Italian sausage with broccoli and white beans
9
Points®
Total time: 20 min • Prep: 10 min • Cook: 10 min • Serves: 1 • Difficulty: Easy
This one-serving, 20-minute main dish is ideal for a busy weeknight when you’re cooking for yourself. Cannellini beans have a wonderfully silky texture and nutty flavor that pairs well with the savory chicken sausage. Substitute spicy sauce for the sweet variety if you’d prefer a little spice in this entrée. Canned beans keep the prep time short and rinsing them cuts their sodium content by 40 percent—a nice payoff for a quick-and-easy step. If you find you have larger broccoli florets, cut them into smaller bite-sized pieces so they cook evenly. Crushed red pepper flakes add a nice hit of heat, but you can amp it up by using ground red pepper instead.
Ingredients
Extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp
Broccoli florets
2 cup(s)
Cooked chicken sausage(s)
3 oz
Uncooked onion(s)
0.5 cup(s), chopped
Garlic
2 medium clove(s)
Canned cannellini beans
0.5 cup(s)
Water
0.25 cup(s)
Table salt
1 pinch(es)
Grated Parmesan cheese
1.5 Tbsp
Crushed red pepper flakes
1 pinch(es)
Instructions
1
Heat oil in small nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add broccoli, sausage, and onion; cover and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until broccoli is almost tender, about 7 minutes.
2
Add garlic; toss. Add beans, water, and a pinch salt (optional); cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until broccoli is tender and beans are hot, about 1 minute. Sprinkle with Parmesan and pepper flakes.
3
Makes 1 serving.
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