Pinoy Baked Penne Pasta

Pinoy Baked Penne Pasta is similar to my popular Pinoy Baked Macaroni dish that was posted a couple of years ago. The recipe of the photos here are from the Pinoy Baked Penne Pasta that was cooked for my daughter’s birthday it was in four baking dish for her office mates. I was just testing the recipe if it works with large quantities, the result was great, and the recipes works.

Using penne pasta is an option using spaghetti or any other pasta definitely the recipe work.

Here is the recipe of my Pinoy Baked Penne Pasta.

Ingredients:

1 1/2 kilo penne pasta

1/2 kilo ground lean beef

1/4 kilo ground lean pork

1 cup diced ham

6 pieces hotdog, sliced thinly

1 cup finely diced canned button mushroom

1 medium size carrots, skinned, finely diced

1 stalk celery, finely diced

2 medium size onions, peeled, finely diced

1/2 head garlic, peeled, finely chopped

2 medium size green/red bell pepper, finely diced

2-3 tablespoon dried parsley flakes

1/2 -1 teaspoon dried chili flakes

1 teaspoon ground peppercorns

2 cups tomato sauce

1 cup banana ketchup

1/2 cup tomato ketchup

1/4 cup fish sauce

1 large block cheddar cheese, grated

2-3 tablespoon sugar

salt

cooking oil

Cooking procedure:

To cook the pasta, cook the penne pasta as per package instruction, reserve two cups of the boiling liquid and keep aside. In a large sauce pan sauté the garlic and onion until fragrant. Add in the ground beef and pork, stir cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add in the fish sauce, tomato sauce, ground peppercorns, dried chili flakes and dried parsley flakes, continue to stir cook for 3 to 5 minutes. Add in the sliced hotdogs and diced ham and continue to stir cook for 3 to 5 minutes. Add in the carrots, celery, bell pepper and mushroom, continue to stir cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Now add the cooked macaroni including the reserved boiling liquid, add in the sugar, banana and tomato ketchup, let cook for anather 5 to 8 minutes stirring occasionally, season with salt to taste.

To bake the pasta, coat a large rectangular pyrex baking dish with butter. Transfer the cooked pasta to the baking dish. Top with the grated cheddar cheese. Bake at 350°F to 375°F for 10 to 15 minutes or until the cheese toping start to turn to golden brown. Let cool down for about 5 minutes before serving.

See other similar pasta recipes:

Fettuccine with Mushroom and Mushroom Sauce

Mushroom with Dried Fish Fettuccine Carbonara
Pinoy Carbonara, Carbonara Pinoy Style
Tuna Carbonara
Pinoy Seafood Carbonara
Asparagus and Mushroom Spaghetti in White Sauce
Spaghetti with Clam and Shrimp in White Sauce
Spaghetti with Halaan