Penne Pasta with Spanish chorizo and diced tomatoes

On days when I'm hardly able to cook a "feast" for lunch or dinner, I often rely on some good ol' pasta dish. My kids love pasta, and they can consume almost every kind of sauce that I make -- red, white, or green. Last night I decided to try something new but easy to make at the same time: penne pasta with Spanish chorizo and diced tomatoes



This pasta dish is an easy-peasy as it doesn't require plenty of prep time. (I was actually journaling in between cooking!) What more, you will need only a handful of ingredients:
  • penne pasta (I used about 250 grams of Cortina penne pasta by Del Monte.)
  • diced tomatoes (I used 480 mL canned tomatoes.)
  • 3 pieces of Spanish chorizo sausages, sliced diagonally
  • garlic and onions, chopped
  • dried basil and dried oregano
  • processed cheese food, grated
  • parmesan cheese, shaved
  • salt, pepper, and brown sugar to taste
  • cooking oil
Here's how:
  1. Cook pasta according to package directions. Shortly before it turns al dente, turn off the stove and leave the pasta in the water.
  2. Saute garlic and onions in cooking oil. Add the sliced Spanish chorizo. Stir for 30 seconds on high heat. 
  3. Pour all those gorgeous diced tomatoes, stir and wait for the sauce to simmer. Add dried basil and dried oregano. Season with salt, pepper and brown sugar. (You can skip the sugar if you really prefer the sour taste of diced tomatoes.)
  4. Throw in the penne pasta. Add a few ladles of pasta water (yup, that water that you used to boil the pasta) into the sauce. Allow to simmer and for the penne pasta to cook al dente. Add grated processed cheese food for added creaminess, but this is optional. 
  5. Serve hot and topped with grated parmesan cheese. 
Hope you get to try this dish. If you have your own version to share, feel free to post it via the comments section or leave a link to your recipe. 

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