One pot meals: the perfect meal to feed a crowd, the perfect quick and easy weeknight meal, the perfect meal when you don’t want to turn the oven on or wash a ton of pots and pans. This one pot meal features some delicious, crowd-pleasing ingredients: crumbled sweet Italian sausage, plum tomatoes, and Italian spices. The spaghetti in this dish cooks itself in broth and tomatoes, and absorbs all of the delicious flavors of these ingredients while releasing its starches, forming a cohesive dish. Cut down your dishwashing time and enjoy a delicious dinner with this one pot spaghetti with tomatoes and sausage.
What flavor profiles are in this dish?
You can expect to taste everything you’d find in a traditional Italian pasta dish here. The base of this dish is sweet Italian sausage. When sautéed with chopped onion, onion powder, kosher salt, fresh cracked pepper, and Italian seasoning, the sausage becomes even more flavorful. The fat renders off of the flavorful pork sausage, and helps slightly caramelize the onions.
The flavor continues to build with the addition of fresh garlic cloves, reduced sodium chicken broth, tomato paste for depth of flavor, and plum tomatoes. Once the spaghetti is added in, you simply let it do it’s magic and simmer away.
The dish is finished with fresh basil and parsley to brighten up the rest of the flavors. Top with grated or shaved cheese, and you have the perfect Italian pasta dish.
How does a one pot pasta dish work?
The general ratio of a one-pot pasta dish is one part pasta, to two parts cooking liquid. This is the key ratio for ensuring that the pasta cooks adequately in the liquid, while absorbing the flavor and releasing its starches.
For this dish, I kept the same ratio (one pound of pasta to 4 cups of reduced sodium chicken broth) but then also added a can of plum tomatoes and juice. The rationale behind this extra liquid is that the tomatoes will ultimately become the sauce for the pasta.
When I first made this dish, I was nervous that there was too much liquid left over (do not panic if you feel the same way). However, the warm pasta continues to absorb the liquid, and it ended up being perfect. It’s also a good idea to have some of that extra liquid there when it comes to reheating leftovers later on.
A one pot pasta dish is one of those recipes that makes me never want to make traditional pasta again. One pot, no extra pot of boiling water to cook the pasta first. All of the flavors built up in this one pot for a delicious finished product. The pasta ends up being delectably creamy and indulgent tasting, and full of flavor from the cooking liquid.
What will I need to make this one pot spaghetti with tomatoes and sausage?
- sweet Italian pork sausage
- Premio is our favorite brand of sausage.
- I do not recommend using chicken sausage here; the fat rendered from the pork sausage is ideal for cooking the onions and garlic and giving this dish amazing depth of flavor.
- onion
- Italian seasoning
- kosher salt
- onion powder
- garlic
- olive oil spray
- spaghetti
- reduced sodium chicken broth
- San Marzano peeled plum tomatoes
- tomato paste
- basil
- parsley
How to make one pot spaghetti with tomatoes and sausage
To start this dish, begin by removing the sausage from their casings. Preheat a large Dutch oven (or large pot) over medium-high heat, and add olive oil spray. Chop the onion. Add the chopped onion, along with the sausage (without the casings) to the pot. Break the sausage meat up using a wooden spoon.
Cook this mixture for about 7-8 minutes or until the sausage is no longer pink. Then, add the onion powder, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper, followed by the minced garlic. Cook for just one minute.
Next, add the chicken broth, tomatoes with their juices, and the tomato paste. Then, break the spaghetti in half (I know, I know, I am sorry! I always preach not to do this, but for this cooking method, it’s necessary for everything to fit in the pot and be appropriately submerged). Add the spaghetti to the pot, and bring this mixture to a boil.
Once boiling, cover the pot and reduce the heat to low. Cook the pasta for about 15 minutes or until it is tender and some of the liquid has been absorbed. Toss in the fresh herbs. Taste for seasoning.
Note: there will be extra liquid on the bottom of the pot. This is fine for serving on top of each portion. The pasta will continue to absorb the liquid as it sits, so don’t worry!
One Pot Spaghetti with Tomatoes and Sausage
Equipment
- dutch oven or large pot
Ingredients
- 4 links sweet Italian pork sausage, removed from casing; I used Premio brand
- 1 onion, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- olive oil spray
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- fresh cracked pepper
- 4 cups reduced sodium chicken broth
- 28 oz San Marzano peeled plum tomatoes, canned
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 pound spaghetti, one box; I used Barilla
- 1/4 cup basil, fresh
- 1/4 cup parsley, fresh
Instructions
- Place a large pot or Dutch Oven on the stove over medium high heat. Add olive oil spray.
- Remove the sausage links from the casings. Chop the onion.
- Add the sausage meat and the onion to the pot. Break the sausage meat up with a wooden spoon.
- Cook the sausage and onion together until the sausage is no longer pink, and the onion is slightly caramelized (about 7-8 minutes).
- Add the onion powder, Italian seasoning, kosher salt, and fresh cracked pepper. Toss to combine.
- Mince the garlic and add it to the pot. Toss to combine with the other ingredients. Cook for 1 minute or until just fragrant.
- Add the chicken broth, plum tomatoes with their juices, and the tomato paste.
- Crush the tomatoes slightly with your spoon.
- Break the spaghetti in half and add it to the pot, making sure it is submerged in the liquid.
- Stir everything together and bring the mixture to a boil. Once boiling, cover the pot and reduce the heat to low.
- Simmer, covered, for about 15 minutes or until the pasta is tender.
- Chop the fresh herbs and stir them in. Taste for seasoning.
- Note: there will be extra liquid left in the pot. This is normal. The pasta will continue to absorb the liquid, especially if you are serving later on.
Notes
- 8 WW points (blue and green plans)
- 2 WW points (purple plan, if you use whole wheat)
Nutrition
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DELICIOUS!!!
Absolutely delicious!!!! Swapped the sweet sausage with hot sausage and that gave it a little bite! Definitely making this again!!
So easy and super delicious! My husband and I loved it and even my picky boys came back for seconds…one for thirds!!! Will be making this again for certain!!
This was absolutely delicious!! I rarely leave reviews, but this dish deserves one. Aside from being ridiculously flavorful, it’s so easy to make. All ingredients are ones most have on hand, so making this tonight didn’t even require a stop at the store. The flavors come together perfectly and everything was ready in under 30 minutes – a great weeknight meal after a busy day. Steph, you’re a magician in the kitchen and really won both me and my fiancé over with this dish. Thank you for creating such tasty meals with real ingredients! We’ll definitely be making this one again!!
This was SO EASY to prepare and SO YUMMY!!
Easy and delicious!
Love following you!
This was absolutely delicious! I shared some with a neighbor so that I didn’t end up eating more as a midnight snack. The sausage was definitely a nice change from other recipes that call for turkey or ground beef. I used fresh herbs from my garden as well as San Marzano tomatoes from my garden. I only have one tomato plant and as of now has over 50 tomatoes on it. Amazing flavor. Thank you for the time and effort you put into your recipes and posts.
Delicious & so easy to make. I subbed hot sausage for sweet.
Thank you for this & all of your awesome recipes!!!
Another amazing recipe! Thank you! So flavorful and a nice change from the standard pasta night. The herbs in this dish really take it to another level!!! Love, love , love it!!
Delicious! So easy to make. I will definitely be making this again…soon!
MAKE THIS NOW!!! I made this tonight with the help of my 7 year old daughter. It was easy enough that she could help but also enough goes into this that she felt very accomplished. It was SOOOO good!! My husband, 5 and 3 year old boys,13 year old daughter, the chef, and myself all loved it. My very picky 5 year old went back for seconds. We made it using that protein pasta that was shown on Steph’s Instagram. I don’t know that I can ever make spaghetti like I did before again. Besides the cutting board, only the pot was used! Do yourselves a favor, and make this!
LOVE LOVE LOVE this recipe. Also won over my 2&4 yr old. My hubby asked if I could make this again for our meal prep for lunches next week.
I used crushed tomatoes because we don’t like the tomato chunks and it was perfect!!!
Made this tonight and HOLY MOLY it was a hit!!!! Even my 5 year old son ate it and loved it!!! I did 2 hot sausage and 2 sweet and it was 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 Steph, you nailed it again!!!
Wow This is going in my file of family favorites! So easy to make and extremely filling as it is delicious.
So good, and easy makes a lot. I’m voting to try to freeze a few portions.
When I saw the original post I wanted to try this one. I asked the hubby if he would be willing to try it (he’s picky about pasta). Made it last night and OMG! Fabulous. We will definitely have this in the rotation.
Delicious and easy! Flavor is perfect and serving size is adult size. Will definitely be part of our regular dinner rotation!
So simple to throw together and very flavorful!! I used 2 hot and 2 mild sausage for an added kick, it was perfect! It also reheats very well, I was worried it would be dried out but it wasn’t! I used the Barilla plus spaghetti
Steph nailed this one, while also keeping the season in mind. This is definitely your summer pasta dish when you are craving pasta but it’s too hot out! I was dreaming of leftovers and I am not a leftover person! Just wrote this recipe down on a recipe card for a bridal shower as well!
Another fantastic recipe. Whenever my family asks what’s for dinner and I say “one of Steph’s recipes”, they are always happy to hear that. Feedback from tonight was “phenomenal…. amazing…”. I also appreciate how her recipes are realistic, using ingredients I already have on-hand. The chicken broth gives this a great flavor, and the creamy texture of this dish is so comforting.
One suggestion for this, and what I’ll do next time, is prepare it in advance to give it time for the liquid to absorb. Don’t be put off by the amount of liquid remaining in the pot – it will absorb!!
Omg. Do easy and so delicious! Pinned this!
Absolutely delicious!!! It is so easy to make.
This was super easy to make and absolutely delicious!! Thank you!! 🍝
AMAZING!! I’m not a huge spaghetti person but I love me a one pot meal so I had to give it a shot. SO GOOD! I had to make a few substitutes, but will definitely be in our dinner rotation. Thank you for all of your amazing recipes!
Husbands comments “wow”
Love this and just how simple and easy it was
Delicious and easy!!
Delicious and easy!!
THIS! I’ve tried several recipes and this was approved by my entire small fam (including picky hubby, 4 year and 2.5 year kiddos!) Delicious, simple and quick! Definitely going on our repeat menu!
This was delicious! So easy and everyone loved it. It also came out surprisingly almost creamy which was unexpected and yummy! Love your recipes!
Big hit with my picky family, and still “fancy” enough to feed guests. My 3 year old absolutely loved it! Leftovers were good the next day too.
FYI- Costco has a great deal on this specific brand of tomatoes.
Steph! We are not big sausage people but oh my stars this is delicious. My husband won’t stop sighing and saying how delicious it is. I’m even more excited about leftovers.
Amazing! I used Premio (also my favorite brand) hot sausage instead because I love the heat. So much flavor and I love that clean up was a breeze! Will definitely make again!!
I’m going to try crushed tomatoes next time. Very tasty and easy to make.
Two words: easy and amazing.
Done and done.
Made my coveted repeat meals list!! (Like so many other of Steph’s recipes!
Loved this!! So easy to make and so delicious! I don’t eat pork, so I swamped the Italian sausage for beef sausage. Still so so so good! Will be in my rotation of dishes!
Out of this world!!! My whole family devoured it!!
Absolutely delicious. You need to make this. Thanks so much for all the hard work Stephanie. I love following you and look forward to seeing what you make every week and then adding it to our meal plan.
One Pot Spaghetti is beyond delicious. My husband LOVED it and he’s very hard to please. I love a simple one pot and done type meal especially since it’s only my husband and myself. Thank you Steph this is a 5 star ⭐️
Made this for dinner tonight. So dang good and easy to make! Hubby said it felt like we were eating out at a nice Italian restaurant. Will be making again soon!!
Made this last night for my family of 5, and it was absolutely delicious! The flavor is on point and it was 100% family approved! Will absolutely be making this again!
Omg. So good. The whole family’s joyed this meal. Definitely keeping this as a constant in our house!
This is amazing!! So delicious and kid approved. They even had seconds! Thank you for the delicious and easy recipe!
Yummmm!!! This was super easy, delish, kid-friendly, and a great portion!
This was fabulous! Thank you for this easy weeknight dinner.
My family loved this! Such a great and easy dinner!
Made this tonight & it was delicious! Teenager approved as well! Quick, easy, & delicious! I will definitely make this again!
made this tonight and it is delicious!
One pot of deliciousness! Easy, flavorful and filling. I used chicken Italian sausage (what I had) but next time am going for pork. I think the pork would provide more flavor and the points would be close. Thank you Steph!
Such an easy recipe! Tasted amazing. The whole family loved it
Just made this and it is delicious! I used sweet Italian sausage and added mild Italian chicken sausage for extra protein. Next time I will just use the sweet italian. So good!
This was amazing! We normally never eat Italian sausage and I was a little hesitant but it was great. The whole family loved it and it was even better as left overs. Will definitely be making it again. Thank you!
Super delicious!!this is so easy, flavorful, and will feed a crowd!!! Mommas— save this recipe!!!!
Steph knocks it out of the park- yet again 🙂
Made this last night and it was amazing! Super easy and super quick, perfect for a week night dinner!
Steph- this is delish! My beyond picky 13 year old loved it! I made it using what I had- thin spaghetti (only cooked for 10 minutes), no tomato paste and crushed tomatoes (added a little extra water by rinsing the can). It was perfect and was so filling! Definitely will make again! Thanks for the recipe!
Amazing!!!!! Being first generation sometimes Im afraid to make new recipes for family functions but now I have a go to page. I can’t wait to make this for my family. It’s something different from the usual same dishes I severe. It was super easy to follow, tastes amazing! Can’t wait to try more recipes.
OMG! This is absolutely delicious!!!!
I would give it more stars if I could. Love 1 pot meals!!!!!
Amazing – so flavorful! I was sad when I finished my plate lol
Made this tonight for my family and in-laws and it was a hit! And honestly, the one pot situation is amazing. Can’t wait to have leftovers tomorrow:)
Home-run!
Easiest, most delicious recipe I’ve ever made! My husband asked me to add it to our dinner menu rotation, so I’d say he was a fan as well!
Stephanie! Seriously, you did it again. This recipe is delicious! I made it exactly how you wrote it, and it’s so good. I’m such a fan of your recipes, they’re easy and delicious, but this is my first time leaving a review. For anyone reading, make her brussel sprouts, those are a staple around our house! We had them last night with steak. Stephanie for the win!!!!
This is my family’s new favorite spaghetti recipe! So quick, easy and flavorful. We let it simmer a little longer and added some premade turkey meatballs. Even though its a little high in ww points for me, its worth it. The leftovers are my lunch for the week. 😋
This was delicious and came together so easily. My 2 year old (who is a bit picky) devoured this and said “this really good mommy!” Definitely will be making this again!
Delicious! The flavors all come together perfectly! I will definitely be making again. Thanks, Steph!
Made this for dinner tonight and it was delicious. Definitely will be making this again. Steph hit it out of the park again
This was delicious! I had ground beef so that’s what I used. It makes a ton! It would be great for a crowd. Yum!
Delicious!
So easy to make and so good! Thank you!
This was outrageously good! We couldn’t believe how good it was! Steph, your recipes are my FAVORITE and have reignited my love for cooking!
Loved this recipe!! Another winner from Steph
So delicious & love one pot meals! Easy cleanup-another amazing recipe from Steph!
Made this tonight for the first time. It is so delicious! And even better, my entire family ate it and loved it. We even have enough leftovers for lunch tomorrow.
Omg!! This was wonderful!!
Had to control myself from eating all of it!!
Yum 🤤
Delicious I made in my instapot 10 minutes.
Soooooo delicious and easy to make!!!
Delicious! My kids loved it and said it was a fancy dinner!
So so so good. This will be on our rotation for sure. Loved the fact that the pasta cooked in one pot. We used Rao’s marinara because I was out of crushed/canned tomatoes! Thanks for another delicious meal, Steph!!
Forgot to post 5 stars!
Tried this recipe with Rigatoni!!
Delish!!
Thank you!!
Made this using Barilla Gluten Free pasta and I couldn’t believe how well it held up all week for my lunch! The flavors were AMAZING, this is probably my favorite one-pot meal.
Wow! Another delicious recipe from Steph! Love the easy cleanup of a one pot meal and my family raved about this one. Can’t wait to have the leftovers tomorrow. Definitely put this on your must try list!
Super easy but also super delicious! Definitely adding this to my bag of tricks!
Super easy and super delicious. Used the whole pack of sausage, because as my husband says “you can never go wrong with more protein”. It was a hit. And there’s PLENTY left over! Great recipe.
Another winner! Every single recipe is perfect. Easy to follow and only one pot! Super easy clean up too!
I knew I wanted to make this as soon as Steph posted the recipe. It was so easy and delicious. Cooking everything in one pot saved time and kept my kitchen from getting extra hot. everyone should make this!
This was delicious!! Husband and toddler approved! So happy I found your site!
Love this recipe! It’s so easy and delicious 😋
So easy and so good. Officially added to my rotation. Used whole wheat pasta since that’s now my 0 point food. Just used slightly less chicken broth when using whole wheat pasta since it doesn’t absorb liquid as well!
This was delicious!! My whole family loved it which is a small miracle. Thanks Stephanie!
Made this several times, so good!
Just made this for my family- so good they really enjoyed it 🙂
Standing ovation on this one!!!!! DELICIOUS!!! Love these 1 pot recipes especially with a newborn at home. Husband and teenage son approved. I substituted jovial gluten free pasta and used 6 sausage links. Dropped points per serving to 4!!! I mean I’ll take seconds or better yet enjoy with a glass of red wine! Thank you Steph!
Would have been great if I didn’t screw it up. I always use banza chickpea pasta. It was a little chewy and thick. It would have been delicious if i used regular pasta
Fairly good . Think the sauce needs a little spicing up some. To the browning sausage and onions I added chopped peppers,mushrooms and grated carrots. I try to sneak in vegetables anywhere. For the last step I added chopped fresh spinach.
Perfection!!
This was a delicious and easy weeknight dinner. My pasta took a few more minutes to cook, but everything came together really well. My husband prefers pasta not as saucy and said he loved it. I do like mine saucy and was enjoying it so I think it’s a happy medium. He asked I make more often so it will be in the rotation.
Substations:
Didn’t have canned plum so used crushed tomatoes
Didn’t have Italian seasoning so did a bit of basil, parsley and oregano
Omitted fresh parsley as I had none
This recipe is delicious; cooking the spaghetti in the sauce soaks up all of the wonderful flavors! I help meal plan/cook for my mom and I’m always looking for recipes that she can freeze. I portioned this recipe out and added a side of green beans. She loved this meal, as I did as well! Thanks for another great recipe!!
This was so delicious. I made this for my family, but made it vegan. Swapped out the sausage for Beyond Hot Italian Sausage. It was amazing. We will definitely make this again.
I have never left a review for anything in my life but this recipe is amazing! I hate cooking but this was so fast and easy for me to make that I didn’t mind it at all. I will definitely be making regularly. Thanks for another amazing recipe Steph!
Using regular pork sausage in this recipe is TOTALLY worth it! It’s the kind of thing I would shy away from doing since starting WW, but it was 100% worth doing it as written. This is so hearty and satisfying! Huge hit with my whole family, too!
I made this last night and it was so so good!! I substituted ground beef and made it exactly as written and it was great! Thank you for another wonderful recipe!
Loved this recipe, always looking for fun and easy dishes to feed my family.
SUCCESS!!! My daughters family was here for the weekend. My 3 grandchildren are all under 5 years old. I tried this one pot spaghetti because Steph mentioned her 3 children will eat it. It was a hit. Easy to prepare on the stovetop, without heating the kitchen during our 100+ degree days. I was prepared to fix something else for the grandchildren but was delighted to hear them say, “This spaghetti is really good, Grammie”. I was unable to find sweet italian sausauge in my store so used mild pork sausage. Will try the sweet italian another time. Amazing flavor. A must try if you are even thinking about it. Our entire family enjoyed the meal. Kids and adults, alike. Thank you, Steph !!! 🙂
A FAMILY FAVORITE . PERFECT FOR BUSY NIGHTS .
My husband is Italian, we make sauce from scratch all the time but I LOVE this recipe as an easier, one pot meal. My toddlers ate so much of this. Delicious
Amazing. Just perfect. Not all one-pot meals have the right pasta to sauce ratio and this was spot on. So great exactly as the recipe is. And it reheated just as good. This is a keeper. And so so easy!!! I never leave reviews but had to on this one!!! A+
This is an incredible pasta for how simple is and how quickly you can whip it up. Love the broth/sauce/tomatoes so much. It’s so flavorful and the sausage is much better than ground beef. This is my sons favorite spaghetti. Seems so simple but it’s really that delicious. A+ and 10/10
Tried this because we were looking for a meal to make while camping. This will work great! Very tasty, easy and fast.