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A delicious bowl of 1 Pan Pasta, a dinner idea recipe everyone asks for, featuring orecchiette pasta with sausage and greens.

Spicy Sausage and Orecchiette Pasta

This spicy sausage and orecchiette pasta recipe is a crowd-pleaser that is perfect for weeknight dinners. It's easy to make and packed with flavor.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: Italian
Calories: 662
Ingredients Equipment Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 onion diced
  • salt to taste
  • 8 ounces spicy Italian sausages casings removed
  • 3 1/2 cups low-sodium chicken broth divided, or as needed
  • 1 1/4 cups orecchiette pasta or more to taste
  • 1/2 cup arugula roughly chopped, or to taste
  • 1/4 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese finely grated, or to taste

Equipment

  • large, deep skillet
  • Wooden spoon
  • bowls

Method
 

  1. Gather the ingredients.
  2. Heat olive oil in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Add onion with a pinch of salt; cook and stir until onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in sausage and cook until browned, 5 to 7 minutes.
  3. Pour 1 1/2 cups chicken broth into sausage mixture and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon.
  4. Add orecchiette pasta; cook and stir pasta in hot broth, adding remaining broth when liquid is absorbed, until pasta is cooked through and most of the broth is absorbed, about 15 minutes.
  5. Stir arugula into sausage-pasta mixture until arugula wilts.
  6. Ladle pasta into bowls and sprinkle with Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

Nutrition

Calories: 662kcalCarbohydrates: 46gProtein: 31gFat: 39gSaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 60mgSodium: 1360mgPotassium: 305mgFiber: 3gSugar: 4gVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 142mgIron: 1mg

Notes

This recipe is easily adaptable. Feel free to adjust the amount of spice in the sausage or add other vegetables like bell peppers or spinach.

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