Easy One Pot Pasta with Ground Beef and Broccoli

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon olive oil

  extra virgin
• 1 onion

  chopped (about 1/2 cup)
• 1 (8-oz) mushrooms

  sliced
• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 8 ounces pasta

  short pasta like tube, macaroni, etc.
• 3 cups chicken broth

  or vegetable or beef broth
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 cups broccoli florets

  about 1 large head
• 12 ounces cherry tomatoes

  halved
• 2 garlic cloves

  grated, minced, or pressed
• Pinch red pepper flakes
• 1/2 cup fresh parsley

  finely chopped
• 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

  grated

Instructions

• 1 Preheat a large Dutch oven or pasta pot and add the olive oil. When hot, add the
  onion and mushrooms; saute for 3 to 4 minutes.
• 2 Add the ground beef and cook until no longer pink; about 5 minutes, breaking it
  up as it cooks. Sprinkle in the dry pasta, salt, and pepper; then add the broth.
  Bring the broth to a boil and level the pasta with a spatula until the pasta is
  mostly submerged in the liquid.
• 3 Cover and cook on low heat for 10-12 minutes. Once the pasta is al dente, remove
  the lid. Add the broccoli, tomato, garlic, and red pepper flakes to the pasta.
  Stir and cover the pasta. Turn off the heat and let the pasta and vegetables
  steam in the residual heat for 5 minutes.
• 4 Once the vegetables are crisp-tender, add the fresh parsley and Parmesan cheese
  as desired. Stir and serve.

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