One Pot Cajun Beef Pasta with lots-of-veg
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One Pot Cajun Beef Pasta with lots-of-veg

NUTRITION · PER SERVING40M COOK
CAL 28%·PRO 57%
CARBS 52G38% OF CAL
5G FIBER38G OTHER9G TOTAL SUGAR
FAT 26G42% OF CAL
11G SAT15G UNSAT

BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV

One-pot Cajun pasta with ground beef and hidden vegetables in a spiced tomato sauce. A complete, budget-friendly meal that stretches a small amount of meat.

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Nutrition & ingredients

Ingredients

serves 7
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 garlic cloves (, finely minced)
  • 1 onion (, chopped)
  • 500g/ 1 lb beef mince (ground beef) ((Note 1))
  • 1 carrot (, medium, shredded using box grater (I keep skin on) )
  • 1 zucchini (, medium, shredded using box grater (Note 2))
  • 1 red capsicum ((bell pepper), chopped (Note 2))
  • 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 (Note 3))
  • 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))
  • 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
15M
SODIUM
943MG
ESTIMATE
COMPLETE

Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.