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
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.