Orecchiette With Sausage

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 12 ounces orecchiette, cooked
• 8 ounces fresh chorizo sausage, mild or 8 ounces spicy sausage, casings removed
• 3 green onions, thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, sliced thinly
• 8 ounces cremini mushrooms, sliced
• salt and pepper
• 3 tomatoes, skins removed, seeded and diced
• 1/2 cup low sodium chicken broth
• 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese, plus more for serving

Recipe

• 1 bring large pot of salted water to a boil. add pasta and cook according to package direction.
• 2 meanwhile heat a large non stick pan to medium.
• 3 add the broken up sausage and saute until no longer pink.
• 4 add the mushrooms/garlic and continue to cook until mushrooms have reduced in size.
• 5 add most of green onions and cook until limp. reserving some for garnish.
• 6 add the chicken stock and cook for another 3 minutes.
• 7 add tomatoes, seasonings to taste and continue cooking for anther 3 minutes.
• 8 reserve 1/2 cup pasta cooking water and drain the pasta.
• 9 return to pot and combine the pasta/pasta water with the meat mixture along with the cheese.
• 10 divide into dishes and serve with additional cheese/green onions as garnish.