One Pot Sausage Pasta
One pot sausage pasta is one of the easy recipes for busy nights. All made in one pot and ready in under 30 minutes! Rigatoni cooked alongside bacon and sausages in rich red pesto sauce.
Servings: 3
Calories: 858
Ingredients
- 1 Small Onion
- ½ pound Sausages (225g)
- 3 ounces Pancetta Bacon , cubed (90g)
- 10 oz Rigatoni Pasta (280g)
- 2½ cups Chicken Stock (625 ml)
- ½ cup Red Pesto (120ml)
- ½ cup Tomato Passata (120ml)
- 1 tsp Dried Basil
- ¼ tsp Salt
- A pinch of black pepper
Optional:
- Fresh Parsley , chopped
- Parmesan Cheese , grated
- Red Chili Flakes
Instructions
- Finely chop the onion. Remove casings from sausages and cut them into chunks.
- Transfer the onion, sausage chunks and cubed pancetta bacon into a wide-bottomed pot. Sauté for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally (if the bacon does not contain a lot of fat, you might need to add a little oil to the pot as well).
- Add pasta, stock, pesto, passata, basil, salt and pepper. Stir well and cover with lid. Bring to a boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat to medium and remove the lid.
- Cook until the pasta is al dente (or to your liking, see note 8), stirring from time to time.
- When ready, stir in chopped fresh parsley and serve with cheese and/or red chili flakes. Taste it and add more seasoning, if needed.
- Best served warm.
Notes
- Bacon – use any bacon you like. I used pancetta cubes.
- Fresh parsley can be omitted or substituted with cilantro. I used about a 1/3 cup.
- Tomato passata (strained tomatoes) is the best choice here as it is richer than canned tomatoes.
- Dried basil can be substituted with dried oregano or marjoram.
- Sausages – use the ones you usually buy and you like. Italian sausages, Spanish sausages. Hot dogs are also a tasty alternative.
- Optional extras – cheese (Pecorino, Grana Padano, Parmesan, Cheddar ...) and red chili flakes are my favorite toppings when I have them on hand.
- Chicken Stock – any stock/broth or stock cubes will work here.
- The cooking time may vary for you. This will depend on what type of pasta you use and what is its cooking time. In general, you will need to add an extra 3-6 minutes to the time stated on the package. This also means that the amount of stock used may vary slightly.
- For more information or if in doubt, I recommend reading the whole post.
Nutrition Facts
One Pot Sausage Pasta
Amount per Serving
Calories
858
% Daily Value*
Fat
39
g
60
%
Saturated Fat
12
g
75
%
Cholesterol
82
mg
27
%
Carbohydrates
89
g
30
%
Fiber
5
g
21
%
Sugar
11
g
12
%
Protein
34
g
68
%
Vitamin A
535
IU
11
%
Vitamin C
8.7
mg
11
%
Calcium
91
mg
9
%
Iron
4
mg
22
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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