Creamy Chicken Sausage Pasta
This quick and easy chicken sausage pasta is a delicious recipe for a healthy weeknight dinner. Made with your favorite chicken sausage, pasta, red creamy sauce, and cheese to finish it off. Ready in less than 30 minutes from start to finish.
Ingredients
- 1 lb 453g chicken sausage
- 1 yellow onion diced
- 4 garlic cloves minced
- 1.5 oz 45g tomato paste (or half a cup of tomato sauce)
- 12 oz pasta
- 3 tablespoons cream cheese
- 1 cup of shredded Mozzarella cheese
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Bring a medium pot of salted water to a boil, add pasta, and cook it according to the instructions. Cook stirring occasionally, until al dente, 9-11 minutes. When draining, reserve 1/2 cup of pasta water.
- While the pasta is cooking, in a large pan, heat a drizzle of oil over medium heat. Add the sausage. Break up into little pieces as much as you can. Cook for 3-5 minutes.
- Add the diced onion and the minced garlic. Cook until sausage is browned and cooked through.
- Stir in the tomato paste and stir everything together until it is all well coated.
- Slowly add the water and stir until everything is well combined. Reduce heat to medium-low and let it simmer, stirring occasionally, for 3-5 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Stir in the cream cheese and half of the shredded cheese.
- Drain the pasta.
- Add the drained pasta to the pan with the meat sauce. Slowly stir until everything is coated in the creamy sauce. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Add a splash of the reserved pasta water, if desired.
- Serve warm, top with parsley, if desired, and the remaining shredded cheese.
- Enjoy!