One-Pot Southwest Double Beef and Cavatappi
with Monterey Jack and Baby Spinach
This one-and-done dinner-in-a-hurry packs beef, veggies and pasta into one easy bowl. The best part? It's a meal everyone is sure to devour.
Ingredients: Ground beef • Cavatappi (durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulphate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid) (wheat) • Sweet bell pepper • Marinara sauce (water, tomato paste, sugar, salt, modified corn starch, dried garlic, vinegar, dried onion, soybean oil, dried red bell pepper, spices, herbs, natural flavour, xanthan gum, citric acid, lactic acid, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate) • Yellow onion • Monterey Jack cheese (pasteurized milk, modified milk ingredients, cream, salt, microbial enzymes, bacterial culture, calcium chloride, cellulose, natamycin) (milk) • Spinach • Tex mex paste (tomato paste, tomato blend (tomatoes, tomato juice, citric acid, calcium chloride), salt, water, vegetable oil, sugars (sugar, maltodextrin), chipotle peppers, onions, chili peppers, vinegar, smoked paprika, paprika oleoresin, modified corn starch, garlic powder, mustard, cocoa powder, rice vinegar, onion powder, seasoning, spices, herbs, natural flavour, xanthan gum, acetic acid) (mustard) • Beef broth concentrate (beef stock, sugars (maltodextrin, sugar), beef flavor (flavoring, water, salt, dried beef stock, beef stock, yeast extract, xanthan gum, glutamic acid, tricalcium phosphate), beef fat, salt, yeast extract, xanthan gum) • Garlic.
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes milk, sesame, eggs, fish, shellfish, crustaceans, mustard, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybean and sulphites.
Ingredients
500 g
Ground Beef
170 g
Cavatappi
(Contains Wheat)
1 unit(s)
Sweet Bell Pepper
1 unit(s)
Yellow Onion
56 g
Baby Spinach
½ cup
Marinara Sauce
(May contain Fish, Soy, Egg, Sulphites, Tree nuts, Crustaceans, Gluten, Sesame, Milk, Wheat, Mustard)
2 tbsp
Tex-Mex Paste
(Contains Mustard May contain Gluten, Fish, Sesame, Egg, Crustaceans, Milk, Wheat, Sulphites, Soy)
½ cup
Monterey Jack Cheese, shredded
(Contains Milk)
2 unit(s)
Beef Broth Concentrate
2 unit(s)
Garlic, cloves
Not included in your delivery
½ tbsp
Oil*
0.31 tsp
Salt*
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- Core, then cut pepper into 1/2-inch pieces.
- Peel, then cut onion into 1/2-inch pieces.
- Peel, then mince or grate garlic.
- Heat a large pot over medium-high heat.
- When hot, add 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil, then peppers.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender-crisp, 3-4 min.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Transfer peppers to a plate. Set aside.
- Reheat the same pot over medium-high.
- When hot, add beef to the dry pot. Break up beef into smaller pieces, then add onions.
- Cook, stirring often, until no pink remains, 4-5 min.** Don't crowd the pan; work in batches if needed.
- Carefully drain and discard excess fat, if desired.
- Add Tex-Mex paste, garlic, marinara, broth concentrates, 2 1/2 cups (4 1/2 cups) water and 1/4 tsp (1/2 tsp) salt to the pot.
- Stir to combine. Bring to a boil over high.
- Once boiling, stir in cavatappi and reduce heat to medium.
- Simmer uncovered, stirring often to prevent sticking to the pot, until cavatappi is tender, 14-16 min. (TIP: If pasta sticks too much, add more water, 1/4 cup at a time. Scrape up any pieces stuck to the bottom of the pot.)
- Meanwhile, roughly chop spinach, if you like.
- Remove from heat, then add peppers, spinach and half the cheese to the pot with cavatappi.
- Season with pepper. Stir for 1 min until spinach wilts.
- Divide Southwest beef and cavatappi between bowls.
- Sprinkle remaining cheese over top.
If you've opted for double beef, prep and cook in the same way the recipe instructs you to prep and cook the regular portion of beef. Work in batches, if necessary.