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!

* I love using my Cook N Home 8-Quart Pasta Steamer. It’s convenient, efficient, and easy to clean.

Italian Sausage Rigatoni

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

20 mins

Total time

30 mins

 

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! * I love using my Cook N Home 8-Quart Pasta Steamer. It's convenient, efficient, and easy to clean.

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

1. Coat a cooking pan with cooking spray and place on the stove over medium heat.
2. Add minced garlic and chopped onions. Sautee until the onions become translucent.
3. Meanwhile, in a separate pot, boil water and cook rigatoni according to the packaging instructions.
4. Slice the sausages, add them to the pan and fully cook.
5. After sausages are cooked, add wine.
6. Next, add diced tomatoes and tomato paste. Stir ingredients over low heat. Allow sauce to simmer for 10 minutes.
7. Strain rigatoni and add to sauce. Stir until the pasta is covered with sauce.
8. 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

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