Meet the ultimate recipe for busy people: a one-pot skillet pasta with meatballs. It is perfect when your entire day filled with things to do and you don't have much time to make an amazing meal, it can be quite difficult to find quick recipes that are good but this dish has both of them in spades.
1batchhomemade meatballsYou can also use frozen meatballs
16-ouncepasta cooked according to package directions, and drained
12-ouncefrozen peas thawed
24ouncespasta sauce
1small yellow onion chopped
2tablespoonsvegetable oil
2teaspoonshot sauce
½cupwater
2cupsshredded Colby jack cheese
Directions
Preheat oven to broil.
Add all dry ingredients to a shallow dish. Whisk well.
In a 12-inch cast-iron skillet, add oil and heat over medium heat. Add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until they just begin to brown.
Add in the meatballs and cook until heated through, if the meatballs are already cooked. If not, cook until fully cooked. You might need to drain the grease if they are not precooked.
Stir in the peas, marinara sauce, and water.
Stir in the pasta and 1 cup of cheese.
Sprinkle the dish with remaining the remaining cheese and place the skillet under the broiler until the cheese is brown and begins to bubble (about 3 to 5 minutes)