One Pot Andouille Sausage Skillet Pasta
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This incredibly cheesy pasta dish easily comes together in less than 30 minutes in one skillet – even the pasta gets cooked right in the pan!
“One pot” pasta dishes are the best. They’re so easy to put together, and other than a cutting board for some prep work, only a single skillet ends up in the sink. That’s it. And if you’re anything like me, having less dirty dishes is always welcomed in my house.
Now this pasta dish is definitely one of those one pot wonders. It’s a simple sauté of smoked andouille sausage, and with a little bit of diced tomatoes, chicken broth and milk, the pasta gets cooked right in the skillet!
I was honestly a little bit skeptical about this but it really works, and the pasta soaks up all the liquid so don’t worry about having a soggy mess. The texture is absolutely perfect and with a little bit of cheese to top it off, you’ll have this cheesy, comforting pasta dish on your dinner table in less than 30 minutes!
One Pot Andouille Sausage Skillet Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 (12.8-ounce) package smoked andouille sausage, thinly sliced
- 1 onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes
- ½ cup milk
- 8 ounces elbow macaroni
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 cup shredded pepper jack cheese
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium high heat. Add sausage and onion, and cook, stirring frequently, until sausage is lightly browned, about 3-4 minutes.
- Stir in garlic until fragrant, about 1 minute.
- Stir in chicken broth, tomatoes, milk and pasta; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat and simmer until pasta is cooked through, about 12-14 minutes.
- Stir in cheese until melted, about 2 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
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I make this on a weekly basis; a staple recipe in our house 🙂 Love it!
Making it now. I added peas made it with chorizo and added cubed ham! Let’s c how it turns out
Hi, I was wondering about how many cups of macaroni is needed instead of in ounces?
Katie, I’m not entirely sure on the exact measurement of this. I generally use about half a bag of pasta (usually packaged at 16 ounces).
Just finished making it, looks delicious! It was about 2 cups of pasta 🙂
Very good! Next time I will add something green, maybe spinach or peas!
This is SO delicious! I made it about a week ago and my husband and I are still eating it. It seems to get better and better each time we eat it. I used a 12-oz. box of macaroni and 2 cans of tomatoes (with liquid), 2.5 cups of broth and about 3/4 c. milk. I also added some fresh spinach to it and in addition to the pepper jack cheese, topped it with fresh basil. I could eat this every day! I want to try it again with turkey kielbasa instead of the Andouille to reduce the fat (we are dieting, what else is new). Thanks for a great recipe!
Sounds amazing – I may just have to make this again with your substitutions!
I made this….used Johnsonville spicy sausage and added green pepper….yummmo
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Just made this last night. Absolutely delicious, and unbelievably easy!
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I made this and it was wonderful! Thank you for sharing! I will be making this for Valentine’s Day instead with linguine and shrimp, and I am going to try mozzarella cheese this time since it was a tad on the Hot side for our liking. Either way this will be added into my cooking rotation.
SO GOOD! And very quick weeknight meal! I actually realized mid-cooking, I forgot to buy the diced tomatoes! SO I diced up some fresh tomatoes and added tomato sauce so it wouldn’t be dry! It still came out awesome! Thanks for sharing the great recipe!
I made this last night. I got waaaaayyy too excited to not make it.
Had to make some substitutions for lack of ingredients in Aus, but it was amazinggggg.
Also added celery, carrots and parsley and i am totally wanting to make a double batch to portion out and freeze up for those lazy days where i really cannot be bothered cooking.
Looking forward to making more of your one-pot goodies!
Omg this looks amazing I’m planning on making this except I was wondering if I could use a different kind of pasta and could I just dice up tomatoes not sure if I have any canned ?
You can definitely use a different kind of pasta but I recommend using canned potatoes – the liquid from the can is crucial in this dish to help cook the pasta.
Has anyone tried to double this recipe? 8 oz of pasta is only half a box right? If I use the full pound of pasta should I just double everything else? Can’t wait for this!
My advice, follow the recipe once as written ,. if it is to your liking, then proceed with doubling or making changes.
This looks and sounds really good. I may have to make this this weekend.
I tried this recipe with deer sausage. Soooo good and I really loved that there was just one dirty dish. So much better and cheaper than Hamburger Helper.
I made this last night and, I must say, I was a bit skeptical putting the recipe together. It seemed a little too easy to amount to anything special. What a nice surprise! This was really flavorful! This is the second one of your recipes that I’ve tried and both were excellent. Can’t wait to try more. Thanks!
Just made this I’m excited to try it after hearing all the positives. Mines a little saucy hoping it thickens up before we eat. Meal one of my two week meal plan!
My husband whipped this up for Sunday lunch today …’damn good’ is right. Will definitely be sharing this recipe.