Monday, June 10, 2013

Pasta with Chipotle flavored Chicken Sausage

Overview
Tri color cork screw pasta mixed with chipotle flavored chicken sausage and tomatoes, onion, garlic and green pepper. I wanted to try to make some dish with the chipotle flavored chicken sausage I found at my grocery store. This sausage goes very well with the pasta.





Ingredients
Tri color Cork screw pasta - 1 pound
Grape tomatoes - 1 1/2 cups chopped length wise
Garlic - 6 cloves finely chopped
Red Onion - 1 large - sliced length wise
Red pepper flakes - 1/2 teaspoon
Dry basil leaves - 1 teaspoon
Chipotle flavored Chicken Sausage - 5 links
Green Bell pepper  - 1 large - thin sliced
Olive oil 4 tablespoons
Salt to taste

Steps
1.  Slice the chipotle flavored chicken sausages into thin rounds and brown them in a pan and keep them aside.

2. Cook the cork screww pasta in water with salt drain and keep aside. Add a tablespoon of olive oil and mix well to prevent the pasta from sticking.

3. Heat 3 tablespoons of olive oil in pan. When the oil gets hot add the sliced onions and garlic to it. Saute till the onions are light brown.

4. Add pepper flakes to it and saute few minutes. Add the sliced grape tomatoes to this a teaspoon of salt mix well simmer. Cover with lid and cook till the tomatoes are cooked well. Add the bell peppers and sausages to this and mix well. Saute few more minutes till the green peppers are just cooked.

5. Add the cooked pasta to this along with the dry basil. Mix well. Turn off the heat.

Serve hot.


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