Spicy Sausage Broccoli Rabe Parmesan

Name: Spicy Sausage Broccoli Rabe Parmesan
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 bunches broccoli rabe, trimmed; 411 grams diced tomatoes; 2 garlic cloves, chopped; 4 servings salt and ground black pepper to taste; 454 grams hot Italian sausage, cut into 1 inch pieces; 1 teaspoon olive oil, or to taste; 118 milliliters grated Parmesan cheese; 0 teaspoons crushed red pepper flakes; 227 grams whole wheat rotini pasta; 1 Tbsp sausage drippings

Spicy Sausage Broccoli Rabe Parmesan requires roughly 30 minutes from start to finish. This recipe makes 4 servings with 745 calories, 36g of protein, and 43g of fat each. This recipe covers 43% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up salt and ground pepper, rotini pasta, parmesan cheese, and a few other things to make it today. It works well as an affordable side dish. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Spicy Broccoli Rabe with Parmesan and Pine Nuts, Orecchiette With Spicy Sausage And Broccoli Rabe, and Orecchiette With Broccoli Rabe & Spicy Sausage.

Instructions

Fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil over high heat. Once the water is boiling, stir in the rotini, and return to a boil. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the pasta has cooked through, but is still firm to the bite, about 6 minutes.

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Water

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Drain well in a colander set in the sink.

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Colander

Place a steamer insert into a saucepan, and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Cover, and bring the water to a boil over high heat.

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Water

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Sauce Pan

Add the broccoli rabe, recover, and steam until just tender, about 2 minutes depending on thickness.

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Broccoli Rabe

Place the Italian sausage into a large skillet over medium heat, and cook until browned and no longer pink inside, about 5 minutes.

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Italian Sausage

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Frying Pan

Remove sausage from pan and set aside; drain excess grease, leaving about 1 tablespoon of sausage drippings in the pan.

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Sausage

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Sprinkle in the garlic, and cook until it starts to brown, about 1 minute; stir in half the broccoli rabe. Cook and stir until the rabe has wilted, and add the remaining rabe and the diced tomatoes. Cook until all the rabe is tender, about 5 minutes; sprinkle with salt and black pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Broccoli Rabe

Tomato

Garlic

Return the sausage to the skillet, and cook just until the meat is hot; sprinkle with Parmesan cheese, crushed red pepper flakes, and a drizzle of olive oil.

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Red Pepper Flakes