One Pan Orecchiette Pasta

Orecchiette pasta with spicy Italian sausage, arugula, and Parmesan all feature in this flavorsome meal that's quick and easy to make in one pot.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 25 mins
• Total Time: 40 mins
• Calories: 662 Calories

Ingredients

• salt to taste
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 8 ounces spicy Italian sausages, casings removed
• 0.5 onion, diced
• 0.25 cup finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, or to taste
• 3.5 cups low-sodium chicken broth, divided, or as needed
• 1.25 cups orecchiette pasta, or more to taste
• 0.5 cup roughly chopped arugula, or to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

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.

Step 2

Gather the ingredients.

Step 3

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.

Step 4

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 5

Stir arugula into sausage-pasta mixture until arugula wilts.

Step 6

Ladle pasta into bowls and sprinkle with Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.