Skillet Linguica With Pasta

Submitted by PanNan

"This recipe from The Azorean Greenbean website, dedicated to preserving Azorean cooking, is a dish that was served in the childhood home of the blogger."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb of portuguese sausage, sliced into rounds (linguica or chourico)
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 26 ounces diced tomatoes
• 1 (16 ounce) box pasta (elbow macaroni, for example)
• 4 cups chicken broth
• 3⁄4 cup water
• 1 teaspoon hot red pepper sauce, for heat (pimenta moida preferred) (optional)
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper

directions

1. In a large deep skillet over medium-high heat add olive oil and sauté the onions until soft and translucent.
2. Add the sausage, salt and pepper and sauté together for another 5 minutes.
3. Add the chopped garlic and stir in for a minute.
4. Add in the remaining ingredients of diced tomatoes, chicken broth, water, hot pepper sauce, salt and pepper, and uncooked pasta.
5. Stir everything together and bring to a boil, cover the skillet and reduce the heat to a slow simmer. Cook for 15 - 20 minutes until the pasta is cooked and the liquid is absorbed.
6. Taste and adjust seasoning to taste if needed.
7. Remove skillet from heat and leave covered until ready to serve.

Reviews

[lazyme]

We really liked this a lot. I used linguica and since I didn't have any elbow macaroni used cavatappi macaroni. I made a pimenta moida as mentioned which added a nice amount of heat that we also enjoyed. Thanks for sharing this nice keeper, PanNan.