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This past week I made a spin on everyone’s favorite – pizza!!! Couple changes I made, I used chicken sausage and I used quinoa pasta. The recipe suggests making the pasta in the skillet. If I were to make this again, I would boil the pasta separately and then combine it. Some of the pasta was a little more al dente than my crowd was happy with.
Pizza, Pizza!!!!
Author: Damn Delicious (www.damndelicious.net)
Recipe type: Main Dish
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
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- 8 ounces spicy Italian sausage, casing removed
- ½ cup mini pepperoni, divided
- 1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon dried basil
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 8 ounces rotini pasta
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to broil.
- Heat olive oil in a large oven-proof skillet over medium high heat. Add Italian sausage and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the sausage as it cooks; drain excess fat. Stir in ¼ cup pepperoni until heated through, about 1 minute.
- Stir in tomato sauce, oregano, basil garlic powder, pasta and 1½ cups water; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat and simmer until pasta is cooked through, about 12-14 minutes.
- Remove from heat; top with mozzarella and remaining ¼ cup pepperoni. Place into oven and cook until melted and golden brown, about 2 minutes.
- Serve immediately, garnished with parsley, if desired.
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