📋25 Minutes Creamy Italian Chicken Sausage Pasta

chicken sausage and pasta in creamy tomato sauce.

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📋25 Minutes Creamy Italian Chicken Sausage Pasta

Italian chicken sausage pasta is creamy, comforting, and a perfect mid-week meal, loaded with vegetables and a favourite, easy-to-cook protein – chicken sausage! This flavorful dish has a creamy marinara sauce base and is loaded with Parmesan cheese.

Prep Time5

Cook Time20

Total Time25

Course: Dinner, Main Course, pasta

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Calories: 594kcal

Author: Jyothi Rajesh

Ingredients

8 oz pasta rigatoni or any other short pasta
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
12 ounces chicken sausage Italian or chili flavor
1 clove garlic minced
⅓ cup shallots diced
1 cup cremini mushrooms
1 cup broccoli
24 ounces marinara sauce or other traditional tomato pasta sauce
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
½ teaspoon red chili flakes
½ cup half n half
Handful baby spinach or regular spinach, chopped
½ cup Parmesan cheese freshly grated
Fresh basil leaves

Instructions

Bring a large pot of water to a boil. When the water starts boiling, add a generous amount of salt to the water. Cook pasta in salted boiling water until al-dente.
Reserve some of the pasta-cooking water.
In a wide pan, heat olive oil.
Cook sliced sausages for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown on both sides.
When the sausage begins to brown, add butter to the pan.
Sauté shallots and garlic.
Add mushrooms and broccoli to the pan and saute to cook until tender.
Add the seasoning – salt, pepper and red chili flakes to the pan. Pour the marinara sauce into the pan.
Mix and allow it to cook for a minute.
Pour some of the pasta-cooking water into the sauce and cook it.
Mix half n half into the sauce until it blends.
Toss cooked pasta and baby spinach. Until the pasta is covered in sauce, toss well.
Turn off the heat, and add Parmesan cheese. Mix until the cheese incorporates into the sauce.
Garnish with fresh basil leaves and serve hot with a salad and bread on the side.

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Notes

I prefer Italian chicken sausages. You can also use the spicy version. Make sure to slice the sausage into even slices so it cooks evenly and faster.
Cook pasta al dente. Pasta will continue to cook even after it’s removed from the heat.
Grate cheese from the block. It melts better and makes a smooth sauce. DO NOT BUY pre-grated cheese. They have additives added to them, like corn starch, to keep them from sticking. Always buy real cheese blocks.
Turn off the heat before adding grated cheese. If the pot is too hot, the dairy in the cheese will separate and create a grainy consistency.

Nutritional Info – Please keep in mind that the nutritional information provided is only a rough estimate and can vary greatly based on the products used.

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