I was given this recipe by Kelli Bhattacharjee, which was a winner at Versailles Poultry Days one year. This is by far my favorite grilled chicken I’ve ever had after making a few modifications. Ever since I got the recipe, I’ve been preparing it at least once a week. Try it. Don’t expect to be let down! This produces a finished product that is incredibly moist and flavorful, and it is just amazing.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 40 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 8 cups |
Ingredients
- 8 ounces uncooked rigatoni pasta
- 8 ounces Hillshire Farm® Rope Smoked Sausage, cut into bias-cut pieces
- 4 cups chopped butternut squash
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, divided
- ¼ cup fresh sage leaves, chopped
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Cook pasta according to package directions; drain.
- Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Place sausage and squash on a large baking pan. Drizzle with oil; toss to coat.
- Roast in preheated oven for 12 minutes. Toss with 3 tablespoons cubed butter and sage; return to oven for 12-14 minutes, until squash is caramelized and tender.
- Melt remaining butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Toss in pasta, sausage mixture, lemon juice, 3/4 cup of the cheese, salt, and pepper. Serve in shallow bowls topped with remaining 1/4 cup cheese.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 721 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 63 g |
| Cholesterol | 99 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 6 g |
| Protein | 24 g |
| Saturated Fat | 20 g |
| Sodium | 1073 mg |
| Sugars | 6 g |
| Fat | 44 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Used deer sausage otherwise followed directions, it was wonderful. Especially when I added sirache
Original recipe as written was good – had to omit cheese since I’m allergic. It was made even better by adding garlic powder and a teeny bit of maple syrup
I added peppers and onions to the sheet pan & sprinkled with dried garlic. I also did not add as much parmesan cheese. This recipe was a great inspiration. I was so glad to be able to use my home grown squash & sage.
I made this recipe using smoked turkey sausage, a bit less pasta than is recommended and dried sage because I did not have fresh. This is a great combination of flavors! My husband and I both liked it a lot–and LOVED it the next day! Next time I will try to get fresh sage and will add more sausage and squash with less pasta. Thanks for a great new “keeper” recipe!
This is really good! Although I changed the recipe a bit to omit the pasta. I made it literally as the recipe reads-with butternut squash pasta! Butternut squash zoodles to be exact. It had a nice easy taste to it and the sausage flavor shined through! I will make this Keto-friendly version again! Very easy to prepare!
We made this recipe and it came out so great. I love the cheese and sage added to this dish. And the squash was just as soft as the pasta in this dish. This is a great weeknight dinner dish for the whole family.
This is a quick and easy recipe that turns out a great dish! I followed the recipe as written, roasting the sausage and squash on a large rimmed baking pan and substituting dried sage I was out of fresh. We loved the flavor of the smoked sausage with the buttery and tender squash. I *may* have enjoyed it even more for lunch the next day… 🙂
This was wonderful! I made it exactly as written. My husband said, “You could sell this!” I think he liked it. The only thing I will do next time is use a little more sausage, maybe 12 oz.
This dish had a beautiful balance of flavors. My changes were; Used our own pork sausage and homegrown rubbed sage. I used a full pound of sausage. Next time I make it I will cut the rigatoni by a couple of ounces. The picture doesn’t show the porportion of meat and squash to pasta. It was pasta heavy I thought.
I didn’t have fresh sage so used 1/2 tsp dried sage. I added 1 small leek white part only cut into 1/2 inch rounds. Combined with squash and sausage. My husband said it was better than good and wanted it again.
This turned out better than I expected. I did not make any changes as it turned out it didn’t need any changes. It’s purfect the way it is.
Tasty. I used Asiago cheese instead of Parmesan as I had it on hand.
Love it!! I added some garden tomato, red pepper and peas to get more vegetables and only used 1/2 the butter recommended. Delicious!!
Loved this recipe. Good change of vegetables with the squash, but any vegetable would be good. Little high in calories but tastes good.
wonderful…..
I didn’t change a thing. It was wonderful. Loved the taste. I definitely will make it again! Will surely reccommend it to one and all.
Definitely make it again, used a healthy sausage instead, very tasty
Excellent way to serve Kielbasa for dinner. Lots of butter and parmesan cheese which goes crispy on some of the butternut squash. Delicious and easy dinner to serve in bowls.
This was an easy but delicious dinner. Next time I’m going to try using chicken breast to make it a bit healthier.
I will make it again. I didn’t make any changes to the recipe.
I made it and just added a sprinkle of granulated garlic to the recipe. Also, I used lean sausage from a local source. If you use any Hillshire brands products, you had better have a good cardiologist because the fat levels are off the charts.