One Pan Meatballs and Pasta Skillet! Â – Tender meatballs cooked up in a super fast sauce. Â Even the pasta goes in uncooked! Â One pan wonder you will make over and over again!
This dish takes about 30 minutes from start to table and will feed your family with a bit left over for your lunchbox. Â There is something about meatballs and pasta! Â Comfort food we love!
Ingredients to make One Pan Meatball Skillet Dinner
- meatballs – ground beef, turkey or chicken (or storebought pre-made. Â See notes below)
- canned diced tomatoes
- canned crushed tomatoes
- onion
- beef broth
- small pasta like elbow, ditalini or orzo
- oregano
- basil
How to make One Pan Meatball Skillet Dinner!
There are two methods to making the meatballs.
Method  #1 – make from scratch. Follow the recipe below in recipe card.
Method #2 – buy them already made. Â My preferred method ! Â In this case I bought fresh in the meat case. Â Frozen will work just as well. Â Simply brown them up in the skillet and continue with the recipe as written.
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The sauce for this Meatball Skillet Dinner is a snap and the pasta cooks right in the sauce!
Just a few ingredients that you probably already have on hand. Â Onion, garlic, crushed tomatoes and diced tomatoes. Â Feel free to doctor it up with more veggies. Â Carrots and peppers would be a great addition.
Once the sauce is simmering add the uncooked pasta!
Let it simmer a bit, sprinkle on the cheese and everyone loves you! Â
I love it when everyone loves you!
Don’t you love it when everyone loves you?
Cook for them and they will love you!
We love to serve this with a simple green salad and a baguette!
Store any leftovers in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Freeze for up to 3 months.
Check out this video on how to make our one pan meatball skillet!
A few more quick dinner ideas you might like….
- 20 Minute One Pan Shrimp Dinner (p.s.  this is one of my favorite recipes of all time! I make it with chicken and broccoli, I sub asparagus for the peas.  A million ways to cook this up!).
- Creamy One Pot Chicken, Rice and Mushrooms – Everyone loves chicken and rice!
- Chicken Burrito Skillet – cook the rice right in the pan!
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Kathi
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One Pan Meatballs and Pasta Skillet
Ingredients
Ingredients for Meatballs if making from scratch. You can also buy them fresh or frozen ready made.
- 1 pound lean ground beef ground chicken or ground turkey
- 1/3 cup white onion minced
- 1 egg
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1/3 cup bread crumbs
- 1/4 cup grated parmesan
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
For the Sauce
- 1/2 cup onion minced
- 2 cloves garlic chopped
- 1 15 ounce can diced tomatoes undrained
- 1 15 ounce can crushed tomatoes - or tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1.5 cups small pasta - elbow, ditalini and orzo are good
- 2 cups beef broth - or chicken stock
- 1/2 cup shredded parmesan for garnish
Instructions
- If making your own meatballs - In a medium size bowl, combine all meatball ingredients. Shape into 1 inch balls. If using fresh or frozen premade simply go to next step.
- Heat large skillet over medium high heat. Add a tablespoon of olive oil. Brown meatballs. They do not have to be cooked through as they will finish in the sauce.
- Once meatballs are browned. Toss in onion and garlic. Saute until onions are soft. Add canned diced and crushed tomatoes. Add basil and oregano along with broth. Bring to a simmer.
- Add uncooked pasta to meatballs and sauce. Cook for about 15 minutes or until pasta is tender. Taste for salt and pepper.
- Top with parmesan cheese and serve with a simple salad and baguette if desired.
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My husband loves this recipe. Well he is a meatball fan. However, he loves my sauce. in fact everyone loves my sauce so I have to use it in your recipe. Love your quick meals and desserts. Cowboy cookies being at the top of the list. We enjoy a lot of your recipes and will continue to make them.
Hello
I planning on making this recipe this week, in the video it shows 10 meatballs, is that what I should be aiming for.
Thank you for all the hard work you put into giving us great recipes.
Looking forward to a great Meatball & Pasta dinner !!
I think 10-12 is a good number but you can make them smaller or bigger and it wont effect the recipe. Hope you love it! It’s one of my favorite skillet dinners!
I plan to try this recipe this week. I think I will sprinkle some Romano cheese on top before serving. This really looks yummy, I bet even my pickiest eater will like it! Thanks.
Looks delicious! Forgive my novice question but do you cook the pasta before putting it in the pot? Thanks!
Hi Irene! You do not need to precook the pasta! Thats the beauty of a one pan dish! (and not a novice question :)….
Hello Kathi, You are my favorite food blogger! Your recipes are great! You give options and tips that are realistic and never misleading. I appreciate that you discuss ingredients needed and things that may be challenging for the unexperienced cook (me). You use REAL food, even in your healthier recipes. Thanks to you this working woman is serving up some great dinners. So glad we found your website! Please keep it up! We (me, the hubs and kids) are grateful.
Oh my gosh I am printing and framing this! You totally made my day! Thank you Erica of taking the time to write such a sweet note!
I’ll bet it would be great with ground chicken or turkey too!
Yes it would! I put that in my notes. I actually cook more with ground chicken than beef! Thanks for the note Elaine!