Gluten Free Rigatoni Collage

This is a quick easy and delicious gluten free rigatoni with ground chicken, fresh spinach and crushed tomatoes. Yum.

Today, I am so excited to share my recipe for gluten free rigatoni collage.

You’re going to love this beautiful collage of various food colors and textures, both pleasant to the eye and the palate.

Not only is this delicious, but it’s gluten free.

I made a special trip to my favorite local Italian market today, and picked up fresh organic spinach and garlic, red pepper flakes, and Tuttorosso tomatoes.

As Tuttorosso says on their website: they pick their tomatoes at the peak of ripeness using only Non-GMO Project Verified ingredients and pack them in Non-BPA lined cans.

Also, they use a special can liner to lock in the fresh tomato flavor! Sounds good to me.

Then I returned home and created this delicious collage for you. Ready to make it? Let’s go.

Ingredients

You’ll only need a few ingredients. Gluten free rigatoni (we like Sams Mills Pasta D’Oro), ground chicken, an onion, garlic, crushed tomatoes, baby spinach and some salt and red pepper flakes for a little heat.

Instructions

*Free printable recipe card is available at the end of the post.

Cook your rigatoni and set it aside.

Then heat some extra-virgin olive oil and garlic in a large skillet. Toss in your spinach until it wilts. Season with salt. Stir and set aside on a plate.

Now cook your ground chicken in a skillet over medium heat, breaking it up with a spatula, about 3 minutes. Then add onion and garlic. Cook for another 8 minutes.

Add your tomatoes, the cooked spinach, salt and the pepper flakes. Cover the skillet and simmer for 15 minutes until heated through. Serve over your rigatoni.

And that’s it. Easy peasy.

Pro tips and recipe notes

• To keep your pasta from sticking, stir it until it no longer settles on the bottom of the pot and when it’s ready, drain it and rinse it with water.
• No Tuttorosso tomatoes? No problem. Go with your favorite brand of crushed tomatoes.
• This recipe will also work with any ground meat like turkey or beef.
• Serve with a side salad like this marinated zucchini salad.

More gluten free pasta recipes

Gluten-Free Classic Italian Lasagna: a step by step guide with lots of photos and tips

Turkey Tetrazzini: a delicious combination of spaghetti and turkey in butter cream sauce

Turkey Picadillo: a super easy, sweet and savory meal

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Gluten Free Rigatoni Collage

This is a quick easy and delicious gluten free rigatoni with ground chicken, fresh spinach and crushed tomatoes. Yum.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword meat sauce with ground chicken, rigatoni recipe ideas

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 26 minutes

Total Time 41 minutes

Servings 6

Calories 485kcal

Author Barbara Bianchi

Ingredients

• 16 ounces gluten free rigatoni
• 2 pounds ground chicken
• 1 onion chopped
• 4 cloves garlic chopped and divided
• 1 35oz. can crushed tomatoes
• 11 ounces baby spinach
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt divided
• 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes

Instructions

• Cook pasta according to package directions, drain, rinse and set aside.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil and 1 garlic clove in a large skillet until it's hot but not smoking.

  Cook spinach tossing constantly for 2 minutes. Season with 1/4 teaspoon of salt. Stir and set aside.
• Now cook ground chicken in the same skillet over medium heat, breaking up with a spatula, about 3 minutes.

  Add onion and the remaining 3 cloves of garlic. Cook for 8 minutes.

  Add tomatoes, spinach, the remaining teaspoon of salt and the pepper flakes.

  Cover and simmer for 15 minutes until heated through. Serve over your gluten free rigatoni.

Notes

• To keep your pasta from sticking, stir it until it no longer settles on the bottom of the pot and when it's ready, drain it and rinse it with water.

• I used Italian inspired Tuttorosso tomatoes in this recipe. Feel free to go with your favorite brand of crushed tomatoes.
• This recipe will also work with any ground meat like turkey or beef.
• Serve with a side salad like this marinated zucchini salad.

Nutrition

Calories: 485kcal

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