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One-Pot Spaghetti with Sausage is the easiest and yummiest meal for busy weeknights. All the simple ingredients are cooked in one pot in under half an hour and you’ll have an easy meal the whole family will enjoy.
Some one-pot recipes are kind of a lie. They’ll tell you to make the sauce and add in cooked pasta. And I’m like, “But how do you cook the pasta?? In another pot!”
Okay, I know I’m being dramatic, but if I’m making a one-pot recipe, I only want to use one pot!
Anyway, this is truly a one-pot recipe, with no need for another pot to boil the pasta.
You make everything in the pot, then throw in enough liquid and pasta and let it simmer for a bit and you’ll come out with a delicious pasta dish to serve for weeknight dinners.
Ingredients for One-Pot Spaghetti with Sausage:
- Protein: for amazing flavor, I like to use Italian sausage
- Vegetable: pick either a white or yellow onion and dice it up
- Seasoning: you will need either fresh garlic or garlic minced from a jar
- Liquid: using water and vegetable broth, beef broth, or chicken broth allows this to be a single pot meal
- Sauce: either use homemade sauce or grab a jar of your favorite marinara sauce or meat sauce
- Pasta: I like to use regular spaghetti noodles broken in half
- Cheese: make sure to have some grated parmesan cheese to top off this easy recipe
How to make this One-Pot Spaghetti with Sausage:
To a large pot, add the sausage and onion. Break the sausage up and cook until browned. Pour out excess grease.
Add in the broth and scrape the bits off the bottom of the pan. Add in the marinara sauce, water, and spaghetti.
Let simmer, covered, for 18-22 minutes, stirring occasionally while the pasta cooks and the spaghetti is tender.
Stir in Parmesan and serve. Enjoy with your favorite sides or alone!
How to store one-pot spaghetti dinner:
Fridge: Put the leftover noodles and pasta sauce into an airtight container and store it for up to 5 days for a quick and delicious dinner.
Tips and tricks for the best spaghetti:
Great tools to use when making this one-pot spaghetti recipe:
- I like to use this meat chopper to break up the meat easily.
- If there is a lot of grease, you can strain it out with this silicone clip on strainer that I use all the time!
Meat to use for this one-pot meal:
I truly enjoy making this easy weeknight dinner with ground sausage because it adds a lot of flavor to the tomato sauce. However, you can pick one of these ground meat options as well:
- Ground chicken
- Ground turkey
- Lean ground beef
How to serve this easy spaghetti recipe:
Once you have the spaghetti plated, top it off with a little bit of grated or shaved parmesan cheese and some fresh basil or fresh parsley.
If you want to add a little bit of spice to the dish, you can also add a shake or two of red pepper flakes.
What to Serve with One Pot Spaghetti
You could serve this dish by itself and it would be incredibly filling and comforting and wonderful, but if you’re looking to add some side dishes to this meal, you could serve this with steamed vegetables, a side salad, or some yummy garlic bread.
You could try my favorite Side Salad or my Garlic Pull Apart Rolls.
More one-pot pasta recipes
One Pot Spaghetti with Sausage
4
servings5
minutes30
minutesOne-Pot Spaghetti with Sausage is the easiest and yummiest weeknight meal. All the ingredients are cooked in one pot in under half an hour!
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Ingredients
1 lb Italian sausage
1 onion, diced
1 Tbsp garlic minced
1 3/4 cup vegetable broth or chicken broth
24 oz marinara sauce
1/2 cup water
8 oz spaghetti, broken in half
1/4 cup grated parmesan
Directions
- To a large pot, add the sausage and onion. Break the sausage up and cook until browned. Pour out excess grease.
- Add in the broth and scrape the bits off the bottom of the pan. Add in the marinara sauce, water, and spaghetti.
- Let simmer, covered, for 18-22 minutes, stirring occasionally, until spaghetti is tender.
- Stir in Parmesan and serve. Enjoy!
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Your One-Pot Spaghetti with Sausage recipe sounds like a weeknight dinner dream come true! I completely get what you mean about true one-pot recipes — no one wants to dirty multiple dishes when trying to whip up a quick meal. Your method of cooking everything together in one pot, including the pasta, is genius and definitely simplifies the cooking process.
I appreciate how you’ve shared your tips and favorite tools like the meat chopper and silicone strainer — those little details make all the difference in efficiency and ease. Deglazing the pan with broth to capture all those flavorful bits is such a pro move!
And your serving suggestions — from steamed vegetables to garlic bread — make it a complete and satisfying meal. Plus, your list of other one-pot dinners has me bookmarking this for future reference. Lemon Chicken Orzo and Sausage and Tomato Gnocchi sound like must-tries!
Thanks for sharing your expertise and enthusiasm for easy, delicious meals. I’m definitely adding your One-Pot Spaghetti with Sausage to my dinner rotation!
I made this two days ago and it was great. I made two changes. I used shell pasta instead of spaghetti and ground beef instead of sausage. It’s a keeper!!