Penne with Smoked Sausage and Caramelized Onions

Slice up some smoked sausage and throw together this quick and easy one pan dinner! It's the perfect way to use up some leftover cooked pasta and make it something new!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword easy dinner, pasta dinner, recipe with smoked sausage

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 40 minutes

Servings Servings

Calories 521kcal

Author Heather Cheney

Ingredients

12 oz. smoked sausage sliced
8 oz dry penne pasta
1, 14.5 oz can diced tomatoes
1 medium onion sliced
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ C parmesan cheese shredded
½ teaspoon dried oregano

Instructions

In a large skillet brown sliced sausage until caramelized. Remove from skillet and set aside, leaving the drippings from the sausage in the pan.
Lower heat to medium-low and place onions and salt in sausage drippings. Cook onion, stirring often, until very soft and well caramelized-- about 15 minutes.
Boil pasta according to packaged directions and drain, reserving ½ C of the starchy cooking water.
Add sausage to the onions as well as the tomatoes and oregano. Bring to a simmer and stir in pasta and parmesan cheese, adding a bit of the cooking water if necessary to loosen it up. Serve with additional parmesan cheese and chopped fresh basil if desired.

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