Creamy Sausage Pasta
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Creamy Sausage Pasta is a fast 20 minute dinner recipe the entire family will love. With just a few ingredients and one pan, it’s perfect for busy weeknights!
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You know those go-to recipes you know the family will love every single time? This is one of those recipes! This Creamy Sausage Pasta combines egg noodles with a perfectly seasoned sauce and ground sausage for a meal that cooks up in just 20 minutes, it doesn’t get much better than that!
Why I love this recipe
- no fancy ingredients to hunt for in the store
- one pan to clean up
- 20 minutes start to finish!
- packed with flavor
- I’ve yet to meet someone who didn’t love it!
You might also like these other fast & easy recipes: Mongolian Ground Beef Noodles or Ground Beef Stroganoff
Ingredients
- ground sausage
- onion soup mix
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- salt & pepper
- beef stock
- sour cream
- cream cheese
- egg noodles
- Parmesan cheese/parsley (optional)
Step by step
- Get ready, because this recipe cooks up fast! Start by browning your ground sausage in a large saucepan.
- Add the onion soup mix and seasonings, then the beef broth. Stir to mix well, including deglazing the pan by scraping all those flavorful bits on the bottom of the pan!
- Add the cream cheese and stir until creamy.
- Stir in the egg noodles, reduce heat to a simmer and cover tightly.
- Cook for 10-12 minutes or until noodles are done. Stir and serve warm, sprinkling with Parmesan cheese and parsley if you’d like.
Need more easy meal inspiration? Check out this delicious linguine recipe!
Tips & Variations
- use a large pan with a tight lid so it doesn’t bubble over
- if substituting different pasta, adjust the cooking time according to the box directions
- adjust the spice of the recipe by using a mild or spicy ground sausage
- you can substitute ground beef, turkey, or chicken for the sausage but may need to add more seasoning if you do
If you try this recipe, please comment and rate it below, I love hearing from you!
PrintCreamy Sausage Pasta
- Total Time: 20 minutes
- Yield: 8 1x
Description
Creamy Sausage Pasta is a fast 20 minute dinner recipe the entire family will love. With just a few ingredients and one pan, it’s perfect for busy weeknights!
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground sausage
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1 packet dry onion soup mix
- 4 cups beef broth (low sodium preferred)
- 8 ounce cream cheese
- 12 ounce bag egg noodles
- 1/2 cup sour cream
Instructions
- In a large sauce pan, brown ground sausage over medium high heat.
- Add dry soup mix and spices and stir to coat.
- Add broth and scrape the bottom of the pan to deglaze.
- Add cream cheese and stir until it starts to melt.
- Add egg noodles to the pan and stir to coat. Reduce heat to low and cover.
- Simmer 10-12 minutes or until noodles are done.
- Stir in sour cream and serve, top with Parmesan and parsley if desired.
Notes
- use a large pan with a tight lid so it doesn’t bubble over
- if substituting different pasta, adjust the cooking time according to the box directions
- adjust the spice of the recipe by using a mild or spicy ground sausage
- you can substitute ground beef, turkey, or chicken for the sausage but may need to add more seasoning if you do
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: main course
- Method: stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 455
- Sugar: 1.9 g
- Sodium: 1445.1 mg
- Fat: 31.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 27.1 g
- Protein: 16.2 g
- Cholesterol: 99.8 mg
What type of ground sausage are you using — breakfast sausage, Italian sausage, etc? Thanks.
I usually use Italian but you can experiment with different types to change up the flavor
The taste is delicious but is waaaayyy to salty. I will try next time by not adding any salt.
I totally feel that using a low sodium beef broth would remedy this. I didn’t add any salt and mine was very good, but will opt for low sodium broth, next time. I will definitely make this, again
So good!!!!!
Loved it. This is a great, tasty comfort food meal that’s really filling.
So glad you liked it Wyman!
Great flavors, but way too salty for even my salt loving spouse’s taste. We plan to remake with a couple changes: omitting the extra salt, and making homemade onion soup mix without salt. The broth and other ingredients should add an adequate amount of sodium. We added some peas for some veggies too.
I’d love to hear how it comes out with your adjustments Steph!
The entire family loved this!
it look soo tasty, i just loveeeeeeeeee pasta and i really want to try this one. Thanks for the amazing recipe.
Is the sour cream a must for this recipe? Just wondering if I could omit it.
This was delicious!
So glad you like it!
Delicious. I simplified it by using italian sausage (no seasonings) and the rest of ingredients. Kids love it. Thank you
You’re welcome, I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
I loved this!! It has so much flavor!!
So glad you liked it!
Wow so delicious and easy!! But WAY to SALTY!! I will make it again and not put any salt in then salt to taste.
This was delicious! I didn’t have the onion soup mix so I substituted with McCormick meat loaf mix and did not add any salt during cooking. My family really liked it so I can’t wait to try it again!
Tried this recipe today.. Super easy to make but way too salty! Wish I had read some of the reviews before, seems like others agree. Maybe use low sodium beef broth or don’t add the salt it calls for. Otherwise taste is good. Thanks for the recipe!
This is AMAZING!!! Even my picky teens asked for this to be added to the weekly menu!!! Thank you so much!!! ❤️❤️❤️
Do you drain the grease after cooking the sausage?
This was a very quick and easy recipe. I didn’t have beef stock so I just made the onion soup and poured it in. I also added a small can of cream of mushroom soup. I didn’t use any spices and it was still flavorful.
Really nice flavor. I followed the recipe exactly. I had turkey sausage, but I didn’t think it would matter in the end. The end result was SO salty! So salty….
I may try again and use ground beef and low salt broth.
This was soooo good and quick. It was a little salty, so I added a can of cream of mushroom soup to it and it was creamier and less salty. Thank you for this super quick dinner idea!
So glad you liked it!
This dish is amazing. I have made it several times and everyone loves it. There is never any leftover.
I’m so glad you liked it Tania, it is one of our favorites too!
Delicious and easy! Except just like the comments wayyyyyy to salty! And I only used a half pack of onion soup mix and didn’t add the extra salt. Still too salty.
Next time I’d prob use 2 cups beef broth and 2 cups water and keep just the half pack of onion soup mix.
And I added mushrooms!
You don’t indicate which TYPE of cream cheese.
I made this and we liked it. I’m not a huge fan of the onion flavor being so strong so will use less than a pot next time I make it. Definitely omit the salt & use low sodium beef broth. It’s good and I will def make again, just adjusted to our taste. Thanks for the recipe!
You’re welcome, I’m glad you liked it!
Me and my husband absolutely loved this recipe. I’m making it again tonight and am adding it to our regular menu rotation because it is incredibly delicious. I always thought I was really sensitive to salt until I read some of these reviews? I didn’t think it was too salty at all. But, to each their own I guess? It is perfect to us!
My family really liked this meal, that’s always win in my book! Based on previous comments, used 2 cups broth and 2 cups water, reduced additional spices by half, entire packet of onion mix. Very flavorful and not too salty! Will add this to the rotation immediately. Thanks so much for the recipe!
Really good, but really salty. I read the comments, typically I like really salty food. This was too salty and I didn’t add the extra salt. Next time i would add more water and make sure the beef broth is low sodium
Definitely a hit but agree with comments about way too salty. With soup mix and sausage, I don’t think it need the additional salt at all (full disclosure I did not use low sodium broth). But salt level was actually alarming to my taste buds! I’m making some additional noodles to mix into the leftovers to try to tone it down. But will definitely make again without the salt!