Spicy Kielbasa Pasta!

Submitted by Babychops

"And now for something completely different! Trying to dress up Kielbasa I just kept adding stuff until it turned out yummy! Being a spice lover and looking for an easy mid-week fix that wasn't bland this worked out wonderfully! This is so rich & creamy it's perfect on a cold evening, so easy, so different, so yummy! I hope you enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 lbs kielbasa (cut into bite sized pieces)
• 1 (1 lb) box bow tie pasta (or whatever floats your boat)
• 1 (16 ounce) jar prego pasta sauce
• 1 (1 ounce) packet crushed red pepper flakes
• 1 red bell pepper (cut into bite sized pieces)
• 1 cup sour cream
• parmesan cheese, for topping

directions

1. The packet of crushed red pepper I used was from Pizza Hut, it was available & easy so I just added that. You can substitute about 1 tbsp crushed red pepper if you don't have one laying around --
2. Prepare pasta according to package directions & drain. While pasta is cooking, heat butter & olive oil, add Kielbasa, crushed pepper & red bell pepper, sautee' until kielbasa is browned.
3. In pasta pot add drained pasta, kielbasa mixture, pasta sauce & sour cream. Heat through, serve & top with parmesan to taste. You can omit the parmesan if you like, it's still very tasty!

Reviews

[SonnyHavens]

My kiddos chose to cook this recipe for our 18th anniversary. It was fantastic!! They followed the recipe using Prego Chunky Roasted Garlic sauce, 1 TBS crushed red pepper flakes and topped with Parm-Reggiano. The addition of white or yellow onion would be wonderful for texture. This would work well with shrimp too.

 

[Charmie777]

I really liked this. It was not only quick to put together but really tasty. I added a diced onion along with the bell pepper. I used rigatoni pasta. This made a lot of pasta!

 

[catsoplenty]

This was such an easy and tasty dish to make! I added about 1 cup of raw onion and cooked it along with the peppers and meat. I didn't see the comment about adding peas until after I had it done but it sounds like a great addition. Thanks for posting!

 

[FilleMilitaire13]

I doubled the recipe and used one jar of roasted garlic alfredo sauce and 16 oz of homemade pesto instead of the normal red sauce. It was delicious!

 

[lolablitz]

Great easy pasta recipe. I put in 16oz of Roasted Onion & Garlic sauce, and ended up adding the full 24 oz. I think the bolder flavors in the sauce really helped add to this dish. I waited 5 minutes to add the red pepper and added peas like another reviewer suggested and they were great. Thanks for the keeper Babychops!