One Pan Orecchiette Pasta

One Pan Orecchiette Pasta

Pasta and Noodles Pasta by Shape

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.

Servings per recipe: 2
Calories per serving: 662
Preparation time: 15m
Total cooking time: 40m

Ingredients:


  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 onion, diced
  • salt to taste
  • 8 ounces spicy Italian sausages, casings removed
  • 3 1/2 cups low-sodium chicken broth, divided, or as needed
  • 1 1/4 cups orecchiette pasta, or more to taste
  • 1/2 cup roughly chopped arugula, or to taste
  • 1/4 cup finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, or to taste

Directions:


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

Nutrion facts:


Total Fat 39.1g 60%
    Saturated Fat 12.0g  
Cholesterol 60mg 20%
Sodium 1360mg 54%
Potassium 305mg 9%
Total Carbohydrates 46.2g 15%
Dietary Fiber 2.5g 10%
Protein 31.2g 62%
Sugars 4g  
Vitamin A 188IU  
Vitamin C 3mg  
Calcium 142mg  
Iron 1mg  
Thiamin 0mg  
Niacin 6mg  
Vitamin B6 0mg  
Magnesium 23mg  
Folate 15mcg