One Pot Pizza Pasta Bake
An easy crowd-pleasing one pot meal that the whole family will love! Everyone will be begging for seconds!
My name is Chung-Ah and I am a mini pepperoni hoarder.
As weird as that sounds, I really am.
After going to 5 different grocery stores to find mini pepperonis, how do you NOT hoard them?
The minute I hit the grocery jackpot, I loaded up the cart with 10 packages of mini pepperonis. I have no idea what I’m going to do with them but who knows when I am going to find mini pepperonis again?
At least I was able to use some of it in this one pot dish. Yes, I have yet another one pot recipe for you guys today. I just can’t get enough of these one pot meals!
Plus, I’ll do anything for less dishes. Jason is the occasional dishwasher but he always lets them sit for 2-3 hrs before cleaning them. I, on the hand hand, need to get them done the minute they hit the sink.
But with this – you’ll only find one dirty pot in the sink. And it’s the easiest pizza I have ever made. Plus, the mini pepperonis are so much fun to eat!
One Pot Pizza Pasta Bake
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 ounces spicy Italian sausage, casing removed
- ½ cup mini pepperoni, divided
- 1 15-ounce can tomato sauce
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano
- ½ teaspoon dried basil
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 8 ounces rotini pasta
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to broil.
- Heat olive oil in a large oven-proof skillet over medium high heat. Add Italian sausage and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the sausage as it cooks; drain excess fat. Stir in 1/4 cup pepperoni until heated through, about 1 minute.
- Stir in tomato sauce, oregano, basil garlic powder, pasta and 1 1/2 cups water; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat and simmer until pasta is cooked through, about 12-14 minutes.
- Remove from heat; top with mozzarella and remaining 1/4 cup pepperoni. Place into oven and cook until melted and golden brown, about 2 minutes.
- Serve immediately, garnished with parsley, if desired.
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Do you need to put this in the oven or can you just add the cheese and cover with the skillet lid for 2 minutes or until the cheese melts?
You can do either/or.
I made this for my family of 16 last night.. tripled everything and excluded the sausage. I added a can of pizza sauce too 🙂 it was great and everyone was asking for the recipe!
Thank you for sharing!! Super easy dish and everyone loved it!
Can I use ground beef instead of sausage (as that’s usually what I have in my freezer)? Do you think the taste will change that much?
Ground beef would be a great substitute!
Your recipes are amazing! I’m not sure how you deal with all of the unnecessarily rude comments but you seem to take it all in stride. I wanted to let your fans/readers know that not liking pepperoni shouldn’t stop them from trying this recipe, as written. I don’t care for pepperoni either but the mini version has a different taste. Not only cute but so delicious! Keep pumping out those recipes. Don’t go changing!!
looks amazing! im definitely going to try this out.
This is defintely one different and delicious recipe. I’m sure kids and the whole family will enjoy these.
If I am unable to get some Italian sausages, can I substitute the meat with ground beef/pork?
Yes, absolutely, but I recommend adding in some seasonings (ex. oregano, basil, red pepper flakes), to taste.
You refer to mini pepperonis, are these the already sliced, packaged variety, or something else?
Mini pepperonis come in a package already sliced.
i made this today. Yummy! I cut the recipe in half, sautéed minced onion and garlic after sausage browned. Before broiling I added dollops of ricotta, then mozzarella and topped with grated Parmesan. The ricotta added creaminess. I had cavatappi so I used that instead of rotini. It took longer to cook, but still worked well. I will be making this again.
i made this for my family tonight! we doubled up the recipe and it was delicious! Definitely making this again!
We tried this recipe tonight…delish!! Thank you for a tasty meal recipe and easy clean up!
Do you think this would freeze well if the cheese was added upon thawing?
Unfortunately, I cannot answer this with certainty as I have never tried freezing this myself – there were no leftovers left to freeze! Please use your best judgment for freezing and reheating.
the second photo is minced meat?
The second photo is crumbled sausage as indicated in the recipe.
I made this tonight for dinner. It was very awesome and delicious. Everyone loved it! I will definitely be making this again. I’m so glad I found your site and thank you for posting this.
Delicious!!!!
The whole family loved it…including my fussy eating teenage son!
Thanks for sharing!
Does anyone know if this will taste good to people who don’t like pepperoni? what’s the flavor like? I really like pepperoni’s but the girlfriend does not 🙁
Anthony, you can try other types of pizza toppings, to taste.
Do you boil the pasta first? It wouldn’t make sense since it’s a one pot meal! Lol. But I’ve never made pasta without boiling it first.
No, there is no need to cook the pasta first – that’s the beauty of a one pot meal!
After a VERY long week and day… I thought this looks so good. Want to the store got every thing needed and come home… The long day and week got to me…. I cooked my pasta ahead of time and not I’m sitting here HOPING it comes out right… I was like…. yea I was cook the pasta with the REST of the food, not a head of time ;/
I made this today to bring to mother in laws. I added peppers, mushrooms and onions to one, I made a second batch for my sis in law with no additions. I can’t wait to try it, it smells amazing and looks amazing to.
You’re my hero. It started with garlic parm spaghetti now I’m all over any one pot easy peasy recipe for busy weeknights with two little ones in the house.