This pasta with meat sauce is quick, easy, tasty, and healthy if you choose the right ingredients. Great for a weeknight, a Friday evening, or weekend lunch or dinner, and will certainly satisfy any tastebuds or appetite.
Can I use any type of ground meat?
Use any ground meat of your choice including beef, chicken, pork, lamb, turkey or vegan meat!
Can I make this pasta with meat sauce recipe gluten free?
For a gluten free option, use gluten free pasta including brown rice, chickpea, splitpeas, quinoa, soba or shirataki noodles.
Can I make this Vegan?
Use Beyond Burger meat or other vegan meat and opt for vegan cheese instead of regular cheese.
Don’t like Cheese?
Eat the Meat Sauce with Spaghetti.
Can I use other pasta shapes for this pasta with meat sauce?
Yes, you can. Spaghetti, linguine, penne, parpadelle, regate, ziti makes excellent choices.
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Pasta with Meat Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground meat
- 4 tbs extra virgin olive oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 4-6 cloves garlic chopped
- Hot pepper
- 1 tbs dried oregano
- 1 tbs green seasoning
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- Salt
- 1 jar pasta sauce large shells
- 3-4 tbs brown sugar
- 1 box pasta large shells, 8 -12oz
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley
- 1 package mozzarella cut into arge cubes, 1 lb
Instructions
- Heat oil in a wide pot over medium heat. Add onion and cook for 3 minutes. Add garlic and hot pepper and cook for 1 minute.
- Add ground meat, breaking up chunks with the base of a spoon.
- When no longer pink, add oregano, green seasoning, salt, black pepper, pasta sauce, brown sugar and cook for 15 minutes low heat.
- Add in cheese chunks and stir to combine. Stir in pasta and parsley.
- Serve hot with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese.
