These Baked Meatballs are an easy one pot dinner. The pasta bakes in the sauce then everything is topped with lots of cheese and baked until golden. Easy, tasty and ready in 30 minutes!
I love a one-pot meal and these One Pot Baked Meatballs and Pasta pack so much flavour into one easy dinner. This recipe is started on the stovetop and finished off in the oven so make sure you have an ovenproof pan. If you'd prefer to make your own meatballs, my Veggie-packed Meatballs or Beef Meatballs, are both great recipes.
So simple and easy to make - once the pasta is cooked through you scatter grated cheese over the baked meatballs, then cook uncovered until the cheese is golden and bubbling. Be sure to see my other One Pot Meals for more quick dinner ideas!
How to make this recipe in a Multi cooker:
I have also made this meal in my multi cooker / instant pot / magic pot what ever you like to call it. The meal was super easy to make in 25 minutes. I have included more detailed instructions on how to make meatballs this way in the recipe notes.
Turn your Multi cooker onto sauté mode, add olive oil and meatballs and brown for a few minutes. Add all ingredients apart from cheese and parsley then stir lightly.
Turn onto manual pressure cook mode for five minutes cook time, secure the lid. Let the multi cooker heat up and then cook for the set time. Once finished manually release the pressure valve. Remove lid then serve your meatballs and pasta immediately with grated cheese and parsley on top.
Ingredient notes:
- Meatballs: Pre-made beef meatballs just make this recipe so much easier - but if you want to make your own, go for it!
- Pasta: The carb, the filler, the magic ingredient that makes kids go "yum!". Use any shape you like.
- Tomato: The crushed tomatoes are the base of the sauce.
Note: Scroll to the recipe card for the ingredients, quantities and the full method.
Step by step instructions:
Preheat oven to 190°C fanbake. Heat olive oil in a frypan, add meatballs and brown on all sides.
Turn off heat, add crushed tomatoes, water, brown sugar, dried herbs, tomato paste, garlic and balsamic then stir together. Pour in pasta, stir, cover and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes. Stir once half way through cooking.
Scatter over grated cheese and bake uncovered in the oven until golden.
Serve topped with parsley.
Storage:
Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days. Reheat in the microwave until piping hot.
Top tips:
You can make the meatballs yourself or if you want a simple meal then buy them pre-made from your local supermarket or butcher. Any pasta shape can be used.
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One Pot Baked Meatballs and Pasta
A delicious meal with beef meatballs and pasta all cooked in the same dish. Made in the oven or multi-cooker.
Ingredients
- 1 Tbsp olive oil
- 12 pack meatballs
- 1 can crushed tomatoes
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- 1 Tbsp dried Italian herbs
- 1 Tbsp tomato paste
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- ½ tsp balsamic vinegar
- 1½ cups pasta
- 1 cup cheese, grated
- 1 Tbsp Italian parsley, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 190°C fanbake.
- Heat olive oil in a frypan, add meatballs and brown on all sides.
- Turn off heat, add crushed tomatoes, water, brown sugar, dried herbs, tomato paste, garlic and balsamic then stir together.
- Pour in pasta, stir, cover and bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes. Stir once half way through cooking.
- Scatter over grated cheese and bake uncovered in the oven until golden.
- Serve topped with parsley.
Notes
Multi cooker / Instant pot instructions:
- Turn your Multi cooker onto sauté mode, add olive oil and meatballs and brown for a few minutes. Add all ingredients apart from cheese and parsley then stir lightly.
- Turn onto manual pressure cook mode for five minutes cook time, secure the lid. Let the multi cooker heat up and then cook for the set time.
- Once finished manually release the pressure valve. Remove lid then serve your meatballs and pasta immediately with grated cheese and parsley on top.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 450Total Fat: 20gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 452mgCarbohydrates: 22gFiber: 2gSugar: 4gProtein: 15g
Nutritional values are approximate. Please use your own calculations if you require a special diet.
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shirley says
looking forward to seeing recipes as they look so easy & yummy
Jade Allan says
This is in our go to rotations! Easy, tasty, never any complaints!
VJ cooks says
That's awesome 🙂
Allan says
I just got my new RH Digital Express 10 program model. It says not to cook pasta as it foams and could block the vent. But is it ok to do so if it’s mixed with other food during cooking like this recipe?
VJ cooks says
Hi Allan, I've made this several times in my multi cooker and I've not had a problem with it. But obviously do whatever you are comfortable with 🙂
Sandy Hughes says
Hi Vania, I have tried lots of your recipes and loved them all. I had trouble with this one, was the pasta supposed to be fresh pasta? Unfortunately I used dried pasta and it didnt cook in 30 mins, it took nearly 60mins. I will try it again but half cook pasta first? Would that help?
VJ cooks says
Oh that's weird, I've never had this issue before sorry. I used macaroni which was quite thin and cooked all the way through in the time given.
Sandy says
Aha, that makes sense, I just used the wrong pasta, I will try macaroni next time 🙂