Mild chilli & bean pasta bake

Mild chilli & bean pasta bake

Whip up a healthy chilli and bean pasta meal that's full of fibre and vitamin B

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 45 mins

Freezable

Super healthy

Can be frozen

Method

  1. Heat a splash of oil in a frying pan, add the onion and celery, season with pepper and a little salt, then cook until soft. Remove vegetables and set aside. Brown the mince in the pan, a handful at a time, tossing with a fork as you go. Only add a splash of oil if the mixture begins to stick too much. Once browned, tip into a sieve to remove any excess fat.
  2. Return mince and cooked veg to the frying pan, add the chilli powder, tomatoes, tomato purée, beans and stock, bring to the boil and simmer for 15 mins.
  3. Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Cook the pasta according to pack instructions. Drain, stir into the mince and spoon into a large lasagne dish. Mix the yogurt, eggs, cheese and garlic together and season lightly. Spoon over the top of the pasta and bake for 20-25 mins or until lightly browned.

Per serving

675 kcalories, protein 51g, carbohydrate 73g, fat 24 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 13g, sugar 9g, salt 1.3 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2006.

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  • 17 September 2011

    jojo1980 rated this recipe

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  • 02 November 2011

    Daniela rated and commented on this recipe

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    Very nice, even my fussy boyfriend liked it!

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  • 04 November 2011

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

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    We really enjoyed this, although I didn't drain the mince as I couldn't be bothered. I only used 200g pasta having read the other comments and would agree that the portions are VERY generous!!

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  • 04 December 2011

    Cupcake rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    Made this dish last weekend. We did not enjoy it at all. To us it didnt have a lot of taste, plus the topping was very much like scrambled egg. A shame as we were really looking forward to this.

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  • 31 December 2011

    CaraDavis198 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I didn't do the topping, and instead just added low fat cheddar to the top. It was lovely and spicy, but I found it a little dry and really high in calories and fat for a 'midweek' recipe.

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  • 16 March 2012

    jellybean commented on this recipe

    Very tasty!! Serves more than 6! Left the egg out of the topping but added fine chopped red chilli, the whole family enjoyed.

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  • 04 May 2012

    MrsDrink rated this recipe

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  • 15 May 2012

    whats4t commented on this recipe

    I`m going to try this for dinner tonight using a pound of spicy pork sausages bought on special offer which need using up! will report how it goes!

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  • 06 June 2012

    Karen Wilson rated this recipe

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  • 20 June 2012

    Chrish25 rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Have made this recipe many times and really enjoy it. We made it for fiends and family the other week and they loved it.

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  • 17 July 2012

    Mandafers rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made this last night using left over chilli con carne as a way of doing something different with it. Was a bit wary of the topping but it tasted lovely! Halved the recipe as it seemed a lot for four people and came out just right. Will definitely be making again.

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  • 28 July 2012

    mollymango commented on this recipe

    I regularly cook this dish, as it is easy and has been thoroughly enjoyed by everyone who has eaten it thus far! I have used beef mince and soya mince before, and both were lovely and flavoursome. I would recommend trying this dish :)

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  • 06 August 2012

    Rebecca commented on this recipe

    For a low gi version i used quark (0%fat) with a dollop of zero fat plain yoghurt, topped with a mixture of low fat cheddar and parmesan, and also used wholewheat pasta. i used my normal chilli mix, no garlic . Any meat sauce that has to flavour a tin or two of pulses and pasta, has to be well flavoured so as not to become too diluted and bland. I used 2 onions, celery chopped really finely adds flavour like salt does, you cant taste it but it adds something! I also added two handfuls of frozen mixed peppers and finely diced a couple of courgettes to increase veg. It was delicious. Plenty for 4large portions, or 6 med ones with salad. Def will make again but will add garlic to meat next time.

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  • 06 August 2012

    BobS rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Had to make it with a little less meat and no added salt. Tasted fab and it made 6 portions.

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  • 06 November 2012

    shellbell commented on this recipe

    its a basic bolognese sauce to which i always add chopped peppers, courgette, celery and mushrooms just so that mine are getting some veg down them. i added garlic to the meat sauce not the topping and didnt use eggs after someone said it goes like scrambled egg. i threw in a small amount of fresh chilli aswell as using chilli powder and also a sprinkling of paprika to give colour and cooked the meat sauce for an hour as 15 mins is not long enough for flavours to develop or mince to tenderise. all in all a lovely midweek dish.

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  • 06 November 2012

    shellbell rated this recipe

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  • 05 January 2013

    xpinkiix rated and commented on this recipe

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    The first time i made this i made the topping and although the chilli was good the topping wasn't that great so the next time i just grated cheese over and it was lovely, The kids love it with garlic bread, now a regular at our table.

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  • 27 February 2013

    vickyhelen rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    tasted lovely..only problem was in ingredients i think it means cooked pasta inbweight not dry pasta so i wasn"t sure how much to weigh out....i decided on about 200gm and it worked out ok

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  • 02 April 2013

    wallyfrenchchef rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very tasty. Quantities too much for us so lots of leftovers. Very satisfying on a cold day :)

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  • 10 April 2013

    Annonamoose rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was quite nice. Followed the recipe almost exactly. Used Gouda cheese instead of Leicester. The chilli gave it a nice bite. The 4 of us ate almost all of it. Handy when you've got a busy afternoon and want to prepare food in the morning and just pop it in the oven half an hour before dinner. Will probably make it again. Might do it with Vegi-meat for my vegitarian friend.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 45 mins

Freezable

Super healthy

Can be frozen

High in fibre, good source of iron

Ingredients

  • 1 large onion , chopped
  • 2 sticks celery , thinly sliced
  • 340g extra-lean minced beef
  • 2 tsp mild chilli powder
  • 410g can chopped tomatoes
  • 1 tbsp tomato purée
  • 400g can kidney beans in water, drained and rinsed
  • 300ml beef or chicken stock
  • 300g wholewheat penne

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Per serving

675 kcalories, protein 51g, carbohydrate 73g, fat 24 g, saturated fat 8g, fibre 13g, sugar 9g, salt 1.3 g

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