Baked Italian Sausage and Rigatoni
photo by Sageca
- Ready In:
- 8hrs 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 2 teaspoons oil
- 2 lbs Italian sausage, cut in 1 pieces
- 2 medium onions, finely chopped
- 4 stalks celery, sliced
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1⁄4 teaspoon thyme
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 (10 ounce) can tomato soup
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 cups rigatoni pasta, cooked very al dente
- 1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
- 1 medium green pepper, finely chopped
directions
- In a skillet, heat 1Tbsp oil over Medium-High heat. Add sausage and cook till no longer pink.
- With slotted spoon, transfer to slow cooker and drain liquid from pan. Reduce heat to Medium.
- Pour remaining oil to pan, add onion and celery and cook vegetables until soft stirring occasionally.
- Add garlic, thyme, salt, pepper and cook 1 minute stirring constantly.
- Add tomato soup, chicken broth and worcestershire sauce.
- Transfer sauce to slow cooker. Cover with lid and cook 8 hours on Low or 4 hours on High.
- Add pasta during last hour of cooking time.
- Add cheese and green pepper and cook on High 20 minutes more until cheese is melted and pepper is heated through.
- For the picture I posted I made this ahead and refrigerated.
- When the meal was due I heated it up 60 minutes 350*oven; added cheese last 15 minutes.
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Reviews
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My family really enjoyed this sauce! Quick and easy to boot. I didn't have any tomato soup on hand so used a can and a half of tomato paste with water to thin. It smelled wonderful all day in the crockpot too! Completely forgot to add the cheese, but it was still fabulous! We used it as a sauce over spaghetti. Thanks Sage/Rita for a keeper in our house!
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This is tasty and easy. I did use only half the amount of sausage to decrease the calories and fat and still present a good dinner. I cooked it on top of the stove and then put it in the oven for 30 minutes. I didn't have rigatoni on hand so used wagon wheels. The looked nice and tasted fine. Thanks for sharing your recipe.
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Sageca
Canada
I love to cook, read recipe books and food magazines,spend time in kitchen stores, grocery stores, gourmet shops, learning new cooking techniques, trying new kitchen gadgets,tasting exotic foods,enjoying a wonderful meal. I've always had a herb garden; now I have containers on my patio with my must have herbs. It seems, everything tastes better with fresh herbs!