Pasta with Smoked Turkey Sausage and Onions.

Throughout the day yesterday, my husband asked me THREE TIMES if I was still planning on making pasta with sausage. You would think that I starved him or something. And I kept reassuring him there would be pasta and sausage and onions when he got home. Maybe he just needed to hear it. 

It’s pretty simple actually. I’m almost embarrassed to write a recipe since pretty much everyone makes this in their own special way. 

Pasta with Smoked Turkey Sausage and Onions (serves 4) 

printable recipe 

Ingredients: 

• 1 medium white onion, sliced
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 package Hillshire Farm Turkey Smoked Sausage, sliced
• 1 Tbsp. butter
• 1 1/2 tsp. garlic, minced
• 1 29 oz. can tomato sauce
• Hot sauce (optional)
• cooked pasta

Directions: 

1) In a large pot, melt butter on medium high. Add garlic, sauté for about 30-45 seconds. Add onion with a 1/2 tsp. salt, sauté until translucent. Add sausage, sauté until onions and sausage start getting brown. Pour in sauce to combine. Add hot sauce to taste. Turn heat down between medium – medium low, cover with lid and cook for 15 minutes. Serve over pasta. 

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I love Hillshire Farm Smoked Sausage. Even the turkey sausage because it doesn’t taste all greasy and I can eat more of it. Hehe… 

Ever since I moved across the country, all the brands are different from what I’m use to. But at least they still have this. 

You can slice the onions the way you prefer to. I like to leave them as rings. 

This was the first tomato sauce I found that wasn’t too acidic for my wretched acid reflux. I didn’t have to add sugar. 

Tip: Add 1 tsp. sugar to a jar of sauce to reduce it’s acidity. 

I spent 20 minutes crushing and mincing garlic one afternoon to store in a jar. I then filled the jar with olive oil. So my hands only reeked of garlic for one day and not every time I need garlic in a dish. 

In a large pot, melt butter on medium high. Add garlic, sauté for about 30-45 seconds. Add onion with a 1/2 tsp. salt, sauté until translucent. Add sausage, sauté until onions and sausage start getting brown. Pour in sauce to combine. 

Add hot sauce to taste. This is optional. I like to put a lot of hot sauce on my own dish of pasta… 

Turn heat down between medium – medium low, cover with lid and cook for 15 minutes.  

  Serve over pasta.