Hello everybody, it is Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, zesty pasta. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Zesty pasta is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Zesty pasta is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have zesty pasta using 10 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Zesty pasta:

1. Prepare Desired pasta
2. Prepare sausage
3. Make ready can of mushrooms
4. Get Chili powder
5. Make ready Italian seasoning
6. Take minced garlic
7. Make ready jar of salsa*
8. Get can of tomato juice, divided
9. Take Frank's Red Hot®**
10. Prepare Shredded mozzarella cheese

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Instructions to make Zesty pasta:

1. Boil water and cook pasta as instructed
2. Meanwhile, brown sausage and drain. Return sausage to pan (I use Jimmy Deans HOT sausage log). The hot is not hot it just has a better taste with the seasoning in it I think.
3. Combine sausage, mushrooms, all spices, garlic, salsa, Frank's Red Hot, and 1/3 of the tomato juice. Let cook, then let simmer for 10 minutes
4. When pasta is done, drain and return to pot. Then add remaining tomato juice to pasta
5. Combine sausage mixture to pasta then stir well.
6. Let simmer for another 10 minutes stir a few times
7. Serve in bowl with graded cheese on top
8. Enjoy!
9. Mild, medium, hot salsa of your own taste. I use medium.
10. I generally like to add more but for those who like a kick but not too hot, 5oz is good. You can always add more to taste
11. This is always a great dish to make. Always a big hit with groups. Makes a big pot and if there are leftovers, the flavors blend more the longer it sits and the spiciness does too.

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