Tuscan Chicken & Pepper Spaghetti
with Tomato Sauce & Parmesan
- Wheat
- Milk
Is pasta night six days a week for you? Seven? We feel you. That means you need pasta dinner ideas. Well, here’s a reliable recipe that will please any noodle nut. Slivers of bell pepper and caramelized onion, crumbled pork sausage, and a flavorful tomato sauce are tossed with tender spaghetti, coming together in a pure comfort classic. A sprinkle of Parmesan over the top takes things right where you want to go.
Ingredients
1 unit
Yellow Onion
1 unit
Bell Pepper
¼ ounce
Parsley
10 ounce
Chicken Breast Strips
1 tablespoon
Tuscan Heat Spice
6 ounce
Spaghetti
(Contains: Wheat)
13.76 ounce
Crushed Tomatoes
1 unit
Chicken Stock Concentrate
3 tablespoon
Parmesan Cheese
(Contains: Milk)
Not included in your delivery
1 tablespoon
Cooking Oil
1 tablespoon
Butter
(Contains: Milk)
Salt
Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Wash and dry produce. • Halve, peel, and thinly slice onion. Halve, core, and thinly slice bell pepper into strips. Mince parsley.
• Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add onion, bell pepper, and half the Tuscan Heat Spice (you’ll use the rest later). Cook, stirring, until slightly softened, 3-4 minutes.
• Add sausage and another drizzle of oil to pan. Cook, breaking up meat into pieces, until browned and cooked through, 4-6 minutes.
Pat chicken dry with paper towels. Swap in chicken (no need to break up into pieces!) or turkey for sausage; season with salt and pepper and cook as instructed.
• Once water is boiling, add spaghetti to pot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, 9-11 minutes. Reserve 1 cup pasta cooking water (1½ cups for 4 servings), then drain.
• While spaghetti cooks, add crushed tomatoes to pan with cooked sausage. Season with remaining Tuscan Heat Spice, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer and cook until thickened, 4-6 minutes. • Stir in stock concentrate and ¾ cup reserved pasta cooking water (1 cup for 4 servings). Cook until slightly reduced, 1-2 minutes more.
• Add spaghetti to pan with sauce; toss to coat. (For 4 servings, carefully transfer everything into pot used for pasta.) Stir in 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4), half the parsley, and half the Parmesan. (TIP: If needed, stir in more reserved pasta cooking water a splash at a time until spaghetti is thoroughly coated in sauce.) Season with salt and pepper. • Divide pasta between bowls. Sprinkle with remaining parsley and remaining Parmesan and serve.
Chicken is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 165°.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Sep 2026- Flavor: The Tuscan Heat Spice gives this pasta a warm, Italian-inspired flavor that most found satisfying and comforting. Some found it a touch mild; adding extra seasoning or doubling the spice blend deepened the taste.
- Ease of prep: Quick and straightforward — a reliable weeknight dinner that comes together without much fuss.
- Suggestions: If the sauce turns out thin or watery, reduce it a little longer or stir in tomato paste to thicken and boost flavor. Doubling the butter and stock concentrate also helped some reviewers round out the sauce.
- Leftovers: Insufficient feedback.
Reviews from our home cooks
So easy to make and such good flavors. The Italian seasoning makes this dish. I chose the ground turkey and it was fabulous.
This was very flavorful and easy to make. We loved it!
Doubled Tuscan Heat Spice, butter, stock concentrate, and added tomato paste.
Everyone loved this. I swapped for the turkey. I would get this again!!
It was good, not great. I was missing fresh garlic and crushed red pepper. It may have been better with the sausage instead of chicken.
This was good. Reminded me very much of traditional spaghetti. Wasn't anything surgical like I expected. If I'm the mood for spaghetti, I'd order again.
My husband reeeally loves pasta. His Nona was a true Italian cook, but he always says HF pastas are 5 stars.
The ground turkey tasted like something was missing. Additional seasoning while the meat and vegetables are cooking may improve the flavors in this dish.
The spaghetti that you send sticks together like a lasagna noodle when cooking. When rinsing, I have to literally peel the noodles apart.
Was good but I had to add more tomatoes to make it better
