One Pan Orecchiette Pasta

Cooking for Two - Tips

Every year when it's time to go back to school I get inundated with requests from students to post recipes that are super-easy, cost pennies, and require a bare minimum of kitchen equipment. This delicious orecchiette pasta recipe only has a handful of ingredients, is very cheap to make, and most importantly: only uses one pan or pot for the entire procedure.

Brief

Prep 15 mins

Cook: 25 mins

Total: 40 mins

Servings: 2

Yield: 2 servings

One Pan Orecchiette Pasta

Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil

½ onion

diced

salt to taste

8 ounces spicy Italian sausages

casings removed

3 ½ cups low-sodium chicken broth

divided

or as needed

1 ¼ cups orecchiette pasta

or more to taste

½ cup roughly chopped arugula

or to taste

¼ cup finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese

or to taste

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Tips

Directions

Step 1

Heat olive oil in a large deep skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir onion with a pinch of salt in hot oil until onion is soft and golden 5 to 7 minutes. Stir sausage into onions; cook and stir until sausage is broken up and browned 5 to 7 minutes.

Step 2

Pour 1 1/2 cups chicken broth into sausage mixture and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Add orecchiette pasta; cook and stir pasta in hot broth adding remaining broth when liquid is absorbed until pasta is cooked through and most of the broth is absorbed about 15 minutes.

Step 3

Stir arugula into pasta-sausage mixture until arugula wilts. Ladle pasta into bowls and dust with Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

Nutritional Information

One Pan Orecchiette Pasta

Servings Per Recipe:2

Calories: 661.9

% Daily Value *

Protein: 31.2g 62%

Carbohydrates: 46.2g 15%

Dietary Fiber: 2.5g 10%

Sugars: 4.4g

Fat: 39.1g 60%

Saturated Fat: 11.7g 58%

Cholesterol: 59.7mg 20%

Vitamin A Iu: 188IU 4%

Niacin Equivalents: 6.2mg 48%

Vitamin B6: 0.3mg 19%

Vitamin C: 2.9mg 5%

Folate: 14.9mcg 4%

Calcium: 141.6mg 14%

Iron: 1.4mg 8%

Magnesium: 22.8mg 8%

Potassium: 305.3mg 9%

Sodium: 1359.8mg 54%

Thiamin: 0.5mg 50%

Calories From Fat: 351.8

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

**Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-)Nutrition information is provided for reference only. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.