Chicken sausage pasta

Enjoy our chicken sausage pasta for a midweek meal – it's tasty, quick and full of veg, and you can add carrots, sweetcorn or peas to bump the veg count up further, if you like

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp sunflower oil
• 400 g chicken sausage, sliced
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 large garlic clove, crushed or finely grated
• 200 g roasted red peppers, chopped
• 1 tsp ground cumin (optional)
• 0.5 tsp chilli flakes (optional)
• 400 g can chopped tomatoes
• 100 g spinach
• 500 g penne or rigatoni pasta

Steps

1. Heat the oil in a large lidded frying pan or saucepan over a medium heat and fry the sausage pieces for 4-5 mins until beginning to brown. Tip in the garlic, peppers, cumin and chilli, if using, season well and stir to combine. Cook for 2-3 mins more until fragrant, then tip in the chopped tomatoes and half a can of water. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for another 10-15 mins until the liquid has reduced a little and the sausages are cooked through. Add the spinach, stir, cover and cook for 3-5 mins more until the spinach has wilted, then mix to combine.
2. Meanwhile, cook the pasta following pack instructions. Drain, reserving a cupful of the pasta water.
3. Tip the cooked pasta into the sauce and stir gently to combine. Cook for a 2-3 mins, then stir in some of the reserved pasta water if the sauce needs to be loosened. Serve.