One Pot Creamy Tomato and Chorizo Rigatoni - a quick and easy mid-week dinner, ready in less than 25 mins!
Gotta love one pan pasta meals, both for the lack of washing up, and the speed that you can throw them together!
Most of my one pot dishes involve adding things in a step at a time. until the dish is complete, but I'm going to fess up here. I cook the chorizo first, take it out of the pan, and add it back in at the end.
So yes, that does mean one extra dirty dish.
There's just no other way to ensure the chorizo is perfectly cooked - you know, a little bit crispy which a tonne of flavour.
In the past, when I've fried the chorizo and added the pasta in with the chorizo to cook, I've found the salty-spicy flavour leaches out into the rest of the sauce, leaving the chorizo a bit flavourless and chewy.
I couldn't do that to you guys. I know you'd prefer perfect chorizo, even if it meant one more dish to wash.
This is the kind of comfort food I'm craving now. I'm full of a cold, waiting for Chris to come back from the pharmacy with lemsips.
Creamy, tomatoey, cheesy (mozzarella AND parmesan), works almost as well as the medication!
I'll sign off now, so I can go and blow my nose again (or 'go amb blow by dose' if I'm saying it out loud).
If you like one pot meals, try these too:
One pot turkey meatballs with Courgetti:
The One Pot Creamy Tomato and Chorizo Rigatoni Recipe:
One Pot Creamy Tomato and Chorizo Rigatoni
Ingredients
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 200 g chorizo - sliced
- 1 small onion - peeled and finely chopped
- pinch of salt and pepper
- 1 red bell pepper - de-seeded and sliced
- 1 yellow bell pepper - de-seeded and sliced
- 3 cloves garlic - peeled and minced
- 250 g dried rigatoni pasta
- 480 ml chicken or vegetable stock
- 400 g tin of chopped tomatoes
- 1 heaped tbsp tomato puree/paste
- 120 ml double (heavy) cream
- 75 g baby spinach leaves
- 150 g mozzarella, chopped into small chunks (or 1 1/2 packed cups of shredded mozzarella)
- 75 g grated parmesan cheese
- 10 cherry/grape tomatoes - sliced in half. I used a mixture of different colour tomatoes
To Serve:
- pinch of black pepper
- 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- 2 tbsp grated parmesan cheese
INSTRUCTIONS
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan (skillet) on a medium heat. Add the chorizo and cook for 1-2 minutes on each side until lightly browned and crisp. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon, place in a bowl and cover.
- Add the chopped onions to the pan and cook for 5 minutes, stirring often, until softened. Add a pinch of salt and pepper, the red and yellow pepper slices and the garlic. Cook for a further 2 minutes.
- Add in the rigatoni, then pour in the stock, tinned tomatoes and tomato puree. Stir together, pushing the rigatoni under the liquid. Bring to a gentle simmer, then cover the pan with a lid or foil and simmer gently for 10 minutes.
- After 10 minutes, carefully remove the lid and give everything a stir. Add the cream, spinach, mozzarella and parmesan. Stir together, the arrange the cooked chorizo on top (to heat through) and cover. Simmer for a further 2-3 minutes until the pasta is cooked through, the spinach wilted and the cheese melted.
- Remove the lid and arrange the chopped tomatoes on top, then sprinkle with black pepper, chopped parsley and grated parmesan.
- Serve immediately.
✎ Notes
Nutrition
Lorraine says
Lovely easy family meal, very tasty way of serving pasta for a change.
Chris Corbishley says
Thanks Lorraine,
So glad you enjoyed the recipe 🙂
Thanks
Chris & Nicky
Glenn says
Loved it. Had to give the pasta an extra 5minutes to cook through instead of 10minutes give it 15minutes.
Gabriella Matamoros says
Hi to just scale this recipe up to serve 8 doubling everything is fine?
Chris Corbishley says
Hi Gabriella,
Yes this recipe should scale fine for 8 servings. You might want to go a little lighter than double the about of cream though.
Thanks
Chris & Nicky
Candy says
Just tried this today. Skipped out the Bell Peppers, swapped the Rigatoni for Fusilli and since I used a 500g tin of chopped tomatoes, skipped the puree. It's turned out great! Love the recipe!
PS: I used fresh churizo from the butchers, that I cooked and cut up since the dried meat version is not availible here.
Amanda says
Hi there! Just wanted to offer a point of clarification. This recipe appears to call for Spanish chorizo, which is dried and cured and hence, able to be cut. Mexican chorizo is the more wet variety that is commonly called “chorizo”. They are definitely different and it should be noted that to create the effect in this recipe, you need the Spanish chorizo, not Mexican. You can learn more about the differences here: https://www.thekitchn.com/whats-the-difference-between-mexican-and-spanish-chorizo-word-of-mouth-207326. I’m excited to try this with the Mexican chorizo, though. Thank you!
Fardosa Cisman says
Can I use fusilli pasta instead?
Chris Corbishley says
Yeah fusilli will work just fine 🙂
Thanks
Chris & Nicky
Lisa Wynne says
Make this fantastic love it
Andrea says
I made this today and it was aweosme we all loved it including my 17 month old nice thanks
Elaine Reynolds says
My grand daughter thinks it is the best pasta ever.Can I freeze it.
Darrian says
Delizio 😋
Rachel Evans says
WoW. Delicious.
leoni says
Do you add the rigatone dried?
Chris Corbishley says
Hi Leoni,
Yes you add the dried rigatoni in at step 3. You need to push it down to make sure its fully submerged under the liquid.
Thanks
Chris
Charlotte says
This is a fantastic easy recipe for the family. It served six of us with leftovers for the next day. Thanks! 🤟🏽
Caroline says
Yum! This has become a family favourite! I have to adjust it a bit as one of us has IBS, so I substitute in finely chopped celery & carrot for the onion. Oatly cream for the cream & lactofree cheese. Thanks for a great recipe!
Belinda says
Hi Nicky!
I just wanted to say how amazing and simple this recipe is. I made it after finding it on Pinterest and I'm so glad I did.
The flavours were harmonious and nothing overpowered the other. Thank you so much for sharing the recipe. I wanted to take a photo but everything was gone so quickly, I didn't get the chance!