Hey everyone, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, pepperoni pizza pasta bake. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Cook pasta in a large pan of boiling salted water according to the instructions on the packet. Once cooked, drain well and reserve a large mug of the pasta cooking water. Since the pasta cooks twice, first on the stovetop and then in the oven, overcooking can be a problem if it boils for too long.
Pepperoni pizza pasta bake is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. Pepperoni pizza pasta bake is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook pepperoni pizza pasta bake using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Pepperoni pizza pasta bake:
- Get 16 oz dry rigatoni pasta
- Get 1 can (28 oz) peeled San marzno tomatoes
- Prepare 1 can (28 Oz) tomato puree
- Get Pepperoni
- Make ready Mozzarella shredded cheese divided
- Prepare Black pepper
- Make ready Salt
- Take Basil
- Make ready Oregon
- Make ready Onion powder
- Get Garlic powder or Minced garlic
- Prepare 2 cups chicken stock for making in an instant pot only and one cup of water
- Prepare For seasoning they are made to taste a pinch of this a dash of that
Boil pasta according to package, drain and add to a bowl. In your bowl mix pasta, pasta sauce, pizza sauce, and seasoning. Cut half of your pepperoni in small pieces and mix into your pasta, add in ½ cup of mozzarella. Pour out into your casserole dish and pat down evenly.
Instructions to make Pepperoni pizza pasta bake:
- Cook rigatoni’s pasta to box Directions.
- In a big bowl combine all ingredients except the cheese and pepperoni and add the rigatoni pasta,mix… then spary a 13x9 baking dish. pour pasta mixture in baking dish…. crush the tomatoes before topping with some cheese cover with foil
- Bake at 400 till cheese melts remove from oven add the pepperoni and top it with more cheese place back in oven uncovered till cheese melts.
- NOTES- the tomatoes need to be crushed, I made mine in an pressure cooker so iam not sure where you crush them but you don’t want big tomatoes)
- For cooking in the instant pot- add all ingredient except the cheese and pepperoni… cook for 6 mins under pressure. Spary a 13x9 baking dish After you release the pressure mix it and crush the tomatoes and remove any pasta that burned and stuck to the bottom then add the pasta mixture to the baking dish
- Bake at 400 till cheese melts remove from oven add the pepperoni and top it with more cheese place back in oven uncovered till cheese melts. top with pepperoni and cheese cook in the oven uncovered at 400 till the pepperoni is done and cheese has melted. This won’t take long as the cheese melts as you put it on just want to brown it some.
- Sever with salad or garlic bread
- I didn’t have chicken broth so I used 2 bouillon cubes with 2 cups of water.
- Notes- my pasta burned and stuck to the bottom. I recommend not doing this in an instant pot or pressure cooker. My pictures look different because my pressure cooker as an air fryer lid as well so I didn’t need to put mine in the oven, if anyone was wondering why mine looks so different.
It's all of the goodness of pepperoni "pizza" flavors, wrapped into a delicious and uber-simple pasta bake. We would always just use pasta, pepperoni, Mozzarella cheese and marinara sauce, which was a fabulous start. For a "lighter" version, you could of course sub in some turkey pepperoni, whole. Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and place in a large bowl. Add mushrooms, pepperoni, green pepper and onion.
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