Creamy Sausage Rigatoni (One-Pot, 30-Minute Meal)

One-Pot Creamy Sausage Rigatoni is an easy-to-make weeknight dinner made in just 30 minutes! This rigatoni recipe features basic ingredients found in most grocery stores. Everything is cooked in one pan on the stove-top: Italian sausage, creamy tomato sauce, and pasta. It’s restaurant-quality comfort food made at home!

Creamy Sausage Rigatoni with Tomato Sauce and Spinach on a white plate.

One-Pan, 30-Minute Recipe
This creamy pasta dish is flavor-packed, easy to make, and looks like the main course from a fine Italian restaurant. The beauty of the creamy sausage rigatoni is that it can be made on a busy weeknight because it takes only 30 minutes. Everything is cooked in one pot on the stovetop. Not only is it easy to make, but it also makes a beautiful presentation! You can certainly make this fantastic Italian recipe for special occasions to treat your family, friends, and guests. Sausage Rigatoni has earned the spot of one of my family’s favorite pasta recipes! If you like more Italian sausage pasta inspiration, don’t miss creamy sausage gnocchi or a popular recipe on my site: Italian sausage pasta with spinach and mushrooms.

Creamy Sausage Rigatoni with Tomato Sauce and Spinach in a stainless steel pan.

Classic rigatoni recipe
Rigatoni is traditionally used with thick sauces, such as bolognese or a rich alfredo sauce. This recipe sticks to the tradition by using the rich creamy tomato-based sauce and crumbled Italian sausage. Rigatoni is pasta with ridges which makes a perfect surface for sauces to coat. Ridged tubular pasta like rigatoni is perfect for thick, creamy sauces as thick pasta sauces stick better to this kind of pasta thanks to the ridges on the pasta surface.

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