Cheesy Sausage Rigatoni

Name: Cheesy Sausage Rigatoni
Prep time: 1 h 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams fresh mozzarella, cut into large cubes; 8 servings Minced fresh parsley, for garnish; 680 grams Italian sausage; 1 kilograms marinara sauce; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 1 onion, finely diced; 118 milliliters grated Parmesan; 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes; 454 grams rigatoni

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Cheesy Sausage Rigatoni a try. This recipe serves 8. One portion of this dish contains approximately 37g of protein, 46g of fat, and a total of 780 calories. If you have marinara sauce, rigatoni, sausage, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Instructions

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Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Cook the rigatoni according to the package instructions; drain and set aside to cool.

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Rigatoni

Water

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Pot

Saute the onions in the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat until golden, 3 to 4 minutes. Crumble in the sausage, add the crushed red pepper and cook for a couple of minutes.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Olive Oil

Sausage

Onion

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Frying Pan

Add the marinara sauce, mix everything together and cook for 5 to 7 minutes. Set aside to cool.

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Marinara Sauce

To assemble, add about 2 spoonfuls of the sauce--just enough to coat the bottom--to a baking dish. Then layer half of the cooled noodles, half of the mozzarella cubes and half of the remaining sauce. Repeat the process: layer the remaining noodles, mozzarella and sauce, then top with the Parmesan. Cover and put in the fridge or freezer until ready to cook.

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Mozzarella

Parmesan

Pasta

Sauce

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Baking Pan

When ready to cook, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cook the rigatoni until heated through and bubbling, 25 minutes straight from the fridge, or 2 hours straight from the freezer.

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Rigatoni

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Oven