One Pan Orecchiette Pasta

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 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

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 40 mins


• 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.
• 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.
• stir arugula into pasta-sausage mixture until arugula wilts. ladle pasta into bowls and dust with parmigiano-reggiano cheese.