Italian Sausage Pasta - 30-Minute Meal
Italian Sausage Pasta is an easy 30-minute meal made with simple ingredients! It's a perfect weeknight dinner to prepare for your family, kids, and friends. Everybody will love this restaurant-quality pasta dish!
Ingredients
- 12 ozpasta (farfalle (bow tie) or penne)
- 1 tablespoonolive oil
- 8 ozmushrooms (crimini, sliced)
- 15 ozitalian sausage (mild, crumbled)
- 4 clovesgarlic (minced)
- ½ teaspoonitalian seasoning (or herbs from provence)
- red pepper flakes (to taste)
- 13 oztomato sauce (such as tomato pasta sauce or marinara)
- 6 ozspinach (fresh)
- salt and coarsely ground black pepper (to taste)
Directions
- 1
Bring a pot of water to boil. Cook the pasta according to the package directions. While the pasta cooks, proceed with the recipe below.
- 2
Heat 1 tablespoon of olive oil on medium heat in a large, high-sided skillet.
- 3
Add sliced mushrooms and cook for 3 or 5 minutes until they are cooked through but not overcooked. Remove mushrooms from the skillet.
- 4
To the same, now empty, skillet, add crumbled sausage and cook on medium heat for about 5 minutes or until the sausage is cooked. Drain excess fat.
- 5
To the same skillet with sausage, add minced garlic, Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, tomato pasta sauce, and fresh spinach. Bring to a boil on medium heat and stir everything well. Cook on medium heat, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes until the spinach wilts to your liking.
- 6
Add cooked and drained pasta to the sauce. Reheat.
- 7
Mix everything well. Remove from heat.
- 8
Season with salt, freshly ground coarse black pepper, and red pepper flakes, if you like. Top with cooked sliced mushrooms.
- 9
Tip: use your best judgment about the salt. If the sausage is salty enough, you might not need to add any extra salt.