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Who wants a new smoked sausage recipe? I’ve got the BEST sun-dried tomato pasta recipe loaded with smoked sausage for you right here and it’s so easy!
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When I was growing up, my dad would make smoked sausage for lunch on the regular. Like, he’d slice it up, brown it in a pan, and then serve it alongside some corn or cornbread.
We ate it alllll the time. Especially the corn and/or cornbread – the man was obsessed with the stuff!
Now that I’m the parent, I totally get his obsession with smoked sausage.
I mean, not only is it totally delicious, it’s easy peasy. Literally, there is probably nothing easier than slicing it into rounds and browning it.
Plus, the flavor you get when it gets all crispy? Heaven.
Anyway, I can’t just serve up pieces of smoked sausage, because I’m an experimenter.
I get bored with simple foods way too quickly. I’m always adding this or that and coming up with new ways to serve dinner.
Enter this smoked sausage recipe! It’s a pasta dish, because hi. Have we met? Pasta for life.
It’s also a one dish dinner, because ain’t nobody got time to be washing 32 dishes on a weeknight. Not when there are important Netflix shows to be catching up on anyway.
I’m currently in love with sun-dried tomatoes, so I knew I was throwing those guys in this dish. I mean, how could I not?
They’re sweet and tangy and chewy and it’s really hard to go wrong with them.
You’ll want the dry pack version – not the kind that are packed in oil.
If you’re also a sun-dried tomato lover, you should try my Tuscan white bean soup! It’s full of ’em. Same goes for my chicken florentine.
I just browned up my sausage with some onion and garlic, tossed in the sun-dried tomatoes, and poured in chicken broth and half ‘n half.
I always get questions when I use half ‘n half…it must be an American only kinda thing?
For those of you that don’t have half ‘n half available or just have never heard of it, it’s basically just half heavy cream and half milk.
You can totally make your own, which is what I always do since I use cream in my coffee and milk in my cereal. I don’t bother buying the half ‘n half for recipes since I have the other two things on hand ready to go.
Anyway, this cooks up in about 25 minutes and what comes out is pure comfort food.
Feel free to change up the cheese to suit your tastes. I’m pretty in love with Gruyere and it works great here, but swiss or cheddar would be great too.
Speaking of cheddar – what do you guys think of making this with cheddar bratwurst instead of smoked sausage? Weird? Awesome? I can’t wait to find out. 😉
Let me know if you guys give this one a try. Curious to hear what you think!
Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta Skillet
Ingredients
- 13 ounces smoked sausage
- 1 sweet onion diced
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 pound campanelle pasta
- 4 ounces sun-dried tomatoes not packed in oil
- 4 cups chicken broth
- 1 1/4 cups half and half
- 3/4 cup grated Gruyere cheese
- 1/4 cup chopped chives
Instructions
- Slice the sausage into thin rounds.
- Heat a 12 inch skillet over medium heat and add the olive oil.
- Add the smoked sausage and onions to the skillet and cook, stirring often, until the onions are browned and the edges of the sausage are golden, about 5 minutes.
- Add the garlic to the pan and cook 30 seconds.
- Add the pasta and sun-dried tomatoes to the skillet. Pour in the broth and half and half. Stir well to combine.
- Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce to a simmer.
- Cook for 12 minutes or until pasta is tender.
- Remove the lid and stir in the grated cheese until melted.
- Sprinkle with chives before serving.
Pizza recipe says
This is one of the best recipes. Great work keeps it up. Thank you for sharing this spectacular recipe
Kim says
Fantastic recipe! Made it for dinner tonight & the hubby LOVED it!
John says
I made this last night, it was so tasty and easy to make! Just enough cheese to not smother it or make it a mac&cheese while all of the ingredients were just balanced enough.
I found the recipe on delish.com which sent me here. They have parsley listed instead of chives but I dont think that substitution matters much.
The only change I made other than the parsley was that I used hot italian sausage since I wast sure where to find smoked sausage. And i added in some habanero cheese for a little kick. 🙂
I would highly recommend this dish and plan to make this again in the future.
Karly says
So glad that you enjoyed this, John! It’s truly one of my favorite pasta recipes. 🙂
The Recipes Pk says
I am a big fan of pasta recipes. I tried this recipe yesterday for my boyfriend and it made my day. Thanks for such a great recipe.
Karly says
So glad you enjoyed it! It’s probably my favorite pasta dish. 🙂
Zubia khan says
Its so easy and delicious chicken pasta recipe – perfect for Iftar recipes. I’ll must try this
Jordana says
I have already had lunch when I stumbled over your post and saw the pics of sun dried tomato pasta skillet. I want to eat that. Thinking about it makes my mouth watering. Thanks for delicious recipe post. I will make this asap.
Maggie says
This seems like a dish I’ll be cooking this weekend! We always keep a giant jar of sun dried tomato. Don’t have sausage but I’ll crack open a can of Spam. My mouth starts to water just thinking about it!
Karly says
Hope yo love this one!
Debs says
Absolutely love this Karley! I’m a huge fan of anything smoked, sausages, cheese , you name it. This speaks my love language!
Deb Hatton says
Looks absolutely delicious! Think I’ll have to try it for lunch with my goobers tomorrow. Do you add the pasta totally raw? It looks a little bit cooked in the video.
Aimee @ ShugarySweets says
This is so up my alley when it comes to weeknight dinners!!
Neha says
This looks so good. I must make it soon.
Karly says
Let me know what you think! 🙂
Andi says
My dad was ALSO a giant fan of smoked sausage (and ring bologna), though more often than not he’d just boil the darn thing and serve it with tater tots. Love tater tots.
I like to slice smoked sausage and toss it in with whatever vegetables I’m roasting (currently butternut squash, carrots, and Brussels sprouts).
Karly says
Oh, I could get down with some smoked sausage and tater tots!! With roasted veggies too…that’s such an easy dinner option.
Dawn @ Words Of Deliciousness says
This dish sounds yummy. I love smoked sausage too but never thought about combining with pasta and sun-dried tomatoes. Great recipe!
Karly says
Oh, I hope you try it! So good!