Penna Pasta With Italian Sausage & Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided
• 1 boneless skinless chicken breast, cubed
• 1/2 cup red wine
• 1 lb hot italian sausage, casing removed, substitute sweet
• 2 cups onions, diced
• 1 red sweet bell pepper, chopped
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice
• 1 1/4 cups chicken stock
• 1 (8 ounce) tomato sauce
• 1 tablespoon garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon fresh rosemary, substitute 1 t dried
• 8 -12 ounces penne pasta
• 1 1/2 cups parmesan cheese, grated
• 1/4 cup flat-leaf italian parsley, chopped

Recipe

• 1 boil large pot of water for pasta. cook pasta according to package directions. this can be done later if you are making ahead of choose to simmer longer than suggested.
• 2 heat the oil in a heavy skillet over medium, add chicken. sauté until no longer pink. i let the edges get a bit browned w/o over cooking. remove with a slotted spoon, drain and transfer to a bowl.
• 3 add wine to skillet and boil reducing to 2t, scrapping up the browned bits.
• 4 pour wine over chicken in the bowl, set aside.
• 5 add oil to hot skillet, add sausage, onions and bell pepper to the skillet. cook until sausage is no longer pink and onions & peppers are tender.
• 6 breaking up sausage into bite size pieces while cooking. add the chicken back into the pot.
• 7 mix in tomatoes with juices, tomato sauce, chicken stock, garlic and rosemary. simmer until reduced to saucy consistency, about 10 minutes. (as suggested by bon appetit). i allow it to simmer longer.
• 8 add pasta to the finished chicken & sausage mixture and toss.
• 9 add 1/2 - 1 cup cheese, toss to combine.
• 10 top with parsley right before serving.
• 11 serve with additional cheese at table.
• 12 note: 4/17/11 it's been a while since i've made this. i re-ordered the ingredient list because i found it confusing as originally written.