One Pan Orecchiette with Italian Sausage and Kale

One Pan Orecchiette with Italian Sausage and Kale takes around 45 minutes from beginning to end. This main course has 640 calories, 35g of protein, and 43g of fat per serving. This recipe serves 4 and costs $2.91 per serving. 38 people have made this recipe and would make it again. Head to the store and pick up orecchiette pasta, dried basil, oregano, and a few other things to make it today. It is brought to you by For the Love of Cooking. This recipe is typical of Mediterranean cuisine. Overall, this recipe earns an outstanding spoonacular score of 84%. Users who liked this recipe also liked One Pan Orecchiette with Sausage and Kale + Weekly Menu, Orecchiette With Sausage And Kale, and Orecchiette with Sausage Kale and Sundried Tomato.

Servings: 4

 

Ingredients:

4 cups (+/-) chicken broth, warmed

1/2 tsp dried basil

1/2 tsp fennel seeds, crushed

3 cloves of garlic, minced

1 lb mild ground Italian sausage

2 ½ cups kale, chopped

1 tbsp olive oil

1 ½ cups orecchiette pasta

1/2 tsp dried oregano

Parmesan, shaved

Pinch (or two) crushed red pepper flakes, to taste

Sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper, to taste

1/2 sweet yellow onion, diced

Equipment:

sauce pan

frying pan

bowl

ladle

Cooking instruction summary:

Pour the chicken broth in a small saucepan over low heat to warm through.Heat the olive oil in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally until it issoft and golden, about 5-6 minutes. Stir sausage into the onions along with the basil, oregano, crushed fennel seed, and crushed red pepper flakes; cook and stir until sausage is broken up and just browned, about 3-4 minutes. Add the minced garlic and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute.Pour 1 cups of warm chicken broth into the sausage mixture and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan. Add the orecchiette pasta; cook and stir pasta in the hot broth, adding remaining broth when liquid is absorbed, until pasta is cooked through and most of the broth is absorbed, about 15 minutes, making sure to break up any orecchiette that are stuck together. Taste and season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, if needed.Stir kaleinto sausage mixture until itwilts, about 1-2 minutes. Ladle pasta into bowls and top with shaved Parmesan. Serve immediately. Enjoy.Recipe and photos by For the Love of Cooking.net

 

Step by step:


1. Pour the chicken broth in a small saucepan over low heat to warm through.

2. Heat the olive oil in a large, deep skillet over medium heat.

3. Add the onion and cook, stirring occasionally until it issoft and golden, about 5-6 minutes. Stir sausage into the onions along with the basil, oregano, crushed fennel seed, and crushed red pepper flakes; cook and stir until sausage is broken up and just browned, about 3-4 minutes.

4. Add the minced garlic and cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute.

5. Pour 1 cups of warm chicken broth into the sausage mixture and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan.

6. Add the orecchiette pasta; cook and stir pasta in the hot broth, adding remaining broth when liquid is absorbed, until pasta is cooked through and most of the broth is absorbed, about 15 minutes, making sure to break up any orecchiette that are stuck together. Taste and season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, if needed.Stir kaleinto sausage mixture until itwilts, about 1-2 minutes. Ladle pasta into bowls and top with shaved Parmesan.

7. Serve immediately. Enjoy.Recipe and photos by For the Love of Cooking.net


Nutrition Information:

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640k Calories
34g Protein
42g Total Fat
28g Carbs
25% Health Score
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Calories
640k
32%

Fat
42g
66%

  Saturated Fat
15g
97%

Carbohydrates
28g
10%

  Sugar
1g
2%

Cholesterol
102mg
34%

Sodium
2275mg
99%

Get Enough Of These
Protein
34g
69%

Vitamin K
300µg
286%

Vitamin A
4518IU
90%

Vitamin C
69mg
84%

Phosphorus
492mg
49%

Calcium
462mg
46%

Copper
0.87mg
44%

Vitamin B3
7mg
38%

Manganese
0.74mg
37%

Selenium
25µg
36%

Vitamin B6
0.59mg
29%

Zinc
4mg
28%

Vitamin B1
0.41mg
27%

Vitamin B12
1µg
24%

Potassium
802mg
23%

Vitamin B2
0.34mg
20%

Iron
3mg
18%

Magnesium
69mg
17%

Vitamin B5
1mg
11%

Vitamin D
1µg
11%

Folate
24µg
6%

Vitamin E
0.86mg
6%

Fiber
1g
6%

covered percent of daily need
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