So on Wednesday, I shared my love of the popular Spiralizer. This Italian Chicken Sausage and Veggie Noodles is a quick and easy meal I’ve been making lately. My husband usually gets home from work around lunch time, and most of our kiddos are at school, so a lot of times I cook up something just for the two of us. It utilizes some great pantry staples (staples at my house, maybe they soon will be at yours, too!) so this whole meal can be prepped, cooked, and on the plate in less than 15 minutes. If you don’t have a spiralizer, no worries. You could use a vegetable peeler to make thin strips of zucchini, or eat this with whole grain pasta, as well.
Ingredients Needed
This is just a preview of ingredients and method, keep scrolling for full printable recipe.
- Pre-cooked chicken sausage – One of my favorite things to have on hand in my fridge are fully cooked chicken sausages. These days you can buy them pretty much anywhere and there are so many great healthy, organic, awesomely flavored ones. These ones pictured are one of the staples on my Costco list. They have 140 calories each, 16 grams of protein, and make such a great protein source for quick lunches and dinners. Costco actually carries a huge variety of chicken sausages from several brands. There’s a chicken-apple one I love there as well. At our house we like to eat these sliced up in pasta, or with eggs, or on roasted veggies…the uses are pretty endless. They are pre-cooked so they just take a couple of minutes to heat up in a saute pan, or even the microwave.
- Zucchini – You’ll need a couple of med-large zucchinis for your zoodles. I just under-cook them a little so they don’t get too soggy. If you have the time, you can use the trick in this post to remove water from your noodles first.
- Olive oil
- Fresh garlic cloves
- Kosher salt
- Black pepper
- Fresh spinach
- Marinated artichoke hearts – Find marinated artichoke hearts in jars by Italian foods like pesto, by canned veggies, or by pickled veggies in your store. If you love marinated artichoke hearts, you will love these grilled ones pictured below. They are new to me and I’m a little obsessed.
- Toasted pine nuts
- Feta cheese
How to Make Italian Chicken Sausage and Veggie Noodles
- This goes so fast! You’ll cook your zoodles for just a couple of minutes, then toss them with artichokes, spinach, and cooked sausage.
- Top with toasted pine nuts (amazing flavor and buttery texture) and some feta cheese. Looks and tastes like a gourmet meal, and it can literally be made start to finish in under 15 minutes. Bam.
Storing and Other Tips
- This meal is best served fresh. If you do have leftovers, store them in an airtight container in the fridge and enjoy within a day or two for best results.
- This recipe is written to serve two, but you can easily cut it in half if you’re just serving yourself!
Frequently Asked Questions
Nope. You can use regular noodles, make other veggie noodles, or do a combo of veggies and regular.
This meal is best made and served fresh!
Definitely. Scale it up or down using the servings toggle on the recipe card!
Italian Chicken Sausage and Veggie Noodles
Equipment
- 1 skillet
Ingredients
- 2 pre-cooked chicken sausages cooked according to package directions
- 2-3 zucchini, medium or large it shrinks down a lot!
- 1 ½ teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 large or 2 small cloves garlic pressed
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ⅛ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup fresh spinach roughly chopped
- 6 jarred marinated artichoke hearts roughly chopped
- 1 tablespoon toasted pine nuts
- 2 tablespoon feta reduced fat
Instructions
- Prepare chicken sausages in pan, set aside.
- Cut or spiralize zucchini noodles and set aside.
- Heat a large saute pan to medium heat. Add olive oil and garlic and saute 20-30 seconds. Add zucchini, sauté about 2 minutes, add spinach and stir to wilt slightly.
- Remove from heat and add artichokes and sliced sausage. Divide onto 2 plates and top each with feta and pine nuts.
Notes
Nutrition
Questions & Reviews
I’ve made this twice now with my new spiralizer. This recipe is a keeper.
Tried this today. So yummy!
I made this tonight, and it was delicious. But making veggie noodles with a vegetable peeler is not fun, so I guess I need to save up for a spiralizer!
wow my mouth is watering..thanks for sharing!
This looks delicious! I can’t wait to try it.
Looks fast and delicious! I’m wishing for my summer zucchini plants about now…
Just got my Spirlizer today! I ordered it after your last post, now I am all set to make this yummy looking supper. I have never tried the chicken sausages but I’m going to go for it. A few weeks ago I ordered your 8 pack of olive oils and I LOVE everyone of them! I can’t believe how quick to received my order. I ordered on Friday afternoon and received them on Monday! Plus a nice little treat in the box. I have tried a lot of the recipes on your site and every one of them has been a winner. I am looking forward to more posts using my new “toy”. (Spirlizer)
It’s totes adorbs that your hubby comes home for lunch!!!! 🙂
Yum! I need to look for those sausages at Costco. I’m always looking for new ways to add lean protein to our meals.
Also, is it weird that I want to pour some eggs over it and make it a frittata? I think it would be good either way.
My husband going to go wild over this dish! He’s a total sausage guy ~ I guess it satisfies his “meat tooth”. I love making a dish for just the two of us when the kids are otherwise occupied playing with their Frozen Barbies! Thanks for the inspiration.