This creamy sausage rigatoni is made with crumbled Italian sausage simmered in creamy tomato sauce and served ovrer pasta for the ultimate comfort food.

Creamy Sausage Rigatoni

From the recipe collection of Tara Ippolito

There’s nothing that a big warm bowl of creamy sausage rigatoni can’t fix. It’s the ultimate comfort food. It’s meaty, cheesy and loaded with carbs.

And let’s face it, we could all use something like this in our lives every once and a while.

I like to schedule my “once and a while” carb fest on Sundays. We always had pasta once a week in my house growing up. Sunday was the perfect day for it.

Everyone was home and we’d eat dinner early. Big meals like this creamy sausage rigatoni I like to eat around 4. I’m not exactly sure why but eating pasta early on a Sunday just makes so much sense.

Maybe because that gives plenty of room for seconds? It’s a tradition I’ve kept in my house with my own family now.

This creamy sausage rigatoni is very easy to make too!

This is a one and done meal. Meaning you don’t really need to serve sides with it. A salad and some garlic bread would be great additions if you’re looking for a little something extra but that’s really it.

I hope you give this one a try. If you do, I know you'll love it just as much as my family and I do.

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Creamy Sausage Rigatoni Variations

I love this recipe made exactly as it is, but here are some ways to change it up if you'd like to.

• Sausage- Hot Italian sausage can be used instead of sweet or a combination of both if you'd like.
• Spicy- Add a little heat to this dish add some hot pepper flakes with the onion, sausage and garlic as it cooks.
• Pasta- Any pasta can be used in this recipe but I would suggest a tube shape to catch as many bits of sausage as you can.

Other Easy Pasta Recipes

If you like super easy to make recipes like this one, here are some others that I know you'll love, too.

• Million Dollar Spaghetti Casserole
• Pasta Primavera
• Easy Caprese Pasta
• Marry Me Pasta

Ingredients:

• Olive oil
• Onion, chopped
• Ground Sausage
• Garlic, chopped
• Diced tomatoes in the can (with the juice)
• Tomato sauce
• Fresh Basil
• Salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, garlic powder
• Rigatoni & a ladle of the pasta water

Instructions:

In a large saucepan with a tall lip, heat the olive oil over medium high heat and add the chopped garlic, onion and sausage. Break the sausage down into little pieces as it cooks.

Once the sausage is browned, add the diced tomatoes and tomato sauce and season the sauce salt, pepper, garlic powder and Italian seasoning.

Stir the sauce until everything is combined and let it cook for about 10 minutes over low heat.

Stir in the cream and fresh basil and continue to let it cook for another 5 minutes.

Add the pasta water and rigatoni to the sauce and stir everything together until the pasta is coated in the sauce.

Serve warm and with parsley, basil, parmesan cheese if you'd like to.