# Italian Sausage Rigatoni

This one-pot Italian Sausage Rigatoni is a delicious and easy weeknight meal that comes together quickly.

- Total time: 12 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 pound Italian sausage
- 1 onion
- 1 bell pepper
- salt
- pepper
- garlic powder
- Italian seasoning
- crushed red pepper flakes
- tablespoons tomato paste
- 8 ounce jar tomato sauce
- 2.5 cups beef stock
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 8 ounces rigatoni pasta
- grated parmesan cheese

## Instructions

1. Brown up a pound of Italian sausage in a pan.
2. Drain off any grease from the meat, or don't, it's up to you.
3. Add one diced onion and one diced bell pepper to the pan.
4. Cook the vegetables down for about five minutes until they start to soften up.
5. Season with a little bit of salt, some pepper, plenty of garlic powder, some Italian seasoning, and some crushed red pepper flakes.
6. Squeeze in a few tablespoons of tomato paste.
7. Fry down the tomato paste for about three or four minutes.
8. Pour in one 8-ounce jar of tomato sauce.
9. Add two and a half cups of beef stock.
10. Pour in about a cup of heavy cream.
11. Once the mixture starts to boil, add 8 ounces of rigatoni pasta, or any short pasta you like.
12. Stir the pasta into the sauce.
13. Cover the pan with a lid and put it down on a simmer.
14. Stir it every once in a while and let it cook for about 12 minutes until the noodles are done.
15. Once your pasta is done, pull it off the heat and let it stand for a couple of minutes to thicken the sauce.
16. Optionally, throw in a whole bunch of grated parmesan cheese.

## Equipment

- pan
- wooden spoon
- lid

## Tips

- If you don't like sausage, just use whatever kind of ground meat you like.
- Once your pasta's done, pull it off the heat and let it stand for a couple of minutes and that sauce will thicken up.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CVJ57w88x/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/b0745b27-ab51-4311-a9fa-1eafe1e04cd7
- Extracted: 2025-08-10

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