A deliciously easy sausage pasta recipe. Ideal cooking on a busy weeknight.
By Amber Massey
This one is really easy.. throw it all in a skillet and let it cook. The sauce thickens as it cooks and with the addition of the Parm at the end, it thickens up a bit more and perfectly coats the pasta.
Nice & Easy Sausage Pasta
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
Description
A nice, easy and quick sausage pasta recipe.
Ingredients
Scale
- 13 ounces (about 3/4 pound) whole wheat penne pasta (any tube pasta will do)
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 1 pound sweet Italian turkey sausage, casing removed
- 1 sweet onion, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can fat-free, lower sodium chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
- 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flake, more or less for heat
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can fire roasted diced tomatoes
- 1 (10 ounce) package fresh baby spinach
- 1 (8 ounce) package whole mushrooms, quartered
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain and reserve.
- In a large skillet heat oil and add onion, garlic, and mushrooms. Cook until garlic is fragrant and onion is transluscent and mushrooms have released some liquid, about 8 minutes. Add sausage; crumble and cook through until no longer pink. Add broth, seasoning and tomatoes with liquid.
- Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes to reduce. Add spinach; cover skillet and simmer on reduced heat until spinach has wilted and become tender.
- Add pasta to skillet and mix together. Sprinkle with cheese and serve immediately.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 20 mins
