Casseroles/Baked/One Pot Recipes, Easy Recipes

Pepperoni Pasta Bake

Posted by Davina on

It’s just one of those days you have no idea what to cook for dinner. You want to make something good but with little effort. Well, this easy pasta bake recipe is for you! The week can become so busy with work, kids in school, homework, or any extra curriculum. Any mom’s or Dad’s reading this, trust I understand what you are facing. Not just speaking to the parents. This is a great recipe for everyone in this busy world.

This recipe only calls for a few ingredients. Most of or all the ingredients you may already have in your kitchen. This is a budget friendly meal and really you can get all you need for under $30. Yes, you read that right. Easily feed your family of 4-5, and keep some money in your pocket. Let’s get straight into this recipe.

Details

Servings

4-5 servings

Prep time

10 minutes

Cooking time

35-45 minutes

Seasonings used on ground beef:

garlic powder, sazon complete, Italian seasoning, black pepper, seasalt, beef bouillon

Serving Idea

SERVE WITH GARLIC BREAD. CORN, SALAD OR YOUR FAVORITE SIDE CHOICE

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Ingredients

  • 1 box of Cellentani(cork screw) pasta or Rotini (Use your choice of pasta)

  • 2 – 8oz bottles of pasta sauce

  • 1lb of ground beef

  • 1 yellow onion

  • 1 green bell pepper

  • at least a 1/2 cup of pepperonis

  • 1 -8oz bag of Mozzarella cheese

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Directions

  • First, prep your vegetables. Chop up your onions and bell pepper and set to the side.
  • Next, get your water boiling for your pasta. Cook Pasta until tender/done. Drain and set to the side.
  • While the pasta is cooking, start cooking your ground beef, and add your vegetables to cook down. Once ground beef is done and brown drain access oil. Then put ground beef to the side.
  • Preheat oven to 375 degrees
  • Now, we you can start mixing all of the ingredients together. Start by adding ground beef, pasta sauce, and pasta into a mixing bowl or pot. Mix everything really good, I suggest mixing everything one by one, starting with cooked pasta. Also, add a couple handfuls of Mozzarella cheese to mix in. This will help hold the pasta together!
  • Last, top your pasta with mozereralla cheese and a layer of pepperonis. Then let bake uncovered in oven for about 35-45 minutes. Suggest baking covered last 10 minutes.

Published by Davina