When I saw the wonderful Chicken Sausage Florentine Rigatoni Jenny posted on Picky Palate, I knew I would make it. Harmons grocery store makes a wonderful chicken sausage that my son, Cole, really loves. So I knew he would love this pasta, but everyone loved it and they all wanted thirds.I didn’t have all the ingredients on hand, so I just substituted what we had, and it was wonderful. I added some red pepper flakes to spice it up just a bit. Thanks Jenny for sharing the recipe. I love the flavor the fire roasted tomatoes adds. Here’s my version
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large onion, diced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 lb ground chicken sausage
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 15 oz can Muir Glen Fire Roasted Tomatoes
- 1 t. dried basil
- 1/4 t. red pepper flakes
- 1 lb dry penne pasta
- 1 c. shredded cheddar jack cheese
- 1/2 c. shredded Italian cheese blend
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Heat oil into a large skillet over medium heat. Saute onion for 5 minutes or until softened. Stir in garlic and cook for 1 minute. Add chicken sausage and salt; cook until cooked through.
- Process tomatoes into a food processor until nearly smooth. Add to skillet along with fresh basil. Reduce heat to low and simmer.
- Cook rigatoni according to packaging directions. Drain and transfer to sauce. Transfer to a 9x13 inch baking dish and sprinkle with shredded cheese. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until cheese is melted.
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Pasta and sausage is a great combo and this looks great! I can believe that people asked for thirds on this -I would have too!
Barbara, looks great!
Pasta and cheese – a great combination and the sausage makes it perfect. Sounds so good on a winter night.
Looks absolutely scrumptious, Barbara!
Sausages and cheese always sound so good for pasta.
Have a wonderful season.
Elra
Oh, it looks so delicious and cheesy!
This looks like great comfort food, I do a lot of baked pasta dishes in the winter.
Looks and sounds like heaven to me. Love pasta bakes.
This sounds delicious! I had sausage with tortellini a few nights ago and it was fantastic. . . but you can’t beat heaps of melted cheese!
Hi Barbara,
The pasta dish looks so good, but I have a couple questions. In your ingredients it says 3-15oz. cans of tomatoes and doesn’t mention spinach. But then in the directions it says to add spinach and cook until it wilts down, and it says to add 2 cans of tomatoes to blend until smooth. I was just wondering which is the correct amount. Thanks!!
Tammie – thanks for visting my blog and your question about the recipe! I’ve corrected the recipe. I did use three cans tomatoes and no spinach. Jenny’s original recipe called for spinach and one large can and one small can tomatoes (I just used 3 small cans). I left the spinach out of mine because I didn’t have it and the kids might like it better. Thanks for helping me fix that!
Thanks so much for answering my questions Barbara! I am definately going to give this dish a try!
Oh my gosh, this looks amazing! I can't wait to make it, the husband will be thrilled. Sausage & pasta are two of his favorite foods. Thanks for the great recipe, Barbara!
I too like this combination.