Italian Sausage and White Bean Skillet

Method3 steps · about 25 min

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   Step 1: Remove the casing from the sausage and add the sausage to a large deep skillet, or wide bottomed soup pot, along with the olive oil (1 Tbsp). Sauté the sausage over medium heat, breaking it into pieces as you go, until the sausage is cooked through, brown, and crispy on the edges (about 10 minutes).

   Uses 1 lb Italian sausage (hot, mild or sweet) · 1 Tbsp olive oil

   
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   Step 2: While the sausage is cooking, rinse and drain the cannellini beans. Once the sausage is brown and crispy, add the beans and some freshly cracked pepper to the skillet. Gently stir the beans into the sausage to coat them in the fat, and allow them to heat through.

   Uses cooked browned sausage · 2 15-oz cans cannellini beans, rinsed and drained · Freshly cracked black pepper, to taste

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   Step 3: As the beans are heating through, roughly chop the spinach (8 oz). Add the spinach to the skillet or pot in batches, gently stirring it into the sausage and beans until it wilts down. Once the spinach is mostly wilted, turn the heat off. Taste the mixture and add salt (to taste) if needed (this will depend on the salt content of your sausage and beans). Serve hot.

   Uses heated sausage and beans · 8 oz spinach · Salt to taste, if needed