Sausage-Spinach Pasta Supper

Total Time

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Makes

2 servings

Updated: Apr. 22, 2022
You won’t miss the marinara sauce once you taste this pasta dish flavored with chicken broth and Italian sausage. “It’s incredibly easy, and the ingredients create their own sauce,” notes Daphine Smith of Baytown, Texas. “My husband likes it so much that I make it once a week.”
Sausage-Spinach Pasta Supper Recipe photo by Taste of Home

Ingredients

  • 2 Italian sausage links, cut into 1/2-inch slices
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) chicken broth
  • 4 ounces uncooked angel hair pasta, broken in half
  • 1 package (10 ounces) fresh spinach, trimmed and coarsely chopped
  • 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper
  • 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream

Directions

  1. In a large saucepan, cook the sausage, onion and garlic in oil over medium heat until sausage is browned; drain.
  2. Add broth; bring to a boil. Add pasta; cook for 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Gradually add spinach. Cook and stir for 2-3 minutes or until pasta is tender and spinach is wilted. In a small bowl, combine flour, pepper and cream until smooth; stir into pasta mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened.
Test Kitchen Tip
  • Substitute a bag of frozen leaf spinach if you don’t have fresh spinach on hand.
  • Nutrition Facts

    1-1/2 cups: 505 calories, 15g fat (4g saturated fat), 62mg cholesterol, 1393mg sodium, 59g carbohydrate (7g sugars, 6g fiber), 35g protein.