Rigatoni With Beef & Green Olives

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 large onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup green olives, pitted and halved
• 1/3 cup roasted red pepper, drained and sliced
• 12 ounces lean ground beef
• 12 ounces rigatoni pasta
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano

Recipe

• 1 heat large covered saucepot of salted water to boiling on high. chop onion and garlic. reserve 1 tbsp olive brine; drain olives. halve olives; thinly slice red pepper.
• 2 to 12 in nonstick skillet, add beef and 1/8 tsp salt; cook on medium 5 to 6 minutes or until browned, stirring and breaking up meat with spoon. with slotted spoon, transfer beef to medium bowl.
• 3 add poast to boiling water. cook 2 minutes less than minimum time, stirring occasionally. reserve 1/2 cup pasta cooking water. drain pasta, return to pot.
• 4 to same skillet, add onion, oregano, and 1/8 tsp freshly ground black pepper. cook 3 minutes, stirring occasionally. add garlic; cook 2-3 minutes or until golden, stirring often. return beef to skillet. stir in olives, red pepper, and reserved olive brine. cook 2 minutes or until heated through.
• 5 to pasta in pot, add beef mixture and reserved cooking liquid. heat on medium 2 minutes or until pasta is cooked, stirring often.