Description
This is a great comfort food recipe that I love to make on a cold winter day. It is also a hit at our church’s potluck dinners.
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, chopped
- 1 red bell pepper, chopped
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can petite diced tomatoes
- 1 cup ketchup
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 2 cups frozen whole-kernel corn
- 1 (16 ounce) package penne pasta
- 1 ½ cups shredded Colby-Jack cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef
- onion
- green bell pepper
- red bell pepper
- and garlic in the hot skillet until beef is browned and crumbly
- 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
- Stir tomatoes
- ketchup
- brown sugar
- mustard
- salt
- and pepper into ground beef mixture; reduce heat and simmer until heated through
- about 10 minutes.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook corn in the boiling water until cooked through
- about 5 minutes; drain.
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; add penne and cook
- stirring occasionally
- until tender yet firm to the bite
- about 11 minutes. Drain.
- Mix corn
- pasta
- and Colby-Jack cheese into ground beef mixture; pour into a 9×13-inch baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until heated through and cheese is melted
- about 20 minutes.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 50 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 8