This week has been a crazy one for me. Tuesday and Wednesday I chaperoned a high school theater trip to Georgia State One-Act competition in Albany, Ga., which is on the opposite side of the state from Augusta.
We rode on a school bus.
Albany is about four and a half hours away by car, more by bus.
We rode on a school bus.
In around 36 hours I spent 12 on a school bus. With 38 students.
On a school bus.
OK, you get my point...we rode on a school bus, which wasn't the most comfortable thing I could imagine for my hearing or my posterior.
We got back to Casa Calloway around 1:30 a.m. last night and today is a busy day. Tonight I'm emceeing the Relish Cooking Show here in Augusta. I won't get home until around 10 p.m. tonight, so I'm kind of out of the dinner equation.
Well, I would be if it wasn't for my stash of homemade marinara sauce. On nights like tonight, hubs and favorite daughter will have a home-cooked meal sans the cook (me).
This Spicy Chicken and Sausage Spaghetti starts with a quart of my homemade marinara, which gets a spicy hit from hot Italian chicken sausage and some pickled sliced jalapeno peppers.
Although I say this is spicy, it's not that spicy. Just a bit of heat...enough to take this out of the standard marinara-tossed-pasta category.
Hope it helps you get dinner on the table during a super-busy week like the one I'm having!
Spicy Chicken Sausage and Spaghetti
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 package lean raw (not smoked or cured) hot or mild Italian chicken sausage, about 4-5 links
1 quart homemade marinara or 1 28-32-ounce jar prepared marinara sauce
1 15-ounce can petite diced tomatoes, drained
1/2-1 cup pickled sliced jalapeno peppers, drained (reserve the liquid) and roughly chopped
1/4 cup liquid from the pickled jalapenos
Hot cooked pasta, for serving (3/4-1 pound of spaghetti or other pasta)
Freshly grated Parmesan cheese, for serving
Heat olive oil in a saute casserole or other large skillet or saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the sausage and brown on all sides, about 2 minutes per side, decreasing heat if the oil begins to pop. Add the marinara, drained diced tomatoes, jalapenos and jalapeno liquid. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer, until the sausage is completely cooked, about 20 minutes.
Remove the sausage from the slice and slice. Return to the sauce and spoon the sauce (or toss) with hot cooked pasta. Pass freshly grated Parmesan cheese at the table.
Makes 4-6 servings.
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