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One Pot Cajun Beef Pasta with lots-of-veg

Blossom Lady
Nov 01, 2024 10:04 AM
One Pot Cajun Beef Pasta with lots-of-veg

One Pot Cajun Beef Pasta is a big, bubbly pasta made with beef and a surprising amount of hidden vegetables in a Cajun flavoured tomato pasta sauce, topped with oozy cheese. Serves 7 to 8 and makes for excellent leftovers!

Here today with a sparkling new recipe I created with mid-week cooking in mind: a big, bubbling Cajun pasta made with beef and a surprising amount of hidden vegetables, so you can serve this as a complete meal. It’s really economical (500g/1lb beef -> 7 to 8 servings), with bold beefy Cajun flavours and smothered with oozy cheese.

The good amount of Cajun spices used in this recipe lets us pack in vegetables without disappointingly diluting the flavour of the dish.

In this recipe, we’ve got a carrot, zucchini, and capsicum (bell pepper) with 500g/1 lb of beef, plus there’s also 800g/28 oz canned tomato and an onion (these count as vegetables too!) All these vegetables not only boosts nutrition but also stretches the dish to serve 7-8 people instead of the usual 4-5.

So much veg. But try to tell me you don’t want to eat this!

Ingredients:
One-pot pasta
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves , finely minced
  • 1 onion , chopped
  • 500g/ 1 lb beef mince (ground beef)
  • 1 carrot , medium, shredded using box grater (I keep skin on)
  • 1 zucchini , medium, shredded using box grater
  • 1 red capsicum (bell pepper), chopped
  • 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • 800g/ 28 oz canned crushed tomato
  • 400g/ 14 oz kidney beans , drained (or other beans of choice, can omit)
  • 2 cups chicken stock/broth , low sodium (sub beef stock)
  • 2 cups water (just regular tap water!)
  • 350g / 12 oz (3 cups) elbow pasta (macaroni) , spirals, penne, ziti, small shells, rigatoni or similar size, uncooked
  • 1 1/2 cups (tightly packed) colby cheese or other melting cheese of choice, preferably freshly shredded (melts better)
  • 1 green onion stem , finely sliced (optional garnish)

Cajun spices
  • 1 1/2 tsp dried thyme
  • 1 1/2 tbsp paprika (sweet/regular, not smoked or spicy)
  • 2 tsp garlic powder
  • 2 tsp onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper , optional (faintly spicy)
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 1 1/4 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt
Prep Time:
15 minutes
Cook Time:
25 minutes
Total Time:
40 minutes
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