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My Pizza Pasta Recipe is an easy dinner that’s family-friendly, fast and delicious! It’s a one-pot pasta recipe that take 30 minutes to make with just 5 ingredients in one pot! This simple pasta dinner is great for busy weeknights – plus you can customize it with your favorite pizza toppings.
This recipe is pizza and pasta turned into a one-pot dinner that takes 30 minutes to make. It’s pretty simple – take your favorite pizza toppings, some sauce and pasta and you get a comforting dish that combines two favorite dinners. It’s easy, has tons of flavor, and tastes like pizza!
When times get busy this is the recipe to have one hand – it will take away all of that dinnertime pressure. It’s family-friendly, fast, and satisfying. Plus, the clean-up is a breeze – you only need one pot!
Ingredient Notes
- Pasta: Use your favorite shape, I love using Rotini pasta because it catches all the sauce in the grooves, but penne pasta works great too.
- Pizza Sauce: Making pasta with pizza sauce makes it really taste like pizza! Use my recipe or a jar from the store. You can also use marinara sauce but you can skip adding the water – usually pizza sauce is thicker so I thin it a little with the pasta water.
- Cheese: Pizza uses shredded mozzarella cheese – shred your own for best melting – the pre-shredded stuff doesn’t melt as easy.
Topping Ideas
What I love about this simple pasta recipe is that you can customize it with your favorite pizza toppings. We love pepperoni and olives, but you can use pretty much whatever you like! To make it really easy, use toppings that are already cooked, like:
- Olives or Mushrooms
- Pepperoni
- Cooked Italian sausage
- Leftover shredded chicken
- Green Peppers, onions or other veggies
How to make Pizza Pasta in one pot
- Boil the pasta and reserve one cup of the pasta water before you drain it. (If using spaghetti sauce you can skip the reserved water unless you want it thinner.)
- I combine the sauce with pasta in the pasta pot – no extra dishes required.
- Once you add your toppings and cheese just put a lid on the pot over low heat and it’ll melt all the cheese.
Storing Leftovers
Store leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Freeze it in an airtight container for up to a month. If you know you’ll be freezing it I recommend cooking the pasta al dente so it doesn’t become mushy when thawed.
Expert Tips
- Bring the water to a rolling boiling before adding the pasta. You can also salt the water, but this is optional.
- Boil the pasta until it’s al dente, which just means that it’s fully cooked but still firm. You don’t want to over cook pasta otherwise it will turn mushy.
- Serve this with parmesan cheese on top – we love extra cheese.
- This recipe is a 30 minute version of my pizza pasta casserole and a hot version of my pizza pasta salad!
One Pot Pizza Pasta Recipe
Recipe Video
Ingredients
- 12 ounces Rotini Pasta or your favorite kind of pasta
- 1 cup pizza sauce
- 1 ½ cups mozzarella cheese shredded
- Pizza toppings: pepperoni, olives, etc.
Instructions
- Boil water for pasta in a large (at least 3 quart) saucepan. Cook pasta according to package directions. Reserve one cup pasta cooking water and set aside, drain remaining pasta.
- While you’re draining the pasta, place the pizza sauce and reserved pasta water in the pan and heat until simmering. Add pasta back into pot and toss to combine.
- Top with cheese and desired pizza toppings. Turn heat to low and cover just until the cheese is melted. Serve immediately.
Recipe Nutrition
Other 30 Minute Meals
- When you want stroganoff, try my 30 minute ground beef stroganoff.
- My Spicy Chicken Dinner is perfect when you want easy chicken with vegetables.
- Chicken Broccoli Skillet is another pasta recipe in 30 minutes!
- Soup season is on – make my Chicken Mushroom Soup in a half hour!
Easy, cheesy one pot pizza pasta! This will feed even the pickiest of eaters. This simple pasta recipe with cheese and pizza toppings is a perfect weeknight meal.
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