Orecchiette with Sausage and Rapini

Orecchiette with Sausage and Rapini
Serves 4-6

1 box orecchiette
1 large bunch rapini/broccoli rabe, bottom 1/4inch cut off
1 lbs sweet sausage, out of casings
1 small onion, fine dice
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 mild chile, minced
28oz crushed tomatoes=

Brown sausage in a pan, breaking up as much as possible. Add onion/garlic/chile and cook over lower heat until softened.
Add tomatoes and simmer for as long as you can...at least 15 minutes as pasta/rapini cook.

Bring pasta water to a boil. Cook the whole rapini for about 1 minute, until brightened, and reserve. Use water to cook the pasta.

Cut the rapini into 1 inch segments. Mix everything in a pot and serve with parmesan.

Five-spice Chicken Stir-Fry with Cabbage

Five-spice Chicken Stir-Fry with Cabbage
Serves 4

1.5 lbs chicken breasts, chunked
5-spice powder
1 small onion, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 tbs ginger, minced
6 long hot chiles, chopped
1 small savoy cabbage, coarse shredded
3T soy sauce
1T vinegar
1T oyster sauce
Scallions, rice

Season the chicken with salt and 5-spice and a bit of soy, let sit 30 minutes.
Brown the chicken in a wok and reserve.
Cook onion/ginger/garlic, chiles for 1 minute, and add cabbage. Once cabbage is starting to cook down a bit, add liquids and sit around until cabbage is done.
Add chicken and scallions and serve over rice.