Pasta With Chicken Sausage And Broccoli

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 lb broccoli (or broccoli rabe)
• 1 lb penne pasta
• 2 tablespoons water
• 4 -5 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• 1/2 lb chicken sausage, cut into 1/4 inch slices
• salt
• 1 cup seasoned bread crumbs, toasted (optional)
• pecorino romano cheese (optional) or parmesan cheese (optional)

Recipe

• 1 cut broccoli into 3 inch pieces, discarding stems.
• 2 blanch broccoli in a large pot of boiling water until tender, about 5 minutes.
• 3 before draining, reserve 1 cup of broccoli water.
• 4 drain and rinse broccoli with cold water. drain on towel.
• 5 cook pasta according to package directions.
• 6 while pasta is cooking, place 2 tablespoons of water into cold skillet with garlic and sausage and then turn to medium low heat.
• 7 cook, stirring occasionally, until garlic is golden and sausage is cooked through, about 5 to 7 minutes.
• 8 pour reserved broccoli water into pan with sausage.
• 9 when pasta is cooked, drain it and place it back in the pot and season with salt.
• 10 pour sausage over pasta and stir in broccoli.
• 11 taste and adjust seasonings.
• 12 garnish with bread crumbs and/or cheese.