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Enjoy a skillet of Easy Cheesy Sausage Fusilli, loaded with pasta, cheese, and savory sauce for a comforting meal.
Melissa Jo

Easy Cheesy Sausage Fusilli 🍝

5 from 2 votes
When I was young before my mom used to go to work she used to make me and my sister easy beefaroni. She always switched up the pasta shapes but it was always the same delicious recipe using ground beef, sauce, and cheese. So, I decided to make my own kicked up version!
This easy cheesy sausage fusilli recipe, I hate to say, is even better than my moms original. It's made with a few ingredients just like hers, but the ingredients offer a more delicious savory mouth watery punch. Made with Italian sausage, your favorite jar of arrabiata sauce, cheeses, and spices and everything nice. Let's party in the pot and make it!
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Servings: 8 people
Course: Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Calories: 362

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb mild sausage
  • 1 lb fusilli
  • 3-4 tbsp olive oil
  • 6-7 garlic cloves chopped
  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 24 oz Rao's arrabbiata
  • ½ cup of water
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp italian seasoning
  • 1 tsp crushed red crushed if you want it less spicy use a ½ tsp
  • Salt & pepper to taste
  • 8 oz cream cheese
  • 8 oz whole milk shredded mozzarella
  • Dried parsley for garnish

Method
 

  1. In a cast iron add olive oil and sausage. Mash up the sausage and then add in the onions, garlic, garlic powder, italian seasoning, and crushed red pepper flakes. Saute everything together on medium-high heat until the meat is fully cooked.
  2. Then add in the arrabbiata sauce and fill the jar with ½ cup water and add it to the pan. Give that a stir, bring the pan to a boil, lower it to a simmer, and let that simmer for 3-5 minutes.
  3. Boil the fusilli in salted water according to package directions until al dente.
  4. Then add in the cream cheese and stir that in until it's melted and creamy. Then simmer on a low heat for about 5 minutes.
  5. Then add in your cooked pasta letting some of the pasta water drip in and stir that together. Then evenly sprinkle over the shredded mozzarella cheese and garnish with dried parsley and crushed red pepper flakes.
  6. Bake that in the oven at 400°F for 10 minutes or until the cheese is melty.

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Nutrition

Calories: 362kcalCarbohydrates: 45gProtein: 9gFat: 16gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 97mgPotassium: 185mgFiber: 2gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 459IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 49mgIron: 1mg

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