How to Make Pasta Like a Gangster - Sausage, Broccoli, and Sun Dried Tomato

spicy sausage

🥗Healthier: chicken sausage

💰Cheaper: pork sausage

Chicken sausage reduces fat while maintaining flavor.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is dairy-free and adds a cheesy flavor.

Cook the sausage in a little bit of olive oil until browned.

Add fresh garlic to the pan and brown it before adding vegetables.

Add frozen baby broccoli florets to the pan and mix with garlic.

Add sun-dried tomatoes to the broccoli and garlic mixture and stir.

Season the mixture with garlic powder, black pepper, salt, oregano, parsley, and crushed red pepper.

Add 1/4 cup of chicken broth to the mixture and fold it in, letting it cook down.

Add 1/4 stick of butter to the mixture and fold it in to create a sauce.

Cook rigatoni pasta in boiling water for about a minute less than package instructions for al dente.

Drain the pasta, leaving some water, and add it to the sauce mixture.

Fold the pasta into the sauce gently.

Drizzle a light amount of truffle oil over the plated pasta.

Grate parmesan cheese on top of the pasta before serving.

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