Garlic & Herb Penne Pasta with Sausage

Garlic & Herb Penne Pasta with Sausage is a main course that serves 8. Watching your figure? This dairy free recipe has 471 calories, 18g of protein, and 22g of fat per serving. For 92 cents per serving, this recipe covers 16% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. This recipe from What's that Smell requires pepper, garlic, penne pasta, and onions. 35 people were impressed by this recipe. Overall, this recipe earns a good spoonacular score of 79%. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Garlic and Herb Penne Pasta, Spicy Sausage Penne Pasta, and Penne with Sausage, Garlic, and Broccoli Rabe.

Servings: 8

Preparation duration: 45 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 tbsp dried basil

3 tbsp minced garlic

4-5 links Sweet Italian Sausage (any sweet variety should do)

2-6 tbsp olive oil divided

1 tbsp minced onions

Small package of frozen peas (or your favorite vegetable or vegetable medley)

16 oz box of penne pasta (or your favorite type)

1 tsp pepper or garlic pepper

1 tsp red pepper flakes (this is very spicy, might want to cut back)

1 tsp salt

Equipment:

frying pan

bowl

Cooking instruction summary:

Pour frozen peas into a bowl with hot water (water should cover peas completely) and set aside.Cook sausage in skillet w/ approx ½ cup of water. Cook until brown (you might need to add another ½ cup water during cooking. Add a third ½ cup water to pan, cover and cook over low heat until sausage is cooked through.Slice sausage into desired sized pieces and set aside.Cook pasta as directed.While pasta is cooking saute minced garlic and minced onions in 2 tbsp olive oil.Add remaining herbs (red pepper flakes, basil, salt & pepper) to garlic & onion mixture plus the cut up sausage and continue cooking over low heat, stirring frequently. Add additional olive oil as necessary.Drain peas and add to sausage and herb mixture. Continue stirring until peas are heating through and everything is thoroughly combined.Drain pasta and return to pan.Add sausage mixture to pasta and toss or stir to coat. Add remaining olive oil as needed.Serve.

 

Step by step:


1. Pour frozen peas into a bowl with hot water (water should cover peas completely) and set aside.Cook sausage in skillet w/ approx ½ cup of water. Cook until brown (you might need to add another ½ cup water during cooking.

2. Add a third ½ cup water to pan, cover and cook over low heat until sausage is cooked through.Slice sausage into desired sized pieces and set aside.Cook pasta as directed.While pasta is cooking saute minced garlic and minced onions in 2 tbsp olive oil.

3. Add remaining herbs (red pepper flakes, basil, salt & pepper) to garlic & onion mixture plus the cut up sausage and continue cooking over low heat, stirring frequently.

4. Add additional olive oil as necessary.

5. Drain peas and add to sausage and herb mixture. Continue stirring until peas are heating through and everything is thoroughly combined.

6. Drain pasta and return to pan.

7. Add sausage mixture to pasta and toss or stir to coat.

8. Add remaining olive oil as needed.

9. Serve.


Nutrition Information:

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470k Calories
17g Protein
22g Total Fat
49g Carbs
20% Health Score
Limit These
Calories
470k
24%

Fat
22g
34%

  Saturated Fat
7g
44%

Carbohydrates
49g
16%

  Sugar
3g
4%

Cholesterol
42mg
14%

Sodium
710mg
31%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
17g
35%

Selenium
50µg
73%

Manganese
0.81mg
41%

Vitamin B1
0.47mg
31%

Phosphorus
231mg
23%

Vitamin C
16mg
20%

Vitamin B3
3mg
18%

Vitamin B6
0.36mg
18%

Fiber
3g
16%

Vitamin K
16µg
15%

Zinc
2mg
15%

Copper
0.29mg
15%

Magnesium
53mg
13%

Iron
2mg
13%

Potassium
384mg
11%

Vitamin B2
0.18mg
11%

Folate
39µg
10%

Vitamin B12
0.51µg
8%

Vitamin A
350IU
7%

Vitamin B5
0.59mg
6%

Vitamin E
0.74mg
5%

Calcium
44mg
4%

covered percent of daily need
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