sausage and pecan rice stuffing

• 1 lb hot breakfast sausage
• 2 boxes chicken rice pilaf mix
• 1 onion, chopped
• 12 cup pecans, chopped very fine
• 14 cup apple juice
• 12 tablespoon real maple syrup
• 1 dash cayenne pepper (optional)

1. Crumble sausage brown over medium high heat until no longer pink inside.
2. Drain saving 2 Tablespoons of drippings and all of the brown bits.
3. Set sausage aside.
4. To drippings add chopped onion saute for about a minute.
5. Add pecans and saute for about 1 minute more.
6. Add half of the maple syrup and half of the apple juice.
7. Cook until reduce stirring often to keep from buning.
8. Set aside.
9. In same dish cook rice according to package instuctions.
10. After rice is done chop sausage VERY fine and stir sausage,pecans,onion,apple juice and maple syrup into rice.
11. Cook until all of liquid is gone stirring often to prevent burning.
12. Add a dash of cayenne pepper if desired.

sausage, chicken rice, onion, pecans, apple juice, maple syrup, cayenne pepper

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/sausage-and-pecan-rice-stuffing-39583 (may not work)