Penne with Chicken Sausage Spinach and Mushrooms Recipe
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5.0
3 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
10 mins
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Total Time
45 mins
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Servings
4 people
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
Italian
Penne with Chicken Sausage Spinach and Mushrooms Recipe
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Ingredients
- 1 pound chicken sausages pork sausages work too
- ¾ pound penne pasta
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil more if needed
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 5 cloves garlic finely minced
- 1 pound button mushrooms
- ½ teaspoon dried crushed red pepper more if you like it hot
- 1½ cups chicken stock
- 1½ teaspoons fresh thyme finely chopped
- 12 ounces Fresh Spinach Leaves no stems please (the pre washed packages work well)
- 2 cups grated Mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Heat up the grill and cook the sausages. You can also cook them in a pan on top of the stove. After they are cooked and cool enough to handle, cut them up into ¼ inch slices and reserve.
- Heat up a large pot of water and bring it to a boil. Add a teaspoon of salt then add the pasta and let it cook until al dente. Be sure to reserve a cup of the pasta water before you drain the pasta in case you need it for the sauce.
- Heat up a large fry pan big enough to hold the sauce and the past over medium high heat. Add the oil and when it’s hot, add the onion. Sauté for a few minutes until it begins to soften, then add the garlic. Let this cook for a minute or two then add the mushrooms.
- Add the crushed red pepper and let the mushrooms cook until they loose all their liquids and start to brown. This should take about 10 minutes.
- Add the chicken stock and fresh thyme and top with fresh spinach leaves. Toss and let this cook until the spinach wilts, just a couple of minutes. If you don’t think there will be enough sauce, add a little of the reserved pasta water. I like to add some because the water has starch in it from the pasta and helps the sauce stick to the pasta.
- Add the sausage slices and stir. Hopefully the pasta is ready at this time and should be added to the sauce and stirred to coat.
- Add the grated mozzarella cheese and stir into the pasta until it melts and both the cheese and sauce coat the pasta.
- Taste and adjust seasonings with salt and pepper.
- Serve immediately.
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