Bacon Pepperoni Pasta Bake. Here's my homemade version of a family-favorite Italian restaurant entree. For a change of pace, I substitute hamburger for pepperoni, add Italian seasonings and use a mix of fun pasta shapes including rotini and corkscrew. When I was in college, one of my roommates introduced me to the glory that is a "Pepperoni Pasta Bake".

This simple one-pot pasta bake recipe incorporates all the flavours of a pepperoni pizza. Then you'll love this simple pasta bake which has all the flavours of the famous topping. We've used oregano, pepperoni, mozzarella and passata and poured over rigatoni pasta. You can cook Bacon Pepperoni Pasta Bake using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Bacon Pepperoni Pasta Bake

Prepare 1 box of elbow noodle pasta.
You need 1 jar of your favorite pizza sauce.
Prepare slices of Pepperoni.
Prepare 1 lb of cooked crumbled bacon.
Prepare of Shredded mozzarella cheese.
It's of Additional pizza toppings of your choice.

Bacon and Parmesan cheese are the hero flavors in this hearty pasta that goes beyond the basic red-sauce bake. Here is a recipe that was made for freezer banking! All the flavor and lusciousness of lasagna without all the tedious work! This will be a new go-to weekly family dinner.

Bacon Pepperoni Pasta Bake step by step

Cook bacon, place on paper towel and set aside. Boil pan of water, add teaspoon of salt to water. Add pasta and boil until noodles are tender. Drain pasta..
Put pasta back into pan and add your pizza sauce. Crumble bacon..
Place half of the mixture into a casserole dish. Top it with half of the crumbled bacon and pepperoni slices, top that layer with cheese. Repeat layering noodles, bacon, pepperoni and cheese again..
You can add any toppings you like, we just love bacon and pepperoni 😁🥓 Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 min..

Now this is a pasta bake the whole family will love. With the flavours of pepperoni pizza, you just can't go wrong! This recipe for pepperoni pasta bake is no different; it can be prepared quickly and the end result is amazing. This casserole consists of rotini noodles You can add additional ingredients as well such as ham, Canadian bacon, and cooked mushrooms. Before adding the pepperonis, I added an extra layer.