pasta puttanesca with beef

Slow Cooker

Pasta Puttanesca with Beef

Drescription

This easy slow cooker ground beef and pasta recipe makes a great meal any night of the week.

Ingredients

1 pound 90% or higher lean ground beef
¾ cup onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 (14.5 ounce) cans no-salt-added diced tomatoes, undrained
1 (6 ounce) can no-salt-added tomato paste
3 anchovy fillets, chopped
1 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper
8 ounces dried multigrain penne pasta (about 2 1/2 cups)
¼ cup kalamata olives, chopped
¼ cup snipped fresh parsley
1 snipped fresh parsley

Directions

In a large nonstick skillet cook ground beef, onion and garlic over medium heat until meat browns and onion is tender. Drain off fat and discard.
In a 3 1/2- or 4-quart slow cooker combine beef mixture, tomatoes, tomato paste, anchovies, oregano and crushed red pepper. Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 4 to 6 hours or on high-heat setting for 2 to 3 hours. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions; drain.
Before serving, stir olives and 1/4 cup parsley into slow cooker. Serve beef mixture over hot cooked pasta. If desired, garnish with additional snipped fresh parsley.

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