ziti pasta topped with chili.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 45 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 6 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 ½ pounds lean ground beef
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 (15 ounce) can kidney beans, drained
- ½ cup water
- salt and pepper to taste
- 16 ounces dry ziti pasta
- 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
Instructions
- In a medium pot over medium heat, brown the ground beef, onion and garlic until the meat is no longer pink; drain fat.
- Pour in tomato sauce, chili powder, oregano and cinnamon; mix thoroughly. Pour in kidney beans and water; stir well. Salt and pepper to taste. Simmer on low for 30 minutes.
- Bring a medium pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Pour in the ziti pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain.
- Serve the chili over the ziti and top with cheddar cheese.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 705 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 79 g |
| Cholesterol | 100 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 8 g |
| Protein | 42 g |
| Saturated Fat | 11 g |
| Sodium | 713 mg |
| Sugars | 10 g |
| Fat | 24 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Cinnamon is as Greek as winded. I love it, but I love chili with brown sugar. I also love chili with honey and chili peppers ??. I will put cumin in tomato sauce and call it chili
I substituted the kidney beans for chili beans. All my friends loved it.
We just made it and the amount of ingredients didn’t match.
This was very good! I did not add any meat or cinnamon and it was still really good and flavorful! Thanks !
I like it a lot, though I do not make pasta with it, it is filling on its own! I add green beans, potatoes, carrots and some small pieces of brocoli. It is a good recipe! I love it!
This is a great recipe to stretch your chili if you are serving it to a lot of people. I used a can of chili diced tomatoes and a can of chili beans in place of the tomato sauce and kindey beans. I didn’t use the seasonings in this recipe, I used a chili seasoning from this site. Will use this recipe again!
I thought this was awesome! I did not think the cinnamon overpowered it at all. I do like cinnamon though.. the flavor was kind of sweet. Yum! I will make again and again! Family loved too.
Wow what a diifernt Recipe I didnt know about the cinnamon it did’nt sound right but I tryed it and only put 2 sprinkles and still to much totaly took the chili over I even tryed putting in ground red pepper in to get rid of this taste and I could still taste it it was edible husband thought it smelled great till he tasted it NO cinnamon!!!!! I do like the recipe but without cinnamon!!!!!it was a little bland for me I will try it again (without cinnamon) adding ground red pepper or mabey some hot sauce Hope this helps any one that will try this
My husband loved this dish. I just reduced the recipe and added more sauce instead of water. Excellent!
This was a great way to use up some home-made chili, so I used my own recipe and then topped the ziti with it. I always add cinnamon to my chili, so I didn’t find it unusual that this recipe called for it. It was interesting that the same children that would not eat the chili in the bowl the night before, ate lots of it when it had noodles underneath.
Excellent way to use up some leftover chili. I used elbow macaroni and layered in more cheddar cheese. Easy and tasty.
Yuck!! Too much of a cinnamon taste. Imagine chili with cinnamon in it. Will not make again.
Though I cheated a little (packaged chili spices), I did add the cinnamon. WOW! What a difference. Will definitely try this again!
i did not like this. the chili tasted like cinnimon. the idea is good. but with another chili recipe.