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| Gluten Free Chicken & Apple Sausage Penne |
For me, the two main things I thought I would have to give up when I found out I was gluten intolerant was bread and pasta; two of the things I really love to eat (beside dessert, of course). I quickly found out, though, that there are a lot of really good gluten free pastas out there. A lot of them can be found in regular grocery stores, too.
The first gluten free pasta I tried when making a gluten free version of this Chicken & Apple Sausage Penne was Trader Joe's Brown Rice Penne. This is a very good pasta, but if you cook it too long it gets pretty soggy, so you have to really watch it and test it as you go. I soon found there was a whole slew of gluten free pastas out there. Even Barilla has a gluten free pasta (their pasta is made with a combination of corn and rice) that is also good. Honestly, I have tried more brands of gluten free pasta than I can recall (I see one I haven't tried, and I have to try it out. You are welcome gluten free pasta companies). Almost all of them were good. I did find that I preferred either an all brown rice pasta or a combo of corn and rice. as opposed to a corn only pasta. I found a brand at Walmart that I have been using , that I do like, called Pasta Joy by Tinkyada. It is a brown rice pasta.
This time I made my Gluten Free Chicken & Apple Sausage Penne with yet another brand of gluten free pasta that had a combo of rice, corn and quinoa. I found it at Fresh & Easy, and the brand was Garofalo. It was probably the best gluten free penne I have used up until now. I use Aidells Chicken & Apple sausage, as it has no msg or nitrates, which I also have an allergy to. Aidells also makes a Chicken & Mango sausage which I have used in this recipe in the past, and it is very good also. This is a quick and easy stove top recipe that is served up nice with a side salad (a little gluten free bread on the side doesn't hurt either!).
This Gluten Free Chicken & Apple Sausage Penne is a simple dinner that would be great on a hot summer night! I hope you try it out. Let me know in the comments section below if you do try it, and how you liked it!
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GLUTEN FREE CHICKEN & APPLE SAUSAGE PENNE
Recipe from: Goodies Gone Gluten Free
Yield: 6-7 servings
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16 oz. gluten free penne pasta
12 oz. package Aidells Chicken & Apple Sausage (or any chicken & apple sausage brand)
Small onion, diced (I like to use a Vidallia, or sweet onion)
1/2 cup light olive oil
2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. fresh cracked pepper
1/2 cup crumbled goat cheese, plus a Tbsp. for topping
Boil salted water for pasta, and cook pasta according to package directions. Drizzle a bit of olive oil in a large pan and saute onions with a sprinkle of salt and pepper, until they start to soften. Slice sausage into rounds and add to onions and cook until the sausage is browned and caramelized. Add garlic and cook for a minute, just until fragrant (you don't want to burn your garlic by cooking too long).
Drain pasta and add to pan of sausage and onions. Stir to coat. Add olive oil, salt, pepper and goat cheese and stir until fully coated. You can drizzle more olive oil if it looks too dry. Top with extra goat cheese and serve!
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