# Italian Sausage Rigatoni

This is a one-pot meal for a quick and easy weeknight dinner.

- Total time: 30 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 pound Italian sausage
- diced onion
- diced bell pepper
- 1 scoop garlic
- tube tomato paste
- Italian seasoning
- crushed red pepper flakes
- salt
- pepper
- 8 ounces tomato sauce
- 8 ounces rigatoni
- 2 cups chicken stock
- 1 cup heavy cream
- Parmesan cheese

## Instructions

1. Brown 1 pound of Italian sausage in a pan.
2. Once the meat is browned, add a diced onion and a diced bell pepper.
3. Cook until the vegetables begin to soften.
4. Add a big scoop of garlic.
5. Fry this down for about another minute.
6. Add in tomato paste, probably most of the tube.
7. Mix it really well with everything in the pan and cook down for a few minutes to give a lot of flavor.
8. Add in a little bit of Italian seasoning.
9. Add some crushed red pepper flakes.
10. Add a little bit of salt and some pepper.
11. Add in 8 ounces of tomato sauce.
12. Mix the tomato sauce with everything in the pan.
13. Add 8 ounces of rigatoni.
14. Stir the pasta around and get it all coated in that tomato sauce.
15. Add in 2 cups of chicken stock.
16. Add 1 cup of heavy cream.
17. Once it starts bubbling, cut the heat down on simmer.
18. Cover it up and let it go for about 12 to 15 minutes till your pasta is done.
19. Pull the pasta off the heat and let it stand for a couple of minutes.
20. Serve with grated Parmesan cheese.

## Equipment

- pan
- wooden spoon
- measuring cup
- lid
- bowl

## Tips

- You can use whatever kind of ground meat you want.
- You can use more tomato sauce if you want.
- You can fresh grate your own Parmesan cheese on top.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/reel/498511022639332/?s=fb_shorts_profile&stack_idx=0
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/17c21649-7e8f-4b02-ab97-18b2c556e658
- Extracted: 2025-08-31

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