Perfect! Let’s make a hearty pasta shells with ground beef dish 🍝🥩. Here’s a clear, simple way to do it:
Ingredients (serves 2–3)
- 1 cup pasta shells (or more if you like)
- 200–250g ground beef (about ½ lb)
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 cup tomato sauce (or marinara)
- ½ cup shredded cheese (mozzarella or cheddar)
- 1–2 tsp olive oil
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Optional: Italian seasoning, chili flakes, or fresh basil
Instructions
- Cook the pasta
- Boil a pot of salted water and cook pasta shells according to package instructions.
- Drain and set aside.
- Cook the ground beef
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat.
- Add onions and cook 2–3 minutes until soft.
- Add garlic and cook 30 seconds until fragrant.
- Add ground beef, breaking it up with a spoon, and cook until browned.
- Season with salt, pepper, and optional Italian seasoning.
- Add tomato sauce
- Pour tomato sauce over the beef, stir, and simmer 5 minutes.
- Adjust seasoning if needed.
- Combine with pasta
- Add cooked pasta shells to the skillet and mix so the beef-tomato sauce coats the shells evenly.
- Add cheese
- Sprinkle shredded cheese on top.
- Optionally, cover the skillet for 1–2 minutes to melt the cheese.
- Serve
- Garnish with fresh basil or parsley if you have it.
- Serve hot with garlic bread or a side salad.
If you want, I can also give a baked version where you stuff the pasta shells with ground beef and cheese—basically a mini-casserole that’s extra cozy and cheesy.
Do you want me to show that version too?
