BBQ Pasta & Sausage

When life is in full swing and you have work and school and activities and work and school and gardening and baking and work and school…..you need simple meals that still taste great. One pan meals are always a great place to start when you are strapped for time. You can still be very creative and serve up a homecooked meal made with love to your family. I was craving some sort of BBQ but didn’t have time to be marinating meats, slow cooking things, or making lots of dishes all at once. So I put on my thinking cap and came up with this simple #onepandinner – BBQ Pasta & Sausage to satisfy the craving.

This dish is all about the seasonings used to give you the tastes of a great bbq sauce without just adding bbq sauce to pasta and smoked sausage. Chili Powder, Cumin and Mustard powder are the keys to a good bbq sauce. They bring you the little bit of smoky, the little bit of heat and the little bit of tang that you think of when you want good BBQ. Adding it to the sauce makes this more than just a pasta and sausage dish.

I used smoked sausage – like the kind that comes in the ropes. You can use that style or you can use links. The key is that you are using already cooked sausage that it’s going to crumble when you cook it. If it will crumble if you cook it after cutting it into chunks, then you should cook it whole first and then cut it up. You can use what ever kinds of sausage you want – beef, pork, chicken, turkey. You can also go for a spicier or flavored variety if that’s what you have or prefer.

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BBQ Pasta & Sausage

A cheesy, creamy sausage and pasta #onepotmeal with smoky BBQ flavors

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword bbq sauce, cheese, creamy sauce, elbow macaroni, one pan dinner, one pan meal, one pot dinner, Pasta, pasta dishes, Sausage, smoked sausage, tomato, tomato sauce

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes minutes

Servings 6

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp Oil
• ½ White Onion diced
• 3 Garlic Cloves minced
• 2 lb Smoked Sausage cut into chunks
• 1 tsp Paprika
• 1 tsp Salt
• 1 tsp Pepper
• 1 tsp Chili Powder
• 1 tsp Cumin
• 2 cups Beef Broth
• 1 15oz can Tomato Puree
• 1 tsp Ground Mustard
• 1 tbsp Cornstarch
• 1½ lb Elbow Macaroni or short pasta
• 2 cups Sharp Cheddar Cheese shredded
• 1 cup Heavy Cream

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Instructions

• In a large saute pan over medium-high heat, add oil, onion, and garlic. Saute for 3 minutes then add sausage chunks. Saute another 5 minutes.
• In a bowl, combine broth, tomato puree, cornstarch, pasta and seasonings. Add to saute pan and reduce heat to medium. Bring just to a bubble then cover. Reduce heat to medium-low and let cook for 15 minutes.
• Remove lid and stir in cheese and heavy cream. Replace lid and let cook another 5 minutes. Remove from heat and let sit for 5 minutes, then stir thoroughly before serving.