Cheesy Smoked Sausage One Pot Pasta – An easy and flavorful one pot pasta that is ready to eat in 20 minutes! This hearty one pan dinner is full of delicious smoked sausage, egg noodles, broccoli, and cheese!
One Pot Cheesy Broccoli Sausage Pasta
I’m back from our super fun trip to Las Vegas with another easy one pot meal! I happen to LOVE smoked sausage and always have some hanging out in my refrigerator or freezer at all times. It’s pretty versatile, but my all time favorite way to eat is with noodles!
You can use your favorite kind of sausage for this recipe. Chicken or turkey sausage is great, some spicy andouille sausage is also amazing if you and your family like that kick of spice!
As far as pasta, egg noodles are going to be best in this dish as written. They will cook up nice and quick and absorb almost all of the liquid. There is just a small amount of liquid that will be left and this is perfect for coating the noodles with the shredded cheese!
Everyone in my house is really into broccoli, especially ME. I will cook it and eat it for breakfast, even without noodles involved!
I also really think this simple dish looks and tastes great with a green veggie in general. If you aren’t a fan of broccoli or have any picky eaters, feel free to switch your veggies up.
This is great with asparagus, fresh green beans, peas, chopped bell peppers. Just make sure you cut your vegetables into bite sized pieces so that they get cooked properly along with the pasta.
One Pot Pasta:
One pot pasta dishes are a complete meal in a pan, pretty much every ingredient gets tossed in at once! For this one pan meal we just add the diced onion, sausage, and some garlic to the pan first. Let the onions get soft and the sausage start to turn golden brown.
Next, you’ll add in your minced garlic. Side note, garlic powder will do if you don’t have any garlic cloves laying around. Add your garlic after the onion and sausage and stir for just a few seconds, this will keep it from burning.
Then comes the rest! You’ll add your chicken broth, milk, noodles, and broccoli right to the pan. Push the noodles down slightly with the back of a spoon if necessary to make sure they are covered by liquid. Bring your mixture to a boil, turn the heat to low, cover and let it do its thing for about 10-12 minutes until your pasta is completely cooked.
Remove the lid from your pot and stir in the cheddar! Feel free to add more than one cup of cheese if you are a major cheese lover. I used grated parmesan for this right on top. You can also use shredded if that’s what you have.
Enjoy!
~Nichole
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One Pot Cheesy Broccoli Sausage Pasta
Ingredients
- 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 Onion, Diced
- 2 Cloves Minced Garlic
- 1 13 Ounce Package Smoked Sausage, Sliced into rounds, then in half
- 2 Cups Chicken Broth
- 1/2 Cup Milk
- Salt and Pepper, To Taste
- 8 Ounces Egg Noodles
- 1 1/2 Cups Broccoli Florets
- 1 Cup Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- 1/4 Cup Shredded or Grated Parmesan Cheese
Instructions
- Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add the onion, garlic, and sausage to the pan and cook for 3-4 minutes, until the sausage is lightly browned.
- Stir the chicken broth, milk, salt, pepper, egg noodles, and broccoli.
- Bring to a boil, then cover, reduce heat to low and simmer for 10-12 minutes until the liquid has reduced and the broccoli and noodles are cooked through.
- Stir in the cheddar cheese.
- Top with parmesan and parsley as desired.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This was delicious and came together beautifully in one pot! Appreciate recipes like this very much!
I know this was posted long ago but I had to comment because it was so delicious. I made a few changes: frozen broccoli and rigatoni instead of the fresh broccoli and egg noodles (my small town grocery store didn’t have any). I also used turkey kielbasa instead of smoked sausage. This is going on my “made it, loved it” Pinterest board!
Super easy and delicious! I had no broccoli so I substituted green beans (frozen) and it came out great. Both my young boys devoured it!
Really Really good. Added red bell pepper but otherwise left the recipe alone.
This was super easy and I love that I only have one pot and a cutting board to clean. It was a tasty dish!
This great! Super easy. I will be making it again soon with a different meat just for varieties .Thank you for sharing.
What I love about this is that most ingredients I already had, and the ones I didn’t cost less than $10. We added bacon and more cheese and it was amazing!
Made this recipe tonight. Definitely a keeper. My family loved it.
I used beer cheddar bratwurst in stead of smoked sausage. Turned out great!!!
Made this recipe with the following exceptions;
Used andouille sausage, used “Better Than Boullion” vegetable base instead of chicken stock, used frozen broccoli, did not add the parmesan and parsley. I also had to simmer for an additional 10 minutes because the broccoli and noodles were not quite done.
It turned out great. Very flavorful and the spicy andouille was tempered by the milk and noodles. Will definitely be making again and making variations.