Italian Sausage Pasta with Spinach, Artichokes, and Sun-Dried Tomatoes is a 30-minute ONE-POT wonder that a whole family will love! It's dairy-free; there is no cream and no cheese. This hearty Italian dinner can be easily adjusted to be gluten-free.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Italian
Keyword Italian sausage pasta
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 20 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Calories 841kcal
Author Julia
Ingredients
19ozItalian sausagehot or mild, crumbled (or use ½ mild and ½ hot)
Add crumbled Italian sausage to a large, high-sided skillet and cook on medium heat for about 4 minutes, crumbling it.
Add minced garlic and Italian seasoning and stir it in.
Add uncooked pasta, sun-dried tomatoes, and chicken stock.
Mix everything well, and simmer (cook on the lowest boil setting), covered, for 10 - 12 minutes or longer until the pasta is al dente. Note: It's OK if the liquid does not completely cover the pasta. Because you will cook the pasta covered on simmer, enough steam will be generated in the pan to cook it even if the pasta is not completely covered by liquid. In the end, pretty much all the liquid should be completely absorbed by the pasta. But do not overcook the pasta.
Once the pasta is cooked, add chopped and drained artichokes and fresh spinach. Cook on low-medium heat for a couple of minutes until spinach wilts.
Season with salt and red pepper flakes.
Notes
I recommend using HOT Italian sausage. It has so much flavor. My next best choice would be mild Italian sausage. Sweet Italian sausage could be too sweet - I do not really recommend it.
Or, use ½ mild and ½ hot Italian sausage; otherwise, the hot sausage might overpower other flavors for some people. But do use ½ or ⅓ hot Italian sausage for flavor, don't skip it!
To make it GLUTEN-FREE, use GF pasta. This recipe is great for fiber-rich, gluten-free pasta, such as chickpea or lentil pasta.
To make it MEATLESS, use plant-based Italian sausages, such as Beyond Meat or Impossible sausage brands. Or, cook chopped portobello mushrooms generously seasoned with salt, garlic powder, onion powder, red pepper flakes, paprika, and Italian seasoning.