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The pasta sauce is light, fresh, and so flavorful! 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. The ridges in the noodle help catch the sauce, giving every bite a punch of flavor. You can cook rigatoni pasta and sauce baked using 12 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of rigatoni pasta and sauce baked

You need 1 1/2 lb of ground beef if vegan sub eggplant here 2 chopped.
It's 1 box of rigatoni pasta cook as per instuctions.
It's 1 small of onion chopped.
It's 2 tbsp of minced garlic.
Prepare 1/4 cup of sugar.
Prepare 2 tbsp of Hungarian paprika.
Prepare 1 of salt to taste.
You need 1 tsp of whole leaf oregano.
It's 1 tsp of dried basil.
It's 1 tsp of granulated garlic.
It's 1 tbsp of Worcestershire sauce omit if vegan due to anchovies.
It's 1 cup of cheese on top sharp cheddar omit if vegan.

If you don't have rigatoni on hand, you can replace it with pasta noodles like penne or ziti in a pinch. To freeze this baked Rigatoni Pasta, cover first in plastic wrap, then in tin foil and label with the name and date. Heat olive oil in saucepan over medium-high heat. I love making baked pasta dishes with tomato and meat sauce, and this Rigatoni Pasta Bake is one of my favorites.

rigatoni pasta and sauce baked step by step

preheat oven to 425°F Fahrenheit boil pasta brown meat/stir fry eggplant.
add onions cook abit drain meat /remove eggplant when onion Is soft add sauce and spices. let cook a bit.
put pasta in a 9x13 baking pan add eggplant to sauce add sauce to pasta.
add cheese/omit cheese if vegan can use rice milk thicken like a cheesy sauce or coconut milk if so omit sugar in recipe bake.
let sit for 5 minutes minimum.

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