Ground Beef Pasta

3.90 from 39 votes

One-Pot Cheesy Ground Beef Pasta, a spectacular midweek dinner recipe that is ready in about 30 minutes. A fantastic blend of flavours, this pasta dish can be enjoyed by the whole family, fussy eaters included. No need for a tomato sauce, this pasta is sheer heaven.

Prep Time5

Cook Time25

Total Time30

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: International

Servings: portions

Calories: 374kcal

Author: Daniela Apostol

Ingredients

250 g ground beef (½ lb) - I used lean, 5% fat
1 onion
3 cloves of garlic
1 yellow pepper
1 orange pepper
1 cup penne pasta
4 cups beef stock (broth)
2 tablespoon concentrated tomato paste (puree)
¼ cup grated cheddar cheese
2 tablespoon grated parmesan cheese
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Heat up the oil in a large pan, peel and slice the onion, and sautee until soft.
Add the ground beef and stir to break the meat until no longer pink.
Add the chopped garlic, peppers and tomato paste, and give it a stir.
Add the pasta and beef stock, cover the pan with a lid, and leave to cook until the liquid is absorbed and the pasta is cooked.
Add the cheddar and parmesan, and fresh parsley.
Remove from the heat, and leave the lid on for 5-10 minutes, the cheese will melt and the full flavours will come through.

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Notes

If you want to cook the sauce separately to freeze for another time, that is very easy to do. Leave the pasta out and reduce the beef stock to 1 ½-2 cups, the beef will be cooked through with less, the reason we add more is to cook the pasta too.
Then follow the exact steps, and leave the sauce to cool down before adding it to freezer-friendly containers. All you need to do is heat it and in the microwave and add it to pasta of any kind, rice, bulgur wheat or anything else you like.

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