Pasta Puttanesca with Beef

Ingredients

  • 1 pound 90% or higher lean ground beef

  • ¾ cup onion, chopped

  • 4 cloves garlic, minced

  • 2 (14.5 ounce) cans no-salt-added diced tomatoes, undrained

  • 1 (6 ounce) can no-salt-added tomato paste

  • 3 anchovy fillets, chopped

  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed

  • ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper

  • 8 ounces dried multigrain penne pasta (about 2 1/2 cups)

  • ¼ cup Kalamata olives, chopped

  • ¼ cup snipped fresh parsley

  • 1 Snipped fresh parsley

Description

  1. In a large nonstick skillet cook ground beef, onion and garlic over medium heat until meat browns and onion is tender. Drain off fat and discard.

  2. In a 3 1/2- or 4-quart slow cooker combine beef mixture, tomatoes, tomato paste, anchovies, oregano and crushed red pepper. Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 4 to 6 hours or on high-heat setting for 2 to 3 hours. Meanwhile, cook pasta according to package directions; drain.

  3. Before serving, stir olives and 1/4 cup parsley into slow cooker. Serve beef mixture over hot cooked pasta. If desired, garnish with additional snipped fresh parsley.

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