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Creamy Beef and Shells with Spinach and Mushrooms
Amazing quick night comfort food dinner with beef, cheese and pasta shells!
Servings: 4 people
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Equipment
- 1 cast iron skillet (12 inch deep skillet or dutch oven)
- 1 saucepan (for cooking pasta)
- 2 spatulas
- 1 knife
- 1 cutting board
Ingredients
- 10 ounces medium pasta shells
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, chopped
- 1 cup mushrooms, sliced
- 1.5 lb ground beef
- ½ cup chicken stock
- 1 cup marinara sauce
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 cup baby spinach
- 1 cup cheddar cheese
- parsley, chopped
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
Pasta
- Heat water in a large saucepan, add salt (to your taste), pasta shells and cook al dente, when the shells are softer but not completely soft. Drain and set aside.
Beef Sauce
- Heat olive oil and butter in a large deep skillet over medium-high until butter is melted. Add sliced onions and cook until translucent and slightly brown, about 5 minutes. Sprinkle with salt and add garlic with mushrooms and cook for additional 5 minutes. Remove onions, garlic and mushrooms onto a plate in order to cook beef in the same pan.
- Add ground beef and cook, turning the beef and breaking it apart, until no longer pink. Season slightly with salt. Now add chicken stock and cook on semi-high heat in order to reduce the stock by about half.
- Next add heavy cream and marinara sauce next and bring to a gentle boil. Add spinach leaves into the beef marinara sauce and allow them to melt. Return onions, garlic, mushrooms to the pan and mix them well to incorporate into the sauce.
- Add shells and make sure the sauce is bubbling.
- Add shredded Cheddar cheese into the sauce and allow it to melt.
- Serve hot.
Nutrition Facts
Creamy Beef and Shells with Spinach and Mushrooms
Amount per Serving
Calories
1042
% Daily Value*
Fat
66
g
102
%
Saturated Fat
28
g
175
%
Trans Fat
2
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
3
g
Monounsaturated Fat
26
g
Cholesterol
191
mg
64
%
Sodium
675
mg
29
%
Potassium
1037
mg
30
%
Carbohydrates
62
g
21
%
Fiber
4
g
17
%
Sugar
7
g
8
%
Protein
49
g
98
%
Vitamin A
1778
IU
36
%
Vitamin C
9
mg
11
%
Calcium
293
mg
29
%
Iron
5
mg
28
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy only. This information comes from online calculators. Although whatsinthepan.com attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
