This Italian Sausage Rigatoni recipe will bring your family together for a hearty meal.
With familiar Italian flavors, this dish will quickly become one of your easy, go-to comfort food weekly recipes.
And it’s a complete meal in one delicate bowl including your veggies, carbs, and protein. Bon appetit!
Italian Sausage Rigatoni
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This Italian Sausage Rigatoni recipe will bring your family together for a hearty meal. With familiar Italian flavors, this dish will quickly become one of your easy, go-to comfort food weekly recipes. And it’s a complete meal in one delicate bowl including your veggies, carbs, and protein. Bon appetit!
Author: Terry Chhour, Dietetic Intern
Recipe type: Entree
Cuisine: Italian
Serves: 4
Ingredients
- ½ lb package rigatoni
- Cooking spray
- ¼ lb Aidele’s Italian sausages
- 2 garlic cloves
- ½ large yellow onion
- ¼ cup red wine
- 2 diced petite tomatoes
- 6 oz can tomato paste
- 1 Tbsp chopped parsley
- Parmesan cheese (optional)
Instructions
- Coat a cooking pan with cooking spray and place on the stove over medium heat.
- Add minced garlic and chopped onions. Sautee until the onions become translucent.
- Meanwhile, in a separate pot, boil water and cook rigatoni according to the packaging instructions.
- Slice the sausages, add them to the pan and fully cook.
- After sausages are cooked, add wine.
- Next, add diced tomatoes and tomato paste. Stir ingredients over low heat. Allow sauce to simmer for 10 minutes.
- Strain rigatoni and add to sauce. Stir until the pasta is covered with sauce.
- Remove from heat and top with parsley and parmesan cheese (optional).
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 2 cups Calories: 287.2 Fat: 8.3 Saturated fat: 3.1 Carbohydrates: 35.9 Sugar: 11.5 Fiber: 4.6 Protein: 19.0 Cholesterol: 45.0