Microwave Mince and Pasta Bake
A nice microwave dinner for the whole family. Lots of vegetables, meat and pasta. Tastes great, even the kids will love it.
Ingredients
Serves: 6
- 250g uncooked macaroni
- 500g beef mince
- 1 cup diced onion
- 1 cup sliced celery
- 1 tablespoon crushed garlic
- 1 (400g) tin diced tomatoes
- 300g pasta sauce
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon caraway seed
- 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon salt
Directions
Preparation:10min ›
Cook:25min ›
Ready in:35min
- Bring a pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the macaroni and cook until tender; about 8 minutes. Drain.
- Meanwhile; crumble the beef mince into a 2 litre or larger casserole dish. Add the onion, celery and garlic. Cook in the microwave on High for 5 to 6 minutes; or until beef is no longer pink. Stir once during cooking. Drain off the fat.
- Stir the tomatoes, pasta sauce and sugar into the beef then and season with paprika, oregano, caraway seed, cayenne pepper and salt.
- Cover and cook in the microwave on power level 8 for about 14 minutes or until celery is tender and the flavours have blended.
- Remove from the microwave and mix in the cooked macaroni. Cook for 2 to 3 more minutes until heated through. Serve.
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Exactly what I had hoped it would be, thank you! My only change (ingredient wise) was that the diced tomatos had basil, oregano and garlic already mixed in which added fantastic flavor! I opted to saute the garlic, a little more celery and little less onion, browned the beef and simmered all together on the stovetop. (My microwave tends to go on the fritz so I prefer the stovetop.) Before serving I sprinkled a bit of parmesan cheese on the top. Fabulous. - 11 Jul 2006 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
I"m giving this 5 stars because I, myself, made a couple of goofs. I did an "oops" with the cayenne pepper, which doesn't bother my family much, and the tomato sauce I had were 8oz cans so I felt like it could have been better with a little more tomato sauce. Oh, since I made it on my stove, I sauteed the onions & celery. Then browned the ground beef. Then added it all together in a large skillet and let it simmer a few minutes. It was good and I will be making it again . Thanks! - 14 Dec 2005 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)
Great! The only thing that was not so tasty was the caraway, which I will omit in the future. The caraway overpowers the taste of the recipe. - 30 Dec 2005 (Review from Allrecipes USA and Canada)