Jackie H.
Silver Post Medal for All Time! 355 Posts 
Wow! This is about as Italian as it gets. This dish can be made with both the chicken and sausage or just one or the other. I used chicken thighs but chicken breasts will work just fine, and one of my photos shows chicken breasts. Your choice in tweaking little things like that.
Ingredients:
- 1 Tbsp salt
- 10 oz rigatoni, cooked al dente, rinsed, Drain, Reserving pasta water
- 4 oz fresh baby spinach (I buy the package in the salad section)
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 2 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1.2 fresh red bell pepper, 1/4 cup chopped red pepper
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1/4 tsp basil flakes
- 2 Tbsp fresh shredded parmesan cheese
- 2 large cloves of garlic, thin sliced
- 2 fresh Sweet Italian sausages, remove the casings
- 1-2 boneless, skinless chicken thighs, pounded thin
- 4 oz shredded parmesan cheese for topping
- 1/2 cup pasta water reserved
- salt and pepper, to taste
Steps:
- Ingredients;
- After cooking pasta, reserve pasta water! Set aside.
- In a bowl, mix up sausage, making small nickel size patties and using a non-stick pan cook in olive oil on both sides until cooked. Add garlic for two minutes. Remove sausage to paper towels, to absorb any oil. Now, slice your chicken in long thin slices. Cook chicken in the oil with the garlic until there is no pink. Add lemon juice and red peppers and pepper flakes. Toss back into skillet. Add baby spinach, tossing gently, top with parmesan cheese and drizzle with olive oil.
- Now, you will need a large deep skillet for the rest of this recipe. First add sausage, chicken, and oil with garlic.
- Add, pasta, pesto, 1/4 cup of reserved pasta water, add more as needed; add salt & pepper to taste. Stir in baby spinach gently stirling. Top with Parmesan Cheese. Drizzle with olive oil. Keeping on a low temperature, and keeping it hot. Taste test for Salt & Pepper. Serve in a nice Pasta bowl. It looks amazing. I always heat my pasta bowl in the oven on low, keeps the dish from cooling off, or if your dish can't go in the oven, soak in hot water for five minutes, dry it just before serving.
- Enjoy, From my family to yours
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Gloria Z
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Looks so good can't wait to try it!
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