Original video by @applesauceandadhd — all credit to the creator.
Whatever-I-Had-On-Hand One-Pot Sausage, Bacon and Pea Pasta
Browned garlic-Gruyère sausage and leftover bacon simmer with pasta right in the chicken broth, then get finished with Boursin, cream cheese and shredded Gruyère for a creamy weeknight one-pot dinner. Frozen peas tuck into every noodle for little pops of sweetness.
Ingredients
- —Roasted garlic and Gruyère sausage · two packages, sliced or chopped
- —Cooked bacon · leftover, chopped
- —Olive oil
- 1 poundPasta · whole box, short shape
- 1 boxChicken broth
- —Garlic salt · to taste
- —Boursin cheese · a small amount
- —Cream cheese
- about 1 cupFrozen peas · used straight from frozen
- —Gruyère cheese · shredded
Steps
- 1
Chop the sausage and the leftover cooked bacon.
- 2
Add olive oil to a large pot and cook the chopped sausage until it starts to brown.
- 3
Add the whole pound of pasta and a box of chicken broth, then season with garlic salt.
- 4
Cover with a lid and let it cook, stirring occasionally, until the pasta is tender and the liquid has reduced.
- 5
Stir in the Boursin and cream cheese until melted and creamy.
- 6
Add the frozen peas straight from the freezer and stir them in.
- 7
Stir in the shredded Gruyère until melted, then fold in the chopped bacon and serve.
Creator's notes
Made entirely from what was on hand — the pasta cooks right in the pot with the sausage so there are no extra dishes. The peas nestle into the pasta shapes.
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