Neither of my parents were amazing cooks. They cooked simply to feed the family and made a lot of meals that were considered poor meals. But they were just easy to feed a family a six. When I tell you we had a lot of casseroles growing up, I don’t even make them anymore.
My mom made a mushroom soup, potato chip casserole that my husband still jokes, was the weirdest thing he’s ever eaten. Yet my dad loves and still asks my mom to make it, even though they’re now empty nesters.
My dad, on the other hand, made a lot of foods his parents used to cook. This being one of them, and it’s still one of my favorites.
I no longer talk to my parents, but I still make this dish and takes me back to spending lots of time with my grandfather, the only person I felt ever understood me.
This dish is made with ground sasuage, elbow noodles, tomato sauce and paste and lots of spices. Their are no exact measurements for this, because we’ll it’s an eyeball recipe and how spicy do you want it.
The end result is really good, and one i love having every so often. Since no one else likes it, I get to have this big batch to myself all week or late at night when I need something to warm me up.
Tangy Sasuage Skillet
Ingredients
- 1 package ground breakfast sasuage, I use an Aldi one or Jimmy Dean.
- 2 cans tomato sauce, the small ones
- 2 cans tomato paste
- 1lb elbow noodles
- cumin to taste
- Salt and pepper to taste
- red peper flakes to taste
- chili powder to taste
- paprika to taste
- Italian seasoning to taste
Directions
1. Cook the ground sasyage till no longer pink, set aside and begin making the noodles.
2.Cook your noodles to yoir prefer consistency and taste, the noodles will cook a little more when added to the sauce.
2. While the noodles cook, begun working on the sauce. In a large sauce pan add in the tomato paste and sauce, then about 1/2c of water to give it a thinned out texture but not too watery. You can do 1/4c at a time till you have a consistency you like.
3. Then add in your spices. This is all on personal taste, do you want it hot or mild. Start out with 2 tsp of each spice, then taste the mix to see if you like it, after a minute or two of blending in with the sauce. If it’s not spicy enough, add in another 1tsp at a time till you reach your level.
4. Once the sauce is finished, add in your sasuage and noodles and give it a good stir. Once mixed thoroughly it’s ready to enjoy. Serve sasuage noodles with a little bit of sour cream on top, that you can mix in as you eat.
Notes.
everyone’s spice level is different, so you can always separate the meal out to make some with spice and some without.
