Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, pepperoni pizza pasta bake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Reminiscent of classic pepperoni pizza, this weeknight casserole is made with a mess of curly noodles in place of the doughy crust, just the right ratio of sauce to melted cheese, and thin slices of pepperoni that crisp up as they bake. Then you'll love this simple pasta bake which has all the flavours of the famous topping. We've used oregano, pepperoni, mozzarella and passata and poured over rigatoni pasta.
Pepperoni pizza pasta bake is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Pepperoni pizza pasta bake is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have pepperoni pizza pasta bake using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Pepperoni pizza pasta bake:
- Prepare 16 oz dry rigatoni pasta
- Make ready 1 can (28 oz) peeled San marzno tomatoes
- Make ready 1 can (28 Oz) tomato puree
- Make ready Pepperoni
- Get Mozzarella shredded cheese divided
- Prepare Black pepper
- Get Salt
- Take Basil
- Prepare Oregon
- Prepare Onion powder
- Make ready Garlic powder or Minced garlic
- Take 2 cups chicken stock for making in an instant pot only and one cup of water
- Take For seasoning they are made to taste a pinch of this a dash of that
A quick and easy pepperoni pasta bake recipe that is incredibly flavorful and tastes like a pepperoni pizza! When I was in college, one of my roommates introduced me to the glory that is a "Pepperoni Pasta Bake". Top with remaining cheese and then pepperoni slices, finish with a little extra italian seasoning. I added crumbled bacon and sliced black olives plus pizza/pasta seasoning and garlic powder.
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.
Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Like baked ziti crossed with pepperoni pizza, this Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Casserole is so hearty, satisfying, and filling. I will always be a casserole person. They are generally really easy (throw all ingredients together, stir, bake), and they are complete meals. Think of pepperoni pizza, but as pasta!
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