Penne is one of my favorite pasta to cook with. I love how the pasta sauce lands in the groves on the outside of the noodles and how it fills up the tube inside of the noodle.
For me the sauce in a pasta dish is just as important a part of the dish as the meat and noddles. If you like a pasta dish full of flavors popping from every where go ahead and make this recipe.
I cooked this entire dish in my Cuisinart Chef’s Classic Aluminum Non-Stick Cookware.
This cookware is my go to for all of my meals. The hard Anodized Construction Quantanium Nonstick Interior keeps my food fro sticking and an even cooking temperature.
For this meal I used my Cuisinart 3 Qt. saucepan to boil the penne noodles and sauté the meat.
My cooking and cleanup time has greatly reduced with this cookware and it just makes cooking more enjoyable. If you want to grab the 17 piece set I have it was on sale the last I checked. Just click on the $38.96 off coupon before checking out.
Homemaking Tip: Pasta sauce is one of those ingredients that can stain your storage containers. I don’t have that problem with these storage containers. I love the crystal clear containers, the non-staining feature and the fact that they are microwave and dishwasher safe.
How To Make An Easy One Pot Sausage And Penne Skillet
Ingredients
- 1 lb of penne noodles
- 1/2 lb of kielbasa sausage
- 2 slices of pork bacon
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- 1 tsp. smoked paprika
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 1 tsp. onion powder
- 1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp Lawrys
- 2 tbs. salt
- 1 jar of pasta sauce
Instructions
- Bring 2 quarts of salted water to a boil on high heat, then add in the pasta. Let it boil 10-12 minutes.
- While the pasta boils, cut the kielbasa sausage and 2 slices of bacon into small pieces. Mix all of the seasonings in a small bowl then sprinkle generously on the meat until fully coated.
- Next, drain the pasta into a strainer, then place the pasta in a large bowl and set aside.
- Now, add 2 tbsp. olive oil to the pasta pot and heat on medium high. Add in the meat and brown until cooked through then remove the meat from the pan leaving behind the oil. Place the meat in the bowl with the pasta. Toss together.
- Now pour the full jar of pasta sauce into the pan and heat about 5 minutes.
- Place some pasta and meat on a plate and spoon the hot pasta sauce over the top.
I like my pasta and sauce separate, however I’ve made it with the pasta, meat and sauce mixed together as well. I like dipping my pasta and meat into the pile of sauce sometimes versus the entire dish being covered in pasta sauce.
When it comes to how it’s served it’s really up to you.
