5 from 24 votes
One Pot Pizza Pasta Bake
One Pot Pizza Pasta Bake combines spicy Italian sausage, pepperoni, and tomato sauce with rotini pasta cooked together in a skillet. Mozzarella cheese melts on top under the broiler, creating a bubbly, golden finish. Fresh parsley adds brightness to this hearty, pizza-flavored pasta dish made entirely in one pan.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings:
4
servings
Course:
Main Course
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 ounces spicy Italian sausage casing removed
- ½ cup mini pepperoni divided
- 1 tomato sauce
- ½ teaspoon oregano dried
- ½ teaspoon basil dried
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 8 ounces rotini pasta
- salt to taste, Kosher salt and freshly ground
- black pepper to taste, Kosher salt and freshly ground
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese shredded
- 2 tablespoons parsley chopped fresh leaves
Instructions
- Preheat oven to broil.
- Heat olive oil in a large oven-proof skillet over medium high heat. Add Italian sausage and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the sausage as it cooks; drain excess fat. Stir in 1/4 cup pepperoni until heated through, about 1 minute.
- Stir in tomato sauce, oregano, basil garlic powder, pasta and 1 1/2 cups water; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat and simmer until pasta is cooked through, about 12-14 minutes.
- Remove from heat; top with mozzarella and remaining 1/4 cup pepperoni. Place into oven and cook until melted and golden brown, about 2 minutes.
- Serve immediately, garnished with parsley, if desired.
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