Butternut Squash Noodles with Sausage

Marina's Kitchen

Prep Time

15 hours

Cook Time

30 minutes

Category

We love sausage

Butternut Squash noodles served with delicious Circle B Ranch Sweet Italian Sausage. This recipe is delicious. Enjoy!

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ lbs. butternut squash noodles
  • 5 Tbsp. canola oil
  • 3 links Circle B Ranch Sweet Italian Sausage, casings removed
  • 1 medium onion, halved and thinly sliced
  • 10 oz. mushrooms, sliced
  • 5 oz. fresh baby spinach
  • ¼ cup chicken stock
  • ¼ plus 1/8 tsp. salt
  • Coarsely ground black pepper, to taste
  • ¼ cup shredded Asiago cheese

Directions

  1. On a large rimmed baking sheet, toss squash noodles with 2 Tbsp. oil and ¼ tsp. each of salt and pepper. Heat oven to 400⁰ F and bake noodles for 10 minutes.

  2. In a large pot, heat 1 Tbsp. oil over medium-high heat. Crumble in sausage and brown, stirring, 4 minutes. Remove sausage to a plate using a slotted spoon. Reduce heat to medium.

  3. Add 1 Tbsp. oil to pot, along with onion and mushrooms. Cook 5 minutes, adding ¼ cup chicken stock to scrape up the bits from bottom of pan.

  4. Stir in spinach and cook 3 minutes, until wilted. Stir sausage back into pot and turn off heat.

  5. Remove noodles from oven. In a large non-stick skillet, heat 1 Tbsp. oil over medium-high. Add noodles and cook 6 minutes, tossing with salt and pepper.

  6. Add sausage mixture to skillet and cook 2 minutes.

  7. To serve, divide among 4 bowls and top each serving with 1 Tbsp. Asiago and more pepper to taste.