One Pan Orecchiette Pasta

One Pan Orecchiette Pasta

from allrecipes.com
Dinner
40 min
662 kcal / serving

Orecchiette pasta with spicy Italian sausage, arugula, and Parmesan all feature in this flavorsome meal that's quick and easy to make in one pot.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoonsolive oil
  • ½onion, diced
  • salt to taste
  • 8 ouncesspicy italian sausages, casings removed
  • 3 ½ cupslow-sodium chicken broth, divided, or as needed
  • 1 ¼ cupsorecchiette pasta, or more to taste
  • ½ cuproughly chopped arugula, or to taste
  • ¼ cupfinely grated parmigiano-reggiano cheese, or to taste

Directions

  1. 1

    Gather the ingredients.

  2. 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. 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. 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. 5

    Stir arugula into sausage-pasta mixture until arugula wilts.

  6. 6

    Ladle pasta into bowls and sprinkle with Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.