Name: Italian Sausage and Chorizo Rigatoni
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 350 g/12.5 oz rigatoni; 2 tbsp olive oil; 200 g/7 oz spicy smoky spanish chorizo, finely chopped, no casings; 1 small onion, finely chopped; 5 garlic cloves, minced; 350 g/12.5 oz spicy Italian sausage, no casings; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 2/3 cup/150 ml chicken broth; 2 ½ cups/600 ml crushed tomatoes; 30 g/1 oz grated Parmesan; 2 tbsp chopped parsley; crushed red pepper flakes, for serving (optional); 1 tsp each: salt, black pepper, dried sage, dried oregano, sweet paprika

Italian sausage and chorizo rigatoni. It’s delicious, super easy to make and perfect on nights when you’re craving a comforting pasta. Smoky chorizo and spicy sausage cooked down in a rich tomato sauce, tossed with chunky rigatoni and plenty of parmesan. This hearty pasta comes together in 30 minutes and will definitely satisfy everyone at your table. Just add some crusty bread and a big side salad.

Pasta, sauce and sausages, what could be a better combination? This is a real crowd-pleaser. The sausages add great flavor to a simple sauce and will please every meat-eater at the dinner table.

First we cook the chorizo, then add garlic and onion. It’s super important to add ingredients one at a time to release its flavor and work layer per layer. After this we add the Italian sausage and break it up a little. Then the spices and tomato paste goes in, next we pour in the broth and crushed tomatoes.

Then just simmer the sauce over low heat while you cook the rigatoni, and that’s pretty much all there is to it. Super simple but absolutely mouthwatering.
Let me guide you through the recipe with this step-by-step VIDEO.

RECIPE NOTES

if you want to serve more people, just double the ingredients
you can make it on the stove, in an Instant Pot or a slow cooker. Do what works for you best
of course, the longer the sauce simmers, the better the flavor, if you have the time make the sauce the night before, simmer for one hour, then chill overnight. The following day, place the sauce on the stove, simmer, cook the pasta and serve. Thin out with some pasta cooking water
add chopped sun-dried tomatoes or roasted peppers
use any pasta shape you have on hand
use soft spicy spanish chorizo instead of a hard and dry variety. Spicy Mexican chorizo will also work great
instead of spicy Italian sausage, use sweet Italian chicken sausage

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Recipe Video

Yield: serves 4