I made up a recipe last night that was not only cheap but delicious.
Ingredients:
*Bowtie pasta (I get generic)
*Fresh broccoli crowns (2)
*1/2 a yellow onion
*Jarred pre-minced garlic
*Turkey kielbasa sausage (generic- this could be really whatever protein you’d like- the sausage was precooked in the package)
*Reduced sodium chicken broth 32 oz
*lemons or lemon juice
*Fresh Parmesan (you can absolutely use any cheap brand as well- this was the only pricey part of the meal)
*Salt, pepper, lemon pepper, tried parsley
*Some sort of cooking oil (I used extra virgin olive oil)
Directions:
Prep all of you ingredients: cut all the broccoli pieces off the stem into bite size bites, wash. Unwrap and cut the ripe sausage into half moons about 1/3” thick or whatever size is good for you. First I grabbed a large skillet with a lid. I sautéed the finely diced onion in about 2Tbsp of oil until it was translucent. Then I added in the sausage, cooked it until just a little brown, then added in the broccoli and cooked for about 10 minutes. I added in 1 1/2 Tbsp garlic, stirred and cooked for about two minutes, then dumped in half of the 12 oz box of bowtie pasta. Season with salt and pepper (to your taste- I never measure), and dump in the entire container of chicken broth into the pot. Add lemon juice(I had one fresh lemon, so I juiced that and added another 1/3c of bottled lemon juice). Bring the liquid to a boil, stir, and put on the lid (turning down the heat to a low boil). If you have fresh Parmesan this is the time to finely grate it, otherwise prepare your cheese you plan to use. Cook until the pasta is done and most of the liquid is absorbed, stirring every few minutes. Once the pasta is fully cooked to your liking and most the liquid is gone, start stirring in the Parmesan, adding about 1/3 of the Parmesan and stirring until fully incorporated. I tasted it after all the Parmesan was added and then seasoned to taste with the salt, pepper, lemon pepper and parsley (the pasta didn’t taste bright enough with the lemon juice but the lemon pepper brought it where it needed to be). It made a whole large skillet so we have leftovers for a couple of days.
If you try it let me know what you think!!
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I made up a recipe last night that was not only cheap but delicious.
Ingredients:
*Bowtie pasta (I get generic)
*Fresh broccoli crowns (2)
*1/2 a yellow onion
*Jarred pre-minced garlic
*Turkey kielbasa sausage (generic- this could be really whatever protein you’d like- the sausage was precooked in the package)
*Reduced sodium chicken broth 32 oz
*lemons or lemon juice
*Fresh Parmesan (you can absolutely use any cheap brand as well- this was the only pricey part of the meal)
*Salt, pepper, lemon pepper, dried parsley
*Some sort of cooking oil (I used extra virgin olive oil)
Directions:
Prep all of your ingredients: cut all the broccoli pieces off the stem into bite size bites, wash. Unwrap and cut the rope sausage into half moons about 1/3” thick or whatever size is good for you. First I grabbed a large skillet with a lid. I sautéed the finely diced onion in about 2Tbsp of oil until it was translucent. Then I added in the sausage, cooked it until just a little brown, then added in the broccoli and cooked for about 10 minutes. I added in 1 1/2 Tbsp garlic, stirred and cooked for about two minutes, then dumped in half of the 12 oz box of bowtie pasta. Season with salt and pepper (to your taste- I never measure), and dump in the entire container of chicken broth into the pot. Add lemon juice(I had one fresh lemon, so I juiced that and added another 1/3c of bottled lemon juice). Bring the liquid to a boil, stir, and put on the lid (turning down the heat to a low boil). If you have fresh Parmesan this is the time to finely grate it, otherwise prepare your cheese you plan to use. Cook until the pasta is done and most of the liquid is absorbed, stirring every few minutes. Once the pasta is fully cooked to your liking and most the liquid is gone, start stirring in the Parmesan, adding about 1/3 of the Parmesan at a time and stirring until fully incorporated. I tasted it after all the Parmesan was added and then seasoned to taste with the salt, pepper, lemon pepper and parsley (the pasta didn’t taste bright enough with the lemon juice but the lemon pepper brought it where it needed to be). It made a whole large skillet so we have leftovers for a couple of days.
If you try it let me know what you think!!
Looks delicious!
I do something similar but I just use a jar of basil pesto cut with pasta water for the sauce.
Yum! Chicken broccoli pasta is one of our favorites so I can see it being super yum with summer sausage as well.
No idea why, but I feel like this would gravely insult an Italian. Looks good to me 🤷♂️