One Pot Sausage Pasta
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With crumbled Italian sausage, sneaked in greens, marinara sauce and Parmesan. TRULY A ONE SKILLET DINNER! So so easy!
This lightening fast dinner comes together very very quickly in just 30 minutes from start to finish. And everything (and I mean everything) gets cooked in literally one skillet, no joke, even the uncooked fusilli pasta.
And feel free to use your favorite store-bought marinara sauce (I love Rao’s) or even spicy Italian sausage if you want a kick of heat. If you don’t have fusilli on hand, similarly shaped pasta like rotini and gemelli should work beautifully here.
It’s easy, fast, and so so convenient. And I don’t even mind the sneaked-in greens. I actually always throw in a little extra kale than what the recipe calls for to get my greens in for the day!
One Pot Sausage Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound sweet Italian sausage, casing removed
- 1 cup diced sweet onion
- 2 cups marinara sauce
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 8 ounces fusilli pasta
- 1 yellow bell pepper, chopped
- 4 cups torn kale
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes, optional
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- ¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan
- ¼ cup torn basil leaves
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add Italian sausage and onion, and cook until sausage has browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the sausage as it cooks; drain excess fat.
- Stir in marinara sauce, chicken stock, pasta, bell pepper, kale, garlic, Italian seasoning and crushed red pepper flakes; season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer, covered and stirring once, until pasta is cooked through, about 10-12 minutes. Stir in Parmesan.
- Serve immediately, garnished with basil, if desired.
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So good and surprisingly creamy. Loved it!
So good! And, bonus, my kids ate kale!
Made this dish today. Oh my goodness, it was absolutely delicious. Added some white wine to the browned sausage, and added 2 red peppers. Also added fresh thyme along with the Italian seasoning. This is definitely a keeper.
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Made it exactly as published. It was DAMN DELICIOUS! Sharing with other veggie lovers.S
Can you substitute spinach instead of the kale?
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Have made this for different guests 3-4x since I found the recipe- a favorite every time. Simple but delicious!!!
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This was OD its goated on how good it was.
I made this tonight for my husband and parents and they all loved it! The flavor was perfect. I made some minor changes – I used spinach and bowtie pasta (instead of kale and fusilli), hot ground Italian sausage instead of sweet Italian sausage, and omitted the yellow pepper. I cooked the pasta separately and then mixed it in to the sauce. It was perfect!
Planning on making this tonight. Any suggestions when substituting gluten-free pasta? More broth?
Thanks!
A very delicious tasty and easy dish to make! I will making this dish for a young family who just had a baby. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Doubled the recipe and it was delicious! Whole family enjoyed it!
ummm. help? how exactly do you measure 12 Oz of pasta? thx
Eyeball 🙂 Just has to be close, you can probably just throw in the whole box and add a bit more broth. I usually do that since I want to use the entire box.
I love easy recipes like this. Love the ingredients you chose and how easy it is to switch it up. Great way to use up kale from the garden, too.
Made it as written and it was great!
Ridiculously delicious. We made it Saturday night, and then did an instant-replay on Sunday night.
Needed a quick & easy dinner after a long day driving. Used my Instapot on sauté (paying attention to heat settings) & it worked perfectly! Delicious, everyone went back for seconds! Next time I’m going to add a splash of vodka & heavy cream for a pasta alla vodka take.
Loved this recipe. My daughter and I made it for meal prep for our lunches for the week. Added zucchini, carrot and cherry tomatoes, a little extra pasta and a little extra fluid to bulk it out a bit more. Simply perfect!