Spicy Chicken Sausage Pasta

Submitted by VickiVSN

"Creamy and spicy pasta dish is lighter in fat than most. Heat can be adjusted to taste."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 1 cup
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 low-fat spicy chicken sausage
• 4 ounces whole wheat pasta, penne rigoti
• 1 red pepper
• 1 lb asparagus
• 1⁄2 red onion
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 2 tablespoons light cream cheese
• 2 tablespoons light sour cream
• 2 tablespoons nonfat milk
• 2 tablespoons fresh grated parmesan cheese
• 1 teaspoon chili-garlic sauce (or to taste)
• 1 teaspoon ground chipotle chili seasoning mix (or to taste)
• salt
• pepper

directions

1. Start water boiling with some salt.
2. When boiling add pasta and boil for 7 minutes.
3. Begin heating sausage in frying pan on medium high heat(oil not needed) turning occasionally.
4. Cut red pepper into strips.
5. Cut red onion into bite size pieces.
6. Break off woody end of asparagus and discard.
7. Put red pepper, red onion, and asparagus in a bowl.
8. Add 1 tsp oil, salt, and pepper to taste.
9. Toss to coat vegetables.
10. Grill or broil in the oven until soft and edges beginning to blacken.
11. Cut up sausage and any large piece vegetable to desired bite size bits.
12. Add cream cheese, sour cream milk, and parmesan, chili garlic sauce, and chipotle seasoning to frying pan.
13. Mix sauce well while heating.
14. Add vegetables and sausage back into pan.
15. Add drained pasta.
16. Mix well until all coated and sauce is at desired consistency.
17. Serve.

Reviews

[kdegone]

I served this at a small dinner party, and it was fairly popular. It can be made to varying degrees of spicy, which was nice. I'd recommend the recipe any time (as a matter of fact, I'm cooking it again this weekend)