How to Prepare Perfect Hearty Sausage Onion Kale Pasta

Hearty Sausage Onion Kale Pasta.

You can cook Hearty Sausage Onion Kale Pasta using 12 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Hearty Sausage Onion Kale Pasta

1. You need of pasta.
2. You need of mild italian sausage links cut into 1/2 " slices.
3. Prepare of baby kale, cleaned and dried.
4. It's of red onion, cut in half then cut into thick slices.
5. It's of dry pasta, cooked to package directions. I used small elbow.
6. You need of garlic powder.
7. Prepare of salt.
8. It's of grinds of fresh ground pepper.
9. Prepare of hot water to deglaze pan.
10. Prepare of extra virgin olive oil.
11. Prepare of four cheese blend shredded cheese( parmesan, provolone, romano, mozzarella).
12. It's of oil to saute sausage.

Hearty Sausage Onion Kale Pasta step by step

1. In a large dutch oven, I used a ceramic coated cast iron one, add 1 teaspoon oil..
2. Set temp to medium. Once oil is hot, add in sausage chunks. Don't stir..
3. Place onion slices on top..
4. Let cook for 5 minutes without stirring. You are getting a good brown on the sausage. It is not mentioned in ingredients but you may now sprinkle a small amount of red pepper flakes on top of onions at this point..
5. Take water and deglaze pan, scrapping up any brown bits on bottom..
6. Top onions now with kale, salt , pepper and garlic..
7. Turn temp to low and cover to wilt kale..
8. In the meantime, pasta should be cooking and just about ready to drain..
9. Cook kale about 6-7 minutes until fully wilted. Turn off heat and add one half of shredded cheese. Stir..
10. Add cooked drained pasta. Top with olive oil and rest of cheese..
11. Stir then serve nice and hot!.
12. Recipe by taylor68too..