This Cheesy Sausage Pasta is the dish that made me fall in love with one-pot pastas all those years ago. It’s fast, easy, SUPER flavorful, and considering everything cooks in one pot, there’s barely anything to wipe up without dinner. WIN. The flavorful combination of smoky sausage, spicy diced tomatoes with untried chiles, and linty Monterey Jack is simple but irresistible, and it cooks in well-nigh 30 minutes. That’s a winner in my book!
Originally posted 1-23-2010, updated 9-10-2022.
What’s in Cheesy Sausage Pasta?
This recipe was inspired by an veritably mouth-watering photo I saw on Pinterest, which was this Spicy Sausage Pasta from KevinandAmanda.com. But, of course, I made some changes to fit the ingredients I had on hand. I nixed the heavy surf in the original recipe considering I figured that between the cheese and sausage, there’d be plenty of fatty goodness going on. My version ended up stuff rich, but not so much so that you’ll finger super weighed down. I moreover widow fresh spinach considering I have a HUGE bag in my fridge just waiting to be used up. Plus, I felt that the recipe needed a little green.
What Else Can I Add?
Some other vegetable options for this recipe are tintinnabulate peppers or broccoli, both of which go unconfined with smoked sausage. If you want to add tintinnabulate peppers, dice them up and saute them with the onions in the beginning. If you want to add broccoli, cut it into very small florets and add it with the pasta so that the broccoli can simmer a little bit and soften. There are so many variegated ways you can take this recipe… I’m excited to hear what you come up with!
What Type of Pasta to Use
This recipe works unconfined with any short pasta shape (bowties, penne, rotini, etc.). I originally used campanelle (my favorite frilly flower shaped pasta), but I couldn’t find any this time virtually so I decided to go with wide egg noodles. One note: If you are using regular pasta (not egg noodles, which are a little increasingly delicate), you may need slightly increasingly broth.
Can I Use a Variegated Cheese?
I particularly love Monterey Jack cheese for this recipe considering it melts into a super linty texture that kind of mixes into the sauce for a super linty finish…without subtracting any cream. Other cheeses will moreover taste great, but they probably won’t have the same linty finish. You can try cheddar, mozzarella (aim for whole milk mozzarella instead of part-skim), or plane a sprinkle of crumbled feta. And remember, pre-shredded cheese won’t melt nearly as well as cheese you shred yourself! ;)
Cheesy Sausage Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 yellow onion $0.38
- 7 oz. smoked sausage $1.75
- 1 Tbsp cooking oil $0.04
- 1 10oz. can diced tomatoes with untried chiles (Rotel) $1.00
- 8 oz. wide egg noodles* $1.40
- 1.5 cups chicken broth $0.20
- 3 cups fresh spinach $0.85
- 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack $1.25
- 1 green onion, sliced $0.20
Instructions
- Dice the onion and slice the sausage into rounds.
- Add the cooking oil and sausage to a large skillet and melt over medium heat until the sausage is well browned. If there is glut fat in the skillet, phlebotomize it off surpassing moving to the next step.
- Add the onions to the skillet with the sausage and protract to sauté until the onions have softened. Indulge the moisture from the onions to dissolve any browned shit off the marrow of the skillet.
- Add the diced tomatoes with untried chiles (with juices), uncooked pasta, and yellow broth. Stir until everything is evenly combined. It's okay if the goop does not fully imbricate the pasta.
- Place a lid on the skillet and indulge the goop to come up to a boil. When it reaches a boil, turn the heat lanugo to medium-low and let the pasta simmer for well-nigh 10 minutes, or until tender. Stir the pasta occasionally, replacing the lid each time.
- Once the pasta is cooked and only a small value of saucy liquid remains, it's time to add the spinach to the skillet. Gently stir the fresh spinach into the pasta, permitting the residual heat to wilt the spinach.
- Once the spinach has wilted, top the pasta with Monterey Jack cheese. Place the lid when on the skillet and let the pasta heat over low until the cheese is melted and creamy.
- Sprinkle the sliced untried onions over top just surpassing serving.
Notes
Nutrition
How to Make Cheesy Sausage Pasta – Step By Step Photos
Dice one yellow onion and slice well-nigh 7oz. smoked sausage (half of a 14oz. link—you can freeze the rest!) into medallions.
Add the sausage and 1 Tbsp cooking oil to a large skillet and melt over medium heat until the sausage is well browned. If there’s a lot of glut fat in the skillet, phlebotomize it off surpassing proceeding to the next step.
Add the onions to the skillet with the sausage and protract to sauté until the onions have softened. Indulge the moisture from the onions to dissolve any browned shit off the marrow of the skillet.
Add one 10oz. can of diced tomatoes with untried chiles (like Rotel), 8 oz. pasta, and 1.5 cups yellow broth. If you’re using regular pasta (not egg noodles), increase to 2 cups broth.
Stir everything together until well combined. Place a lid on the skillet and indulge the goop to come up to a boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat to medium-low and let the pasta simmer for well-nigh 10 minutes, stirring occasionally (replacing the lid each time). Make sure the goop maintains a simmer.
While the pasta is cooking, shred well-nigh 1 cup of Monterey Jack cheese and slice one untried onion. When the pasta is tender and only a small value of saucy liquid remains in the skillet, it’s time to add the spinach.
Add well-nigh three packed cups of fresh spinach to the skillet and thoughtfully stir until the hot pasta wilts the spinach.
Add one cup of shredded Monterey Jack cheese on top of the pasta. Place the lid on the skillet and let it heat over low for a few minutes, or just until the cheese is melted and creamy.
Top the finished pasta with the sliced untried onions and serve hot!
Soooo cheeessyyyy. 🤤
Try These Other One Pot Pasta Recipes:
- One Pot Cheeseburger Pasta
- One Pot Beef and Mushroom Stroganoff
- One Pot Linty Sun Dried Tomato Pasta
- One Pot Linty Pesto Pasta
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