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~ingredients:

• 8 oz rigatoni pasta
• chicken sausage (or protein of choice!)
• ½ white onion
• 1 shallot
• 2 garlic cloves
• 2 tbsp chili oil 
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• ½ cup heavy cream
• ½ cup pasta water 
• parmesan cheese
• 1 green onion
• 1 tbsp neutral cooking oil

~ingredients:

1. Prep work: Dice a white onion and shallot, chop a green onion into small pieces for garnish, and mince garlic. Set aside.
2. Slice the chicken sausage on a diagonal into thin rounds.
3. Cook the pasta according to box directions in heavily salted water. Save the pasta water!
4. Heat up a pan over medium-high heat with 1 tbsp of oil.
5. Once hot, add in the sausage, and sear on all sides.
6. When when browned on all sides, remove and set aside.
7. In the same pan, add in the diced white onion, shallot, and garlic.
8. Stir and cook until the onion turns translucent.
9. Add in the tomato paste, followed by the chili oil.
10. Mix well before adding in the heavy cream, followed by 1/2 cup of pasta water.
11. Stir to form the sauce, cooking over low heat.
12. Taste the sauce, and adjust seasoning as needed.
13. Once satisfied with the sauce, add in the pasta and cooked sausage. Toss to cover in the sauce.
14. Before serving, garnish with chopped green onion and top with more chili oil crunch. Enjoy!