One Pot Cheesy Pasta and Sausage
When you need to get dinner on the table in a hurry, it’s hard to go wrong with pasta. It’s quick, it’s easy, and even picky eaters are happy with it. But let’s face it, if you just serve spaghetti and meatballs every time you’re in a hurry, it gets old pretty fast. So, to keep pasta interesting, you have to mix it up.
For a start, you can swap out the meatballs for delicious smoked sausage. This makes the meal even faster because the sausage is already cooked, so all you have to do is brown it. With some onions, of course, because everything goes better with browned onions.
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Next, you can trade in the plain tomato sauce for a can of fire roasted tomatoes, stretched out with some chicken broth and milk. And to amp up the flavor even more, stir in some cheddar cheese and green onions.
Put it together and what have you got? One Pot Cheesy Pasta and Sausage! This easy one-pot dinner is ready in under half an hour, and it tastes as good as anything you spent all day cooking.
One Pot Cheesy Pasta and Sausage
Ingredients
8 oz. box Penne Pasta
16 oz. pkg. Smoked Sausage, sliced
1 (14 oz) Can Fire Roasted Tomatoes
2 Cups Chicken Broth
2 Cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese
½ Cup Milk
3 Green Onions, diced and divided
2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
Directions
1. In a large pot over medium heat, add the oil, sausage, and 2 of the onions for about 5-6 minutes until lightly browned.
2. Add the tomatoes, chicken broth, milk, and pasta. Stir together.
3. Bring this to a boil, turn down and let simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in cheese.
4. Serve with the extra green onion for a garnish.
One Pot Cheesy Pasta and Sausage
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Ingredients
- 8 oz. box Penne Pasta
- 16 oz. pkg. Smoked Sausage sliced
- 1 14 oz Can Fire Roasted Tomatoes
- 2 Cups Chicken Broth
- 2 Cups Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- ½ Cup Milk
- 3 Green Onions diced and divided
- 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
Instructions
- In a large pot over medium heat, add the oil, sausage, and 2 of the onions for about 5-6 minutes until lightly browned.
- Add the tomatoes, chicken broth, milk, and pasta. Stir together.
- Bring this to a boil, turn down and let simmer for 15 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in cheese.
- Serve with the extra green onion for a garnish.
Nutrition
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Making this for dinner tonight. My pasta box is a 16 oz. Will double the chicken broth and milk. Fingers crossed 🤞😊
When you add the pasta is it already cooked? Or does it need to be raw?
It is NOT cooked yet when you add it in.
This recipe is the BOMB! Easy to make and you will be amazed on how it turns out just trust the directions. You can use any type sausage and cheese. I doubled the recipe. SMASH HIT WIT THE FAM!
Yay! I love to hear when the whole family loves a recipe!
Love this recipe! I was craving something from a restaurant the first day I made this and it was so delicious and easy it felt pretty much the same. I’ve also tried it with Italian sausage and mozzarella and it is super good with those changes as well. Thanks for sharing
Great recipe and really versatile, sometimes I’ll add other veggies in with it, and I use whatever sausage and pasta i have in the pantry to keep my son from getting sick of the “same” thing. Thank you for all your great and simple recipes!!