A creamy tomato pasta with a kick! Penne Rosa is a 15 minute meal that is sure to please!
Noodles and Company makes a delicious pasta dish they call Penne Rosa. It was love at first bite and I knew it would be incredibly simple to make it at home. And bonus, at home you get to add more of the good stuff that restaurants always skimp out on to cut costs. That’s right, this recipe is even BETTER than Noodles and Co. And better yet, it takes just 15 minutes to whip this pasta up, making it a staple weeknight meal. It’s packed full of fresh ingredients like tomatoes, mushrooms, and spinach so you’re also getting your veggies in. This is a complete meal. Add some chicken if you’d like, but this is a meal we enjoy meatless. Welcome to one of our family favorites!
Watch the video to see just how easy it is to make this tasty pasta. You’ll want to head into the kitchen immediately!
Can I substitute the marinara sauce? I would like to use a tomato & sweet basil sauce.
Thanks.
Loved it. Thank you so much for my favorite from Noodles & Co
Added some Marsala wine, I highly recommend.
When I tried this recipe using 17.5 oz of pasta and 2 cups of Newman’s Marinara Sauce, I think the sauce to pasta ratio still worked out really well! I missed the “salt and pepper to taste” during cooking, so I ended up adding 9 shakes of salt and 4 shakes of grated parmesan to two servings of pasta right before eating it. I will try adding the salt to the sauce next time!
So delicious! I have made this twice and the first time I added crab meat. The second time I doubled the sauce and added a pound of cooked shrimp, both times came out excellent but the extra sauce came in handy when adding protein.
Delicious! Just made it, added a little extra crushed red pepper for more kick, and it was perfect. I used 12 oz GF penne noodles instead of a full pound (which don’t taste as good as regular, in my opinion, but was a necessity), so it was a little saucier than the recipe probably intended but I think it’s good that way (better than dry). I will definitely make this often in the future, than you so much for doing the leg work and figuring out this recipe for us. 🙂
Cooked this as a prep meal for my partner and I. He loved it! This is the best recipe I’ve tried yet (tastes just like NoCo’s recipe). Thank you!
Love this quick and easy recipe and everyone enjoyed it
This was fabulous! Really delicious and the seasoning was spot-on. Will definitely make this again; the family LOVED it! Thanks for sharing the recipe –
AMAZING! Literally tastes exactly the same as Noodles!
I liked this recipe!
This was pretty close to perfection. I used barilla’s marinara with merlot. The red pepper gave it just a hint of spice. The amounts of each ingredient were right on.
(I also really like macaroni grill’s penne rustica, it’s something like this but has prosciutto (if I’m not mistaken) and asiago and shrimp and paprika, I think. Plus they bake it)
Just made this tonight. Is it supposed to taste a little sweet? Mine did and I was wondering how I can tweak this so that it’s not as sweet. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Nevertheless, I will try again and see how it turns out then. Thanks!
I made this a few months ago and will be making it again this weekend. Our closest two Noodles were closed and I crave Penne Rosa all the time. This takes exactly the same and was so easy to make, even for me, who rarely cooks. I added far too much of the red pepper flakes, but was able to cool it down with more heavy cream. I will say that 4 Roma tomatoes did not seem like enough for vegetable lovers. I’ll be putting in 6 with extra mushrooms and spinach next time. Can’t wait to make this again… Read more »
THIS WAS SO GOOD!