One-Pot Sausage, Kale, and White Bean Pasta

Name: One-Pot Sausage, Kale, and White Bean Pasta
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons, extra-virgin olive oil; 1 pound, hot italian sausage, casings removed, sausage broken into 1/2-inch pieces; 1 , onion, chopped fine; 1 (15-ounce) can, cannellini beans, rinsed; 6 , garlic cloves, minced; 1/2 teaspoon, fennel seeds; 1/2 teaspoon, dried oregano; 1/8 - 1/4 teaspoon, red pepper flakes; 3 cups, chicken broth; 1 cup, water; 8 ounces (2 1/4 cups), orecchiette; 12 ounces, kale, stemmed and chopped; 1 ounce, Pecorino Romano cheese, grated (1/2 cup), plus extra for serving; , Salt and pepper

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By Diane Unger

Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2013

Main Courses

Pork

Pasta

This classic combination should be a great one-pot dinner—if we could fix the anemic flavor, thin sauce, and unevenly cooked pasta.

SERVES4

TIME50 minutes

One-Pot Sausage, Kale, and White Bean Pasta

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To translate this hearty pasta meal into a one-pot operation, we start by browning sausage, and then we add aromatics, herbs, and convenient canned white beans. We use chicken broth to flavor the pasta, letting it simmer right along with th...

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