Baked Penne with Sausage (No Boil)

This No Boil Baked Penne with Sausage uses store-bought pasta sauce, boxed noodles, Italian sausage, red onion, parsley, and kale along with plenty of mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses!

This recipe is something I kind of stumbled upon and it was just too good not to share with you all. It’s an easy recipe where the pasta is cooked in the oven (no boiling required!).  It takes about an hour to throw together (including about 50 minutes of downtime while its baking) which means more time doing things like searching Pinterest or actually getting other things done.

How To Make Baked Penne with Sausage

To make this, simply brown the sausage with some onion, garlic, parsley and kale. Then simmer in a marinara sauce of your choosing (I personally loved the vodka sauce with the sausage), add in uncooked pasta noodles and transfer to a large baking dish. Seriously it’s that easy.

And it keeps so well in the fridge, we plan on having it for lunch AND dinner today.  You know you have a hit on your hands when you’re looking forward to leftovers at  10 am. 

Oh, and for picky eaters, I would recommend either leaving out the kale completely, or using about half of the amount listed.

Baked Penne with Sausage

Yield: 6-8 Servings

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 50 minutes

Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

This quick and easy Baked Penne with Sausage comes together quickly and uses store-bought pasta sauce, boxed noodles, Italian sausage, red onion, parsley, and kale along with plenty of mozzarella and Parmesan cheeses! And the pasta is cooked in the oven!

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Ingredients

• 16 oz box penne pasta, uncooked
• 1 24 oz vodka sauce or your favorite pasta sauce
• 1 lb sweet Italian sausage (or spicy or mild)
• 1/2 red onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup parsley, chopped
• 2 cups kale, roughly chopped
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup freshly grated parmesan
• 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
2. In a large sauté pan over a medium heat, add the sausage and cook for about (about 10 minutes).
3. Add in the garlic, red onion, parsley, and kale, and simmer until the onions are translucent and the sausage is brown (about 2-3 minutes).
4. Add in the pasta sauce and simmer (about 5 minutes).
5. Gently stir in the uncooked penne pasta to coat them in the sauce, then transfer to a large baking dish.
6. Push the noodles into the sauce so they're mostly covered and can cook while baking in the sauce, cover with tinfoil and bake for 40 minutes.
7. Remove from the oven, top with fresh mozzarella and parmesan and bake uncovered until the cheese has fully melted and the pasta is tender (about 10 minutes).

Try these pasta dishes next:

• Spaghetti Carbonara
• Lemon Pesto Pasta
• Pesto Pasta
• Spinach & Orzo Pasta Salad