One Pot Pasta
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The easiest, most amazing pasta you will ever make. Even the pasta gets cooked right in the pot. How easy is that?!
This is probably by far the easiest pasta dish you will ever make in your entire life. It’s literally a 5-min prep, and then everything gets tossed right in the pan, including the uncooked spaghetti. Let the water come to a boil and that is it.
The hardest part is waiting for the pasta to cook through and having the liquid reduced, which really just takes about 8-10 minutes. Not long at all.
Stir in your freshly grated Parmesan (freshly grated is key here) and top with additional Parm, if desired.
One Pot Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 pound spaghetti
- 1 (12.8-ounce) package smoked andouille sausage, thinly sliced
- 1 large onion, thinly sliced
- 3 cups halved grape tomatoes
- 2 cups fresh basil leaves, loosely packed
- 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 cup freshly grated Parmesan
Instructions
- In a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium high heat, combine spaghetti, sausage, onion, tomatoes, basil, garlic and 4 1/2 cups water; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, until pasta is cooked through and liquid has reduced, about 8-10 minutes.
- Stir in Parmesan.
- Serve immediately.
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I made this recently and it was delicious! I’d like to double the recipe for a family gathering. I’m not sure how to adjust the amount of water, though, since it all needs to boil off. Would I double it, too?
I have found that one pot recipes are very finicky when doubling so if you require additional servings, I recommend making this twice – sorry!
It looks delicious. Very nice post! Thank you so much!
What a great recipe–I have to say I was skeptical but I got home from work around 6:15 and we were digging in to a delicious meal by a quarter to seven. This one’s going on the list of regular work-week meals!
I used a smoked kielbasa in place of the andouille (my husband isn’t a “spicy food” guy–yeah, I know, but he has many other good qualities 😉 ). I didn’t have any fresh basil but I had put some of last summer’s harvest up in the freezer, chopped and frozen in olive oil, so I threw a couple of cubes of that in.
This really was a delicious meal! Next time I may halve it, since it’s just the two of us, but then again…these are going to be pretty good leftovers!
Great quick meal. I used whole wheat spaghetti and chicken stock, and i didn’t have any Paremsan cheese. I added crumbled feta on top of each serving. Excellent!
Only one Word: yummy!
pictures look great-i made my copy, plus took note of all the additions/subtractions that are listed in the comments. looking foward to this one pot meal, that i will try without additions,then if it needs changing to my taste i will go from there. thanks for the great post!!
By mistake I dropped way too much Italian pepper flakes when I made this recipe and the result was a dish that was too spicy for my taste. However everyone else in my house went nuts over it and have begged me to make the spicy spaghetti again. So…for those of you who like hot stuff, here’s a way to turn this into a hot and spicy dish!
Can this be made with corkscrew pasta?
Yes, absolutely.
This dinner was amazing! I can’t cook and I hate to cook but this was super easy. Will be making this a regular in my house.
This is the best one pot spaghetti dish ever!!!! My other half is still raving about it and wants it to be a regular weekly event. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! I think I love you…
In the pictures of the ‘done’ dish, I don’t see the basil. Did you take it out? You might have already answered this – but I couldn’t find it.
Thanks! Gonna try this tomorrow night.
Nope – the basil is still there. It’s just cooked down.
I didn’t make this in one pot. I couldn’t trust that it wouldn’t turn into a sloppy mess. It turned out pretty good cooking noodles separate then adding sautéed sausage, onion, garlic, basil and oregano. I stirred the tomatoes in last.
Trust this one. Just keep stirring and taste the spaghetti periodically. It really works.
Made this tonight for dinner. It was really good and my husband loved it. I added extra garlic just because we like it. Easy to make, I give it two thumbs up.
Made this today for dinner, it was really good. My husband loved it. I added extra garlic because we like lots. Two thumbs up 🙂
Great recipe! Loved the spicy sausage and creamy sauce. My whole family enjoyed it and I will be making it again! Thanks Chungah!
It looks so yummy. I am hungry.!!! Hi. now i have a new repice. Thank for share. I will make it for my kids
That looks amazing, I am definitely cooking this tomorrow. Just a question? Isn’t the basil leaves taste too strong after cooking?
Not at all – they cook down quite a bit.
I have made this MANY MANY TIMES …. I LOVE IT … I made a few changes, I like a little more liquid so I use a can of stewed tomatoes and a can of sliced black olives (both cans with their liquid) plus 1 extra cup of water, finally red pepper flakes …. making this for dinner tonight!!! And turkey sausage works great here too.
What if I am cooking with fresh pasta?
Unfortunately, without having tried this myself, I cannot answer with certainty. As always, please use your best judgment.
You are my hero. I love pasta and was bored of the normal jar sauces and found this. I love how you can add some of this or some of that so every time is different. With the holidays coming and lots of bring your own dish get togethers this is always my go to meal and the only sad thing never any leftovers for me. Thank You!