Sausage Pepper Fettuccine Skillet
Sausage Pepper Fettuccine Skillet recipe is a quick and delicious and simple Italian sausage pasta recipe. This sausage pasta recipe has sauteed peppers, onions, and smoked sausage. You’ll love just how easy it is to make!
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Can I Substitute Sausage in this fettuccine recipe?
This sausage pasta recipe is a very versatile dish since the sausage can be replaced with chicken breast pieces, meatballs or even omitted altogether to make a nice vegetarian dish.
Sausage Pepper Fettuccine Skillet
Ingredients for Sausage Pepper Fettuccine Skillet
Makes: 4-6 Servings
How to make Sausage Pepper Fettuccine Skillet :
- Cook pasta in salted water according to the package instructions.
- Heat skillet over high heat with couple tablespoons of oil. Add the pepper & onion and on medium-high heat slightly brown it. If your sausage does not have any cheese in it, you can add it at the same time and brown everything together. ** I had chicken sausage with cheese and artichokes so I did not want the cheese to burn before the pepper & onion had the chance to brown, so I added the sausage after the pepper and onion browned.
- Continue stirring and cooking everything until the sausage is slightly browned.
Preparing the Sauce for this sausage pasta recipe:
- Take 1 cup of pasta water and add about 3 chicken bouillon cubes, crush the bouillon cubes and stir everything until they’re dissolved. Alternatively, just use 1 cup of hot broth.
- Pour the chicken broth over the peppers and sausage.
- Add the cream.
- Now add the drained pasta, parsley and garlic. Stir to combine and simmer on medium heat until the sauce is thickened and coats the pasta nicely. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
- When the pasta is served in a bowl, sprinkle with a couple of halved cherry tomatoes.
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I have been so busy with school and other things lately that I have become a true pro when it comes to quick dinners. This sausage and peppers sausage recipe has become my family’s favorite, fast. Its such a great fettuccine recipe with sausage, peppers, and tomatoes.
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Sausage Pepper Fettuccini Skillet
Sausage Pepper Fettuccine Skillet is a quick and delicious dinner that's always a hit with our family. The sausage, peppers and onions are sauteed before the sauce is made in the same skillet and the pasta is added.
Ingredients
Ingredients for Sausage Pepper Fettuccine Skillet
- 8-12 oz. fettuccine pasta
- 2 Cups sweet bell pepper about 2 peppers, stem, seeds & membrane removed, chopped into 1 inch pcs
- ¾ Cup onion peeled, diced (about 1 medium onion)
- 2 Cups smoked sausage 12-16 oz, sliced to ⅓ inch pieces; about 4 links
- ⅓ cup chopped parsley
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- 1 cup pasta water + 3-5 bullion cubes or 1 cup broth
- 1 Tbsp garlic chopped/pressed
- ½ cup cherry tomatoes split in half
- Olive oil
Instructions
How to cook Sausage Pepper Fettuccine Skillet
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Cook pasta in salted water according to the package instructions.
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Heat skillet over high heat with couple tablespoons of oil. Add the pepper & onion and on medium-high heat slightly brown it. If your sausage does not have any cheese in it, you can add it at the same time and brown everything together.
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Otherwise, add the sausage and continue stirring and cooking everything until the sausage is slightly browned.
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Take 1 cup of pasta water and add about 3 chicken bullion cubes, crush the bullion cubes and stir everything until they’re dissolved. Alternatively, just use 1 cup of hot broth.
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Pour the chicken broth over the peppers and sausage. Add 3/4 cup of heavy cream.
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Now add the drained pasta, 1/3 cup chopped parsley, and 1 Tbsp garlic. Stir to combine and simmer on medium heat until the sauce is thickened and coats the pasta nicely. Taste and adjust the seasoning.
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When the pasta is served in a bowl, sprinkle with a couple of halved cherry tomatoes.
Recipe Notes
To make the dish vegetarian, just omit the sausage.
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Though I absolutely love this recipe, the prep time (4 minutes) is ridiculously unrealistic. By the time you wash your peppers & tomatoes, slice & dice them, slice the sausage, the garlic, the onion, the parsley, measure the ingredients, I’m sorry, but that takes much, much longer than 4 minutes. I just wish recipe developers would be more forthright with the prep time.
That said, this is one of my favorite pasta dishes. We had it for dinner tonight.
I’ve been making this recipe for a while now, and everyone who has had it loves it! I love it with Andouille sausage, but have subbed shrimp before and it was great! This summer I had an over abundance of zucchini on hand, so I did 1 cup chopped peppers, one cup sliced zucchini, and that is how I have done it from here on out- one of the only ways I’ll eat zucchini. this recipe is so flavorful and creamy, thank you!!
Hi Erin,
Zucchini, Andouille sausage and shrimp sound great in this recipe! Thank you for sharing!
This pasta is amazing! Made it tonight for dinner and my husband and kids loved it. Thanks!!
Thanks Nurie!
Hi . Can I use half and half instead of heavy cream ? And how much would I need
Hi Ana, yes you can use half and half. Use the same amount as indicated for cream.
Made this and added shrimp and mushrooms and left out the tomatoes. So delicious!! Thank you !! Will definitely make it again soon.
I just made this dish for dinner, and it was delicious!
this looks delicious, could I add shrimp to this dish or will it change the flavor? would like to make it tonight.
You could definitely add shrimp, it will still be good. Just make sure not to overcook the shrimp, so it doesn’t turn to rubber 🙂
My husband had a third helping
That’s great Sheree! Thanks for your feedback!
Made this last night! My family loved it and so did I. So easy and tasty. Goes great with some garlic cheese bread. Will definitely be making this again!
This recipe looks delicious! Is smoked sausage already cooked? If I’m not using smoked, should I boil it first?
It depends on the sausage. Some sausage will be slightly smoked but still raw, while others are cooked with the smoke. Regardless, browning the sausage before adding it into the pasta will produce better flavor profile then just adding it as is 🙂
So if you’re using raw sausage then brown it until it’s cooked through, but even if you’re using precooked/cooked by smoke sausage, still brown it for better flavor profile.
Looks delicious, definitely will be trying this out soon! Only question, can I substitute normal tomatoes for cherry tomatoes? Cherry tomatoes are pretty expensive where I’m at so I’d rather use normal tomatoes if it’s possible! If I can, what should be the amount to sub in? Thanks!
Hi Priya,
cherry tomatoes just hold their shape better but I don’t see why you can’t just cut up regular tomatoes 🙂 So go ahead and use what is available to you, it won’t affect the taste at all 🙂
Okay, thank you for the response! How many regular tomatoes should I sub in for this recipe?
Probably one large tomato 🙂 when you cut it up it shouldn’t be more than 1/2 cup.
Wow! Wonderful pasta dish! I made this for dinner tonight and it was a major hit with the family. So easy to make and so pretty to display. I love bell peppers and garlic and the smoked sausage really gave it great flavor. I didn’t expect that everything would fit in the largest skillet I had, so I used a large pot instead. If you are someone who likes a lot of extra sauce, you might want to double the sauce. However, I thought it was perfect as is. Added this one to my family recipe box and will definitely be making it again!
This was amazing! I made it with cranberry pork sausage and it was delicious!!! Thank you for sharing!
Mmmm! Cranberry pork sausage sounds delicious! Thank you for sharing your feedback!
I made this tonight and it was amazing! Quick, easy and tasty! All the ingredients were in my fridge and freezer so it was cost-effective too! Thanks again for posting this!
Thank you Ellen for using my recipe!
How do you slice the sausage without tairing the skin? That drives me crazy
Hi Debbie,
I think you’re thinking of breakfast sausage which is a little harder to cut without messing it up, but mine was this Artichoke & Garlic or this Roasted Garlic and Gruyere (I can’t remember for sure, but it really doesn’t matter, as long as you like the flavor) and it was totally fine to cut, since I think it was pre-smoked or something. I get mine from Costco and they have several flavors from this company, all of which I really like.
What type of sausage did you use? Is it stuffed or flavored?
I made this for dinner last night for some relatives and they loved it! I also used Andouille sausage, spaghetti noodles (what I had on hand) and left out the tomatoes (I don’t care for them). I was really tasty and had just the right amount of kick. Thank you for sharing!
That’s great Lori! I love Andouille sausage too, just didn’t have it on hand when I was making this 🙂
I made this last night with Andouille sausage…and then I died of happiness.
Well, I am glad someone was able to revive you to make this comment because I die of happiness every time someone writes something like this 😀
This is the best pasta dish that I have made. My family loved it! Thank you for sharing it with us!
Wow! That’s an awesome review! Thanks so much Tatyana!
Do i have to cook cherry tomatoes?
I don’t like cooked tomatoes, so I added them in the end to the bowl of served pasta, but if you want to, you can add them a minute before you are done cooking the sauce and pasta and quickly heat the tomatoes through. It’s up to you 🙂
I made this for dinner last night and it turned out delicious! Very quick and easy.. perfect for a weekday dinner. I’d even make it for guests and nobody would even know that it took less than 30 minutes to make! 😉 Thanks for posting.. will definitely be making this again.
That’s great Valentina! I just made it for dinner myself 🙂 I added 2 tablespoons of capers to the skillet as well 🙂