Pasta With Chicken Sausage and Broccoli

Pasta With Chicken Sausage and Broccoli

sobota, 8 lutego 2014

Pasta With Chicken Sausage and Broccoli

Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb broccoli (or broccoli rabe)
• 1 lb penne pasta
• 2 tablespoons water
• 4 -5 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 1/2 lb chicken sausage, cut into 1/4 inch slices
• salt
• 1 cup seasoned bread crumbs, toasted (optional)
• pecorino romano cheese (optional) or parmesan cheese (optional)

Directions

• 1 Cut broccoli into 3 inch pieces, discarding stems.
• 2 Blanch broccoli in a large pot of boiling water until tender, about 5 minutes.
• 3 Before draining, reserve 1 cup of broccoli water.
• 4 Drain and rinse broccoli with cold water. Drain on towel.
• 5 Cook pasta according to package directions.
• 6 While pasta is cooking, place 2 tablespoons of water into cold skillet with garlic and sausage and then turn to medium low heat.
• 7 Cook, stirring occasionally, until garlic is golden and sausage is cooked through, about 5 to 7 minutes.
• 8 Pour reserved broccoli water into pan with sausage.
• 9 When pasta is cooked, drain it and place it back in the pot and season with salt.
• 10 Pour sausage over pasta and stir in broccoli.
• 11 Taste and adjust seasonings.
• 12 Garnish with bread crumbs and/or cheese.