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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I must find the mini pepperoni! I totally understand the hoarding thing. I’d be hoarding them too, if I could find them!
Great recipe, Chung-Ah. And beautiful photos, as always. Hope you have a great week!
Mini pepperonis = very cute : ) And always love a one-pan meal, especially when it’s pasta and cheese! Looks delicious.
This reminds me of a pasta bake I made not long ago, so delicious – and it tasted as if it came straight from Italy no less! I reckon the secret’s in the pepperoni, and I totally get why you’d hamster all the mini pepperonis once you had managed to track them down, I mean – how could you not?! x
Oh my, oh my, thise looks damn delicious 🙂 I got to try cooking my pasta with the sauce. Thanks!
Mmm..pizza pasta sounds super delicious, and how cute are those mini pepperoni?? And I am *always* a fan of fewer dishes to wash. I think we’ve all got those certain ingredients that are hard to find, so when we do find them, we hoard them 🙂 (personally, I’m a tart cherry hoarder)
I want to dive into that (one pot!) cheesy wonder and eat my way out! Love this…and mini food is always the best food! Pinned!
Ooooo, yeah – What she said! :0
You had me at those mini pepperonis! looks delicious!
we love the mini pepperonis, too! we keep our extras in the freezer – this works beautifully 🙂
This looks amazing Chung Ah , and super easy as its one pot!
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This is just a classic Chung-Ah dish! It’s so you and the images just pop right off the page! Love anything one pot!
Made this tonight.
Must double it..cause we ate it all…I have never cooked the pasta in the dish…amazing..thanks