Swiss Chard, Sausage, Pasta, and Bean Casserole

Health score
42%
Swiss Chard, Sausage, Pasta, and Bean Casserole
50 min.
4
868kcal

Suggestions

Ingredients

  • tablespoons balsamic vinegar 
  • tablespoon butter 
  • 15 ounce kidney beans rinsed drained canned
  • tablespoon chicken soup base 
  • ounce feta cheese crumbled
  • 16 ounce fusilli pasta 
  • cloves garlic crushed
  • servings salt and ground pepper black to taste
  • ounce sausage italian
  •  onion chopped
  • 0.1 teaspoon pepper flakes red
  • teaspoon salt 
  • 1.5 bunches swiss chard sliced
  •  tomatoes chopped
  • cups water 

Equipment

  • frying pan
  • oven
  • baking pan
  • broiler

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  2. Bring 1 teaspoon salt and water to a boil. Stir in the fusilli, and return to a boil. Cook the pasta uncovered, stirring occasionally for about 6 minutes.
  3. Stir Swiss chard stems and chicken bouillon granules into pasta and water. Continue cooking until pasta has cooked through but is still slightly firm, about 6 more minutes. Reserve 1 cup of the cooking liquid.
  4. Drain pasta and chard stems.
  5. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook sausage links until evenly browned and no longer pink in the center.
  6. Transfer sausage to a plate and slice.
  7. Heat butter and red pepper flakes over medium heat in the skillet used to cook sausage; cook and stir onion and garlic in butter until tender and onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.
  8. Stir sliced Swiss chard leaves and balsamic vinegar into onion mixture and cook, stirring occasionally, until chard leaves are tender, about 5 minutes.
  9. Mix kidney beans and tomato into chard leaf and onion mixture; continue to cook for 3 more minutes.
  10. Stir pasta, chard stems, and 1/2 of the reserved cooking liquid into the vegetables. Season with salt and black pepper. If the sauce becomes too dry, add remaining cooking liquid.
  11. Transfer pasta mixture to a large baking dish.
  12. Arrange sliced sausage and crumbled feta cheese atop pasta, pressing the mixture down.
  13. Bake in the preheated oven until feta cheese begins to melt, about 15 minutes. Turn on the oven's broiler and broil until cheese is browned, 3 to 5 more minutes.

Nutrition Facts

Calories868kcal
Protein16.8%
Fat31.23%
Carbs51.97%

Properties

Glycemic Index
102
Glycemic Load
42.4
Inflammation Score
-10
Nutrition Score
44.142173969227%

Flavonoids

Catechin
1.69mg
Naringenin
0.21mg
Luteolin
0.01mg
Isorhamnetin
1.38mg
Kaempferol
6.74mg
Myricetin
3.57mg
Quercetin
8.27mg

Nutrients percent of daily need

Calories:868.33kcal
43.42%
Fat:30.13g
46.35%
Saturated Fat:13.54g
84.62%
Carbohydrates:112.81g
37.6%
Net Carbohydrates:100.82g
36.66%
Sugar:9.65g
10.72%
Cholesterol:83.24mg
27.75%
Sodium:2289.03mg
99.52%
Alcohol:0g
100%
Alcohol %:0%
100%
Protein:36.48g
72.96%
Vitamin K:942.04µg
897.18%
Vitamin A:7423.42IU
148.47%
Selenium:93.39µg
133.42%
Manganese:1.94mg
96.87%
Phosphorus:616.1mg
61.61%
Magnesium:209.81mg
52.45%
Vitamin C:42.56mg
51.58%
Fiber:11.99g
47.98%
Vitamin B1:0.64mg
42.48%
Vitamin B2:0.71mg
41.52%
Copper:0.83mg
41.3%
Vitamin B6:0.77mg
38.75%
Calcium:359.28mg
35.93%
Potassium:1245.92mg
35.6%
Iron:5.97mg
33.14%
Zinc:4.95mg
32.98%
Vitamin B3:5.21mg
26.04%
Folate:91.82µg
22.96%
Vitamin B12:1.18µg
19.66%
Vitamin E:2.63mg
17.56%
Vitamin B5:1.57mg
15.73%
Vitamin D:0.17µg
1.13%
Source:Allrecipes