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Creamy Rigatoni with Sausage and Red Peppers

Creamy Rigatoni with Sausage and Red Peppers: This easy Creamy Italian Sausage Pasta Recipe is quick to make and full of delicious Italian flavors.

Bonus… It’s a lightened-up version that you can feel good about serving to your family!

Lightened up version of Creamy Rigatoni w/ Sausage and Red Peppers. Yum!

I have a new recipe to share!  Yum…  this lightened-up version of Creamy Rigatoni with Sausage and Red Peppers is so good! 

I’ve never actually cooked Italian sausages in casings before. I’ve always just bought ground or precooked/smoked sausage. The good news is that uncooked sausage is definitely easy to cook, and this recipe was fabulous! (I admit, I did break out my digital thermometer for the sausage; I have a major fear of undercooking meats.)

How to make Creamy Rigatoni with Sausage and Red Peppers

1 Cook Pasta: Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta to boiling water and cook according to package directions. 

2 Cook sausage: In a large nonstick skillet, cook sausage according to package directions. (Mine said to brown over medium-high heat for about 5 minutes or so, then add a half cup of water, cover with a lid, and simmer for 12 minutes.) Once the sausages are cooked, remove them from heat and cut them into 1/4 to 1/2-inch slices.

3 Saute veggies: Add the red peppers, onions, mushrooms, and garlic to a skillet and saute with oil for about 3 minutes. Add the sausage back to the pan along with the Italian seasoning, and cook for a few more minutes.

4 Make the cream sauce: In a measuring cup, whisk together flour and milk until smooth; stir into skillet with sausage and veggies. Add salt and pepper to taste. Bring sauce to a boil; simmer until thickened.

5 Add pasta and parmesan cheese: Once the pasta has finished cooking, drain and add to skillet along with Parmesan cheese.  Toss to coat.

Serve and enjoy!

Recipe Tips

I like to reserve about a cup of the pasta liquid and add a small amount at a time to the finished sauce along with the parmesan cheese. (I just add as much as needed until I am happy with the sauce.) Makes for a silkier, more plentiful sauce.

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creamy rigatoni with sausage and red peppers

Creamy Rigatoni with Sausage and Red Peppers

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Ingredients

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  • 8 oz uncooked rigatoni, plus salt for the water
  • 8 oz uncooked Italian-style sausages
  • 2 Tbs olive oil
  • 8 oz sliced mushrooms (I left the mushrooms out, but I bet they would make the recipe even better!)
  • 4 fresh garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 large red pepper, diced
  • 1/4 cup raw onion, sliced
  • 1 tbsp of  Italian seasoning
  • 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cup(s) milk
  • 1/2 tsp table salt, or more to taste
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper, freshly ground
  • 3 Tbsp grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions

  1. In a large nonstick skillet, cook sausage according to package directions.  (Mine said to brown over medium-high heat for about 5 minutes or so, then add a half cup of water, cover with lid and simmer for 12 minutes.)
  2. Meanwhile, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta to boiling water and cook according to package directions.
  3. Once the sausages are cooked, remove them from heat and cut them into 1/4 to 1/2 inch slices.
  4. Add red peppers, onions, mushrooms and garlic to skillet and saute with oil for about 3 minutes. Add sausage and Italian seasoning, cook for a few more minutes.
  5. In a measuring cup, whisk together flour and milk until smooth; stir into skillet with sausage and veggies. Add salt and pepper to taste.  Bring sauce to a boil; simmer until thickened.
  6. Once pasta has finished cooking, drain and add to skillet along with Parmesan cheese.  Toss to coat.
  7. Serve and enjoy!

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16 Comments

  1. I lightened it up even more with turkey italian sausage since I do weight watchers

  2. Jenna Brussee says:

    I love using sausage in the meals I make. It's comfort food to me for some reason. This sounds wonderful!

  3. Lauren Grossman says:

    I am allergic to EVERYTHING, but I've found four recipes on your site (through Spoonful) that totally comply with my allergy needs! Thank you!

  4. Jenny @ The NY Melrose Family says:

    This sounds so delicious. We love pasta in our house. I'll definitely have to give this a whirl. Thanks so much for sharing at Whimsy Wednesdays!

  5. Yum! This sounds awesome!

  6. Natasha in Oz says:

    What a great dish! My whole family would love this so thank you for sharing the recipe.

    My weekly Say G’day Saturday Linky Party is on now and I would be so thrilled if you could join in and link up this yummy post!

    Best wishes for a fabulous weekend!
    Natasha in Oz

  7. Miz Helen says:

    Hi Jaimie,
    This is a wonderful dish that we would just love! Hope you are having a wonderful Spring day. Thank you so much for sharing your great recipe with Full Plate Thursday and come back soon!
    Miz Helen

  8. Not Your Ordinary Agent says:

    Great photography skills! This looks tasty! Please link up to Foodie Friday Don't forget to leave me a comment too!

  9. Six Sisters says:

    This looks AMAZING!!! We would love for you to link this up at our link party on Saturday at SixSistersstuff.com! Hope to see you there!

  10. I know my family would LOVE this. I have some kelbasa (for heaven's sake – how do you spell that?)and maybe that would work? Anyway, it looks great. Linda

  11. this looks delicious! i always love coming to your blog and finding all these new recipes and crafty ideas. thank you for sharing! because of that, Jamie, i have tagged you in my blog post with the Blogger Appreciation Award! :]

  12. Our Pinteresting Family says:

    This recipe looks amazing. I can't wait to try it. Pinning it right now. 🙂 Megan

  13. Oh I love Italian Sausage. This looks incredible! Found you from Jam Hands.
    Another easy dinner with Italian Sausage (in casings). Put the links (uncooked) in bottom of slowcooker, add a jar of spaghetti sauce and a sliced green pepper. Cook on low for 6 hours, serve on a hoagie or french roll. DELISH.

  14. Maria Matter says:

    yummO!
    looks delish!