Chicken Sausage Pasta

Name: Chicken Sausage Pasta
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 1 medium onion, diced; 1 tsp. olive oil; 1 package chicken sausage, sliced (✅ ); 14.5 ounces diced tomatoes (✅ ); 1 1/2 cup chicken broth (✅ ); 2 cups dry gluten-free penne pasta; 4 oz. cream cheese (✅ ); 1 cup spinach; 1/2 tsp. salt; 1/4 tsp. pepper

By: Jodi / Updated on: August 3, 2022 / 28 Comments

Chicken sausage pasta is a quick and easy dinner that features precooked chicken sausage, tomatoes, and spinach. It's made in under 20 minutes!

Total Time 20 minutes

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Chicken sausage pasta is a quick and easy dinner that features precooked chicken sausage, tomatoes, and spinach. It’s made in under 20 minutes!

When there is little time to prepare dinner you need quick ideas. These recipes are each a complete meal, ready for your family quickly. We find kids love chicken sausage so it’s a win-win!

chicken sausage with penne pasta, canned tomatoes, spinach in a white bowl with fork with an identical dish in the background all on a table

This chicken sausage is easy to use. It’s fully cooked, and has 70% less fat than regular pork sausage along with 30% less sodium. It’s packed with flavor and can be used in many ways. Chicken sausage is so versatile, it works with pasta, veggies, and tastes amazing in a vegetable skillet.

Who can resist pasta?! This dish has the penne pasta cook right in this sauce, making this recipe a one-pan dinner idea. Who doesn’t love fewer dishes to wash?

How To Make

Ingredients

1 medium onion, diced
1 tsp. olive oil
1 package chicken sausage, sliced ✅
14.5 ounces diced tomatoes ✅
1 1/2 cup chicken broth ✅
2 cups dry gluten-free penne pasta
4 oz. cream cheese ✅
1 cup spinach
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper

You can skip the spinach if it’s something your kids wouldn’t eat, but it adds such a pretty pop of color and a great boost of nutrition!

Instructions

⭐️Saute the onion. In a large saucepan, heat olive oil over medium heat. Saute onion until translucent.
⭐️Brown the sausage. Add sliced chicken sausage, cooking for 1-2 minutes to brown the sausage.1
⭐️Add the tomatoes, broth, and pasta. Add diced tomatoes and chicken broth. Adjust heat to bring to a boil. Add penne pasta. Turn heat down and simmer for 7 minutes or until the pasta is al dente.
⭐️Add cream cheese, spinach, and seasoning. Stir in cream cheese. Add spinach, salt, and pepper. Stir well and serve!

Chicken sausage in a skillet with onions.

Uncooked pasta shown added to a pan with chicken sausage.

Spinach shown on top of chicken sausage in a skillet.

The pasta cooks right in the same pan as the rest of the dish, cutting back on dishes and time!

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CKC Features both Gluten-Free Guidance and Kids Cooking Instructions: If you’re new to eating gluten-free we understand it’s overwhelming trying to figure out which foods may contain gluten and which ones don’t. All of our gluten-free recipes marked with this symbol ✅ represent foods that need to be checked for gluten or cross-contamination.

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