I love apple chicken sausage but I don’t make recipes with it very often. The last time I did was when I made my Chicken Sausage Pizza. This time around I wanted to mix it with some pasta and came up with this Chicken Sausage Pasta Bake recipe.
I used Ziti pasta but you can use whatever kind you want. I usually keep a stockpile of all the different types of pasta and Ziti seemed like a good choice. If you want to make this delicious pasta recipe even easier, instead of using 2 different types of tomatoes, you can use jarred pasta sauce.
Some of you may not care for chicken sausage so if that is the case, you can tweak this recipe to your liking. Personally, I like the sweet and savory flavor of apple chicken sausage but you can easily substitute it with Italian sausage, turkey sausage, etc.
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You will need the following ingredients to make this Chicken Sausage Pasta Bake recipe. For ingredient amounts please refer to the printable recipe card at the bottom of this post.
Olive Oil, Chicken Sausage, Yellow Onion, Green Bell Pepper, Diced Tomatoes with Green Chilies, Italian Stewed Tomatoes, Ziti and Mozzarella Cheese.
How to Make Chicken Sausage Pasta Bake
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a skillet over medium heat, heat the oil. Cook the sausage, onion and bell pepper until the veggies are tender.
- Add the diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes and mix well. Let simmer.
- Cook the pasta al dente. Drain the pasta in a colander. Add the pasta to the sausage-tomato mixture and toss till combined.
- Add pasta sausage mixture to a 9×13 baking dish. Top with shredded cheese. Bake for about 20 minutes or until the cheese is nicely melted.
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Chicken Sausage Pasta Bake
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Ingredients
- 2 Tbsp Olive Oil, or any other type of oil
- 1 lb Chicken Sausage, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1 Yellow Onion, diced
- 1 Green Bell Pepper, diced
- 15 oz Diced Tomatoes with Green Chilies
- 15 oz Italian Stewed Tomatoes
- 16 oz Ziti, or your favorite pasta
- 1 cup Mozzarella Cheese, shredded
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- In a skillet over medium heat, heat the oil. Cook the sausage, onion and bell pepper until the veggies are tender.
- Add the diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes and mix well. Let simmer.
- Cook the pasta al dente. Drain the pasta in a colander. Add the pasta to the sausage-tomato mixture and toss till combined.
- Add pasta sausage mixture to a 9×13 baking dish. Top with shredded cheese. Bake for about 20 minutes or until the cheese is nicely melted.
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