Beef / Pork

Beef and Tri-Color Macaroni is for Dinner.

Beef and Tri-Color Macaroni takes 10 minutes to prepare.

Beef and Tri-Color Macaroni takes 40 minutes to cook.

Beef and Tri-Color Macaroni makes 12 servings.

The ingredients for Beef and Tri-Color Macaroni are:

1 onion, chopped (about 1.5 cups)
2.4 lbs beef, cut into 1" cubes
1 lb tri-color macaroni (enriched macaroni, spinach macaroni, & tomato macaroni), or other pasta/noodle product
4 tbsp olive oil

Here is how you make Beef and Tri-Color Macaroni:

In a non-stick skillet, lightly saute the chopped onion in 1 tbsp of olive oil. Season the flour to taste (add salt, pepper, other seasonings as desired; it's rather bland without them).Dredge the cubed beef in the flour and shake lightly to remove extra flour.Remove the onions from the pan and add the meat, adding additional olive oil as necessary to lightly brown the meat. This works best in 2 or 3 steps.Transfer the meat and the onions into a 6-qt pressure cooker, add enough water to cover, close the lid, and bring it to pressure; cook at pressure for 15 minutes. Alternatively, the meat & onions could be baked in a slow oven or cooked in a slow cooker until the meat is tender.At the end of the 15 minutes, remove from the heat and let the cooker come to room pressure on its own. You can prepare the recipe to this step and then refrigerate it until you're ready to prepare the pasta.Boil 4 quarts of water and cook the pasta according to directions; drain, and add it to the meat mixture. Reheat if necessary.If the broth is too thin for your taste, remove some from the pan, add a bit of flour or cornstarch, and then stir that mix into the beef mixture to thicken it.Makes at least 12 servings, about 1 cup each.Number of Servings: 12Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LOU1DAY.

The nutritional information for Beef and Tri-Color Macaroni is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 12
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 314.4

• Total Fat: 8.2 g
• Cholesterol: 54.4 mg
• Sodium: 57.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 33.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1.8 g
• Protein: 24.6 g