Garlic Lovers Beef Rigatoni Casserole
Garlic Lovers Beef Rigatoni is packed full of bold flavours (a whole head of garlic), and is so easy to put together for dinner, a freezer meal or a make ahead meal prep recipe.
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small onion, diced
- 1 lb 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1/2 tsp ½ tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp fresh ground pepper
- 1 head garlic, minced fine
- 700 ml jarred pasta sauce
- 4 cups 4 cups dry, uncooked rigatoni
- 1/4 cup pasta water
- 2 cups shredded cheese (or preferred cheese mix)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F if you aren’t prepping this for the freezer
- Start by filling a large pot with water on high heat to boil.
- While the water is coming up to a boil, start on beef.
- In a large pan on medium-high heat, add in the olive oil and onion. Sauté the onions for 2 minutes before adding in the ground beef.
- Season the ground beef with salt and pepper as you break it apart with a wooden spoon.
- Give it a couple of stirs as it cooks in the pan.
- After 3-4 minutes, add in the garlic.
- Continue to sauté everything in the pan. Take care not to burn the garlic.
- At this time, your water should have reached its boiling point, add in the rigatoni and set a timer for 8 minutes to parboil the pasta.
- Meanwhile, add the jar of pasta sauce to your beef and stir to combine.
- Let the mixture simmer on low while your pasta cooks.
- .Once the pasta is ready, reserve 1/4 cup of the pasta water and drain the pasta.
- Add the drained pasta to the pot with the sauce and beef.
- Add the ¼ cup of pasta water. Stir to combine.
- Grease a baking dish and transfer the pasta, sauce, and pasta from the pot, to the baking dish.
- Cover the pasta and sauce with cheese, and cover with a greased piece of tinfoil
- .Bake covered for 15 minutes and uncovered for 15 minutes. Broil for 1-2 minutes if the cheese needs some extra help.Serve when ready