Main dishes

Sausage & Peppers with Rotini Pasta

Sausage & Peppers with Rotini Pasta recipe

photo by:kraft

Sausage and peppers—long a favorite pairing—come together once again with delicious results in this 30-minute pasta dish.

time

prep:

30 min

total:

30 min

servings

total:

4 servings, 2 cups each

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What You Need

cups rotini pasta, uncooked

3/4

lb. Italian sausage, casings removed

red onion, sliced

each red and yellow pepper, cut into strips

1/4

cup KRAFT Sun Dried Tomato Vinaigrette Dressing made with Extra Virgin Olive Oil

cup KRAFT Shredded Italian* Five Cheese with a TOUCH OF PHILADELPHIA, divided

Make It

COOK pasta as directed on package, omitting salt.

MEANWHILE, crumble sausage into large skillet sprayed with cooking spray. Add onions; cook on medium heat 8 min., stirring frequently. Stir in peppers; cook 4 to 6 min. or until sausage is evenly browned, stirring frequently. Add dressing; mix well. Simmer on medium-low heat 8 to 10 min. or until peppers are crisp-tender.

DRAIN pasta, reserving 1/2 cup cooking water. Add pasta and reserved water to sausage mixture with 1/2 cup cheese;mix well. Sprinkle with remaining cheese.

* Made with quality cheeses crafted in the USA.

Kraft Kitchens Tips

Substitute

Substitute 2 cups roasted red pepper strips for the fresh peppers.

Italian Sausage & Tomato Rotini

Omit red pepper and 1/2 cup cooking water. Increase sausage to 1 lb. Add 1 undrained 14-1/2-oz. can diced tomatoes with the peppers. Continue as directed.

Substitute

Prepare using KRAFT Finely Shredded Italian* Five Cheese Blend.

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lynnlovett

posted:4/9/2013

This recipe is very easy to make and tastes really good.

Rosiecheex

posted:6/25/2012

My family really enjoyed this. I used a different dressing and just used red peppers, I topped it off with Parmesan cheese, yum!

dceron

posted:3/9/2012

made this with turkey sausage. quite good

Tom0223_2000

posted:12/1/2011

Delicious, but a bit of work to clean up.

bcenter1

posted:11/8/2010

I was a little afraid of how the flavor would come out with the balsamic dressing in here...I even bought a jar a marinara just in case I chickened out and didn't use! So glad I used it!!! It came fantastic. Such a wonder flavor. I did substitue yellow pepper with mushrooms, and added some garlic and a little italian seasoning. This was a great, quick, and tasy dish! Will definately make this dish again, and again!

rebellemichelle

posted:6/30/2010

loved this recipe! so easy to make and it really was great, I added some garlic when I sauteed the sausage

97mother

posted:6/23/2010

Loved it, only change I made was petite diced tomatoes...Excellent

djsgurl3084

posted:6/17/2010

My husband and I loved this recipe. Very easy and something different than the norm. The italian sausage we used had a lot of flavor so it made the dish taste great!

shorechick

posted:5/18/2010

This was fast, easy, and tasty. Better yet, I had everything on hand. I read the reviews (in the midst of cooking...ooops!) that said it was bland, so I added in some Italian seasoning and garlic powder. I used hot Italian turkey sausage and regular old mozzarella plus some Parmesan cheese. It worked for us! In the future, I'll probably also add some mushrooms. Gourmet meal? Not so much, but fast, easy, and tasty works for me!

mjordan88

posted:4/20/2010

This is not a recipe I will be making again. My husband did not like the balsamic taste that it had, and frankly neither did i. I might try something different with it but I wont be making this again.