stew with carrots, parsnips, and more.

Wild Rice and Chicken Sausage Stew

This Wild Rice and Chicken Sausage Stew is deliciously hearty and satisfying while also being incredibly healthy thanks to lots of vegetables!
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Course: Entree
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Chicken Sausage Recipes, Easy Dinners, Healthy Dinners, Hearty Soup Recipes
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Author: Sues

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup wild rice or wild rice blend (or rice of your choice)
  • 2 ½ tablespoon C- ½ C extra-virgin olive oil divided
  • 1 medium onion diced
  • 3 carrots chopped
  • 3 stalks celery chopped
  • 2 parsnips chopped
  • 1 cup mushrooms sliced
  • 3 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 teaspoon cayenne
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ tsp pepper
  • 4 links chicken sausage (flavor of your choice) sliced
  • 4 cups chicken broth (low or no sodium)
  • 1 ¼ cup whole milk
  • â…“ cup flour

Instructions

  • Cook rice according to directions, until just al dente.
  • Pour 1 ½ tablespoon olive oil into a medium-sized stock pot or dutch oven. Add in onion, carrots, celery, parsnips, and mushrooms and stir. Cook for about 5 minutes, until softened. Add garlic and cook for another minute. Sprinkle in cayenne, salt, and pepper.
  • In a separate medium saucepan, cook chicken sausage in 1 tablespoon olive oil over medium heat until heated through and browned a bit.
  • Pour chicken stock into stockpot and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and let cook another 5 minutes. Stir in chicken sausage.
  • In a separate small bowl, whisk together the flour and milk.
  • Add rice to stockpot and stir in flour/milk roux.  Cook for 2 minutes.
  • Taste and add more salt, pepper, or cayenne if needed.
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