One Pan Orecchiette Pasta

• servings: 2 servings
• active time: 15 minutes
• total time: 40 minutes

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- or 2 scoops bullion and water

1 ¼ cups orecchiette pasta, or more to taste

2 cups spinach

¼ cup finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, or to taste

Directions

Heat olive oil in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Add onion with a pinch of salt; cook and stir until onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes. Stir in sausage and cook until browned, 5 to 7 minutes.

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.

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

Nutrition

• Calories: 662 kcal
• Total Fat: 39 g
• Saturated Fat: 12 g
• Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
• Cholesterol: 60 mg
• Sodium: 1360 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 46 g
• Dietary Fiber: 3 g
• Total Sugars: 4 g
• Protein: 31 g