Spicy Sausage Broccoli Rabe Parmesan
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Cooking:
10 min.
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Servings per container:
4
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Ingredients for - Spicy Sausage Broccoli Rabe Parmesan

1. Whole wheat rotini pasta - 8 ounces
2. Broccoli rabe, trimmed - 3 bunches
3. Hot Italian sausage, cut into 1 inch pieces - 4 (4 ounce) links
4. Sausage drippings - 1 tablespoon
5. Garlic cloves, chopped - 2
6. Diced tomatoes - 1 (14.5 ounce) can
7. Salt and ground black pepper to taste - 1 (14.5 ounce) can
8. Grated Parmesan cheese - ½ cup
9. Crushed red pepper flakes - ¼ teaspoon
10. Olive oil, or to taste - 1 teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Spicy Sausage Broccoli Rabe Parmesan

1. Stage

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. Drain well in a colander set in the sink.

2. Stage

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

3. Stage

At the same time, place the Italian sausage into a large skillet over medium heat, and cook until browned and no longer pink inside, about 5 minutes. Remove sausage from pan and set aside; drain excess grease, leaving about 1 tablespoon of sausage drippings in the pan. Sprinkle in the garlic, and cook until it starts to brown, about 1 minute.

4. Stage

Stir in 1/2 of the broccoli rabe. Cook and stir until the rabe has wilted, then add remaining rabe and diced tomatoes. Cook until rabe is tender, about 5 minutes; sprinkle with salt and black pepper.

5. Stage

Return 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. Serve over hot rotini.