Bacon-Cheeseburger Skillet Pasta
No "helper", not even a pot of boiling water, is needed for this tasty skillet pasta. Ground turkey, bacon, tomato, seasonings, and melty american cheese come together for a delicious weeknight meal.
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 35 mins
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 6 1x
- Category: Main
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 pound 93% ground beef or turkey
- 1 medium onion, minced
- 3 slices bacon, chopped
- 1 can (15 oz) Italian seasoning tomato sauce
- 1 can (15 oz) diced tomatoes
- 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons ground mustard
- 2 teaspoons worcestershire
- 1 teaspoon brown sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- dash cayenne
- 4 oz elbow macaroni
- 1 medium green pepper, chopped
- 4 oz American cheese
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat until hot.
- In the skillet, cook meat, bacon, and onion together over medium-high heat until meat is just cooked through.
- Remove from pan and set aside.
- Return pan to heat and add tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, garlic, and seasonings; bring to simmer.
- Mix in pasta and green pepper and season with salt and pepper.
- Cover and simmer for about five minutes.
- Return meat mixture to pan and mix together.
- Simmer, covered, for additional five minutes until pasta is cooked through.
- Top with cheese slices and cover.
- Let sit for a few minutes, until the cheese melts, then serve.
Notes
- Elbow pasta is ideal because its small size and shape allow it to cook quickly. If you'd like to use another pasta shape, you'll need to adjust the cooking time accordingly: Longer for larger pasta like penne and shorter for smaller pasta like orzo. It will also affect how "saucy" the final dish will be.
- I like adding the green pepper with the pasta so it retains a bit of its texture, but if you prefer it to disappear more, cook it up with the turkey, bacon, & onion.
Nutrition information is based on using 93% lean ground beef.
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