Recipe: Yummy Rigatoni with Ground Turkey

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Rigatoni with Ground Turkey. This baked rigatoni is full of ground turkey, veggies and - most importantly - cheesy goodness! I apologize for the lack of posts lately. Between the Boston Marathon Bombings and a member of my boyfriend's family ending up hospitalized in what turned into a much more difficult surgery than had been originally anticipated… well, things.

Add fresh diced tomatoes and continue to saute for a couple minutes.

For another option, you can easily replace the ground beef in this rigatoni pasta bake with ground turkey.

Rigatoni is a big, ridged, tubular type of pasta and is used in many saucy, cheesy pasta bakes like this baked rigatoni with meat sauce.

You can have Rigatoni with Ground Turkey using 15 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Rigatoni with Ground Turkey

1. Prepare 1 of large pack ground turkey (I used a 2.5 pound pack).

2. You need of Olive Oil (Enough to coat bottom of large pan).

3. You need of Onion, 1 large, chopped.

4. You need of Green Pepper 1, chopped.

5. It’s 1 teaspoon of Black Pepper,.

6. Prepare 2 Tablespoons of Oregano.

7. Prepare of Fresh Garlic, about 6, minced (I used garlic powder because I ran out of fresh garlic).

8. Prepare 1 teaspoon of dried Basil.

9. You need 2 cans of diced tomatoes.

10. Prepare 2 of small cans Hunts tomato sauce.

11. You need 1 can of Small White Beans (undrained).

12. It’s 2 teaspoons of white sugar.

13. It’s 1 (16 ounce) of box of Rigatoni.

14. You need of Salt for boiling water.

15. Prepare of Parmesan Cheese.

Busy moms love a leftover option to serve for another dinneror lunches.

Drain and rinse with cold water.

Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.

Add the ground turkey, season with salt and pepper, and brown.

Rigatoni with Ground Turkey step by step

1. Sauté Ground Turkey in large pan with olive oil until slightly browned,then add chopped onion and chopped green pepper…….Cook until ground turkey is no longer pink and onion and green pepper are soft…….

2. Add all dry ingredients to ground turkey and stir well…..

3. Then add tomato ingredients,white beans, and sugar and simmer for about 1 hour slightly uncovered…..Stir occasionally…..Turn off heat after 1 hour…..

4. Meanwhile boil Rigatoni until al dente….Don’t forget to add some salt to your boiling water!.

5. Drain rigatoni, then add to ground turkey mixture and mix all very well…..

6. Enjoy with Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top ! 😊.

The turkey packs a punch with all the seasonings, and the rigatoni is awesome because pasta.

Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

Sauté Ground Turkey in large pan with olive oil until slightly browned,then add chopped onion and chopped green pepper.

Cook until ground turkey is no longer pink and onion and green pepper are soft.

The ground turkey sauce wasn't bad at all as written, but it was too dry for my liking.