Hello everybody, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, pepperoni pizza pasta bake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Reminiscent of classic pepperoni pizza, this weeknight casserole is made with a mess of curly noodles in place of the doughy crust, just the right ratio of sauce to melted cheese, and thin slices of pepperoni that crisp up as they bake. Then you'll love this simple pasta bake which has all the flavours of the famous topping. We've used oregano, pepperoni, mozzarella and passata and poured over rigatoni pasta.

Pepperoni pizza pasta bake is one of the most favored of recent trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Pepperoni pizza pasta bake is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have pepperoni pizza pasta bake using 13 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Pepperoni pizza pasta bake:

1. Make ready dry rigatoni pasta
2. Make ready peeled San marzno tomatoes
3. Make ready tomato puree
4. Prepare Pepperoni
5. Prepare Mozzarella shredded cheese divided
6. Prepare Black pepper
7. Get Salt
8. Get Basil
9. Make ready Oregon
10. Prepare Onion powder
11. Prepare Garlic powder or Minced garlic
12. Make ready 2 cups chicken stock for making in an instant pot only and one cup of water
13. Get For seasoning they are made to taste a pinch of this a dash of that

I will always be a casserole person. They are generally really easy (throw all ingredients together, stir, bake), and they are complete meals. A quick and easy pepperoni pasta bake recipe that is incredibly flavorful and tastes like a pepperoni pizza! When I was in college, one of my roommates introduced me to the glory that is a "Pepperoni Pasta Bake".

Steps to make Pepperoni pizza pasta bake:

1. Cook rigatoni’s pasta to box Directions.
2. In a big bowl combine all ingredients except the cheese and pepperoni and add the rigatoni pasta,mix… then spary a 13x9 baking dish. pour pasta mixture in baking dish…. crush the tomatoes before topping with some cheese cover with foil
3. Bake at 400 till cheese melts remove from oven add the pepperoni and top it with more cheese place back in oven uncovered till cheese melts.
4. NOTES- the tomatoes need to be crushed, I made mine in an pressure cooker so iam not sure where you crush them but you don’t want big tomatoes)
5. For cooking in the instant pot- add all ingredient except the cheese and pepperoni… cook for 6 mins under pressure. Spary a 13x9 baking dish After you release the pressure mix it and crush the tomatoes and remove any pasta that burned and stuck to the bottom then add the pasta mixture to the baking dish
6. Bake at 400 till cheese melts remove from oven add the pepperoni and top it with more cheese place back in oven uncovered till cheese melts. top with pepperoni and cheese cook in the oven uncovered at 400 till the pepperoni is done and cheese has melted. This won’t take long as the cheese melts as you put it on just want to brown it some.
7. Sever with salad or garlic bread
8. I didn’t have chicken broth so I used 2 bouillon cubes with 2 cups of water.
9. Notes- my pasta burned and stuck to the bottom. I recommend not doing this in an instant pot or pressure cooker. My pictures look different because my pressure cooker as an air fryer lid as well so I didn’t need to put mine in the oven, if anyone was wondering why mine looks so different.

Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Bake is what's on the menu tonight at our house! Because my boys love all things pizza and easy homemade pizza recipes are the best, this one has moved to our top favorites! There's something about every single pizza recipe that just draws you in, it makes you WANT to eat it. Pepperoni Pizza Pasta Bake is a quick and easy meal that makes TWO generous servings. But the best part is, you can easily double or even triple this recipe to feed your whole crowd!

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