ONE PAN, 20 MINUTE, SAUSAGE TORTELLINI - Ummmm, good...

Now this is an easy recipe and looks so delicious! It would be great for a week night dinner. I got this from the Rachel Schultz Site . The tomato sauce that is in the recipe should be jarred spaghetti sauce. I read her notes and their were other people that questioned the sauce. So get you tortellini, your sausage, and make some sauce - 20 minutes! Then you can eat!

ONE PAN, 20 MINUTE, SAUSAGE TORTELLINI

Author: Rachel Schultz

Serves: 3-4

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 pounds sausage
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 cup vegetable broth
• 2 cups tomato sauce
• ½ cup heavy cream
• 18 ounces tortellini
• Salt & pepper

Instructions

1. Heat oil in a large skillet and cook sausages about 5-7 minutes, until sausages are browned throughout.
2. Add garlic and heat for 30 seconds.
3. Remove sausages from skillet and slice into bit-size pieces.
4. Return sausages to pan along with broth, tomato sauce, cream, and tortellini.
5. Season with salt & pepper.
6. Cover and simmer for 12 minutes.

Spicy Sausage Skillet

I saw this on Pinterest (it took me to the Plain Chicken site) and thought I would like to try it. It looked easy and it looked good. Well, it turned out great!! It was a little spicy but spicy is suppose to rev up your metabolism - right? So that is good!

It's done in a skillet - no transferring to another pot or bowl (less to wash). I did modify it a little. I used 1 cup of heavy cream because I might have put too much penne pasta in and the pasta seemed to absorb the cream. I could only find the Rotel tomatoes with chili peppers. So I used them. I also used one of those frying pans that everything slips out of (advertised on TV) and it can be placed in the oven. Anyway, my husband and I just loved it! I will be making this dish again!



Spicy Sausage Skillet
adapted from KevinAndAmanda.com
(Printable Recipe)

1 Tbsp olive oil
1 lb smoked sausage, sliced into 1/4" slices
2 Tbsp dried minced onion flakes
1 tsp garlic powder
2 cups low-sodium chicken broth
1 (10 oz) can Rotel tomatoes
1/2 cup heavy cream
8 oz campanelle pasta (or penne)
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 cup Monterey Jack cheese, shredded
1/3 cup thinly sliced scallions

Heat olive oil over medium hight heat in a 12-inch oven safe skillet until hot. Add sausage and cook until lightly browned.

Add onion flakes, garlic powder, broth, tomatoes, cream, pasta, salt and pepper and stir. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and cover skillet. Simmer for 15-20 minutes, until pasta is tender.

Remove skillet from heat and stir in half of the cheese. Top with remaining cheese and sprinkle with scallions. Broil until cheese is melted and bubbly.