Jamaican Rasta Pasta Recipe

This Jamaican Rasta pasta recipe has a delicious blend of bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, and spices! A fantastic pasta sauce recipe to heat and eat – you can make this on the stove top, or on a sheet pan roasted in the oven.

Serve this perfectly spiced pasta along with a big salad and some homemade garlic bread for a hearty dinner.

This Pasta with peppers and onions is a favorite recipe that I was inspired to make from a dish I had at a restaurant. I first had a pepper and onion ‘Rasta Pasta’ at an amazing restaurant called The Red Parrot in Newport, Rhode Island. If you’re driving down the main drag of Newport along the wharf, you can’t miss it! 

The pasta is a delicious blend of roasted peppers, tomatoes, and onions tossed with a perfectly cooked penne. Once I had it at the restaurant, I had to recreate it at home. It’s a favorite recipe that we make on repeat when we have extra bell peppers in the fridge.

This Pasta with Peppers and Onions Recipe Is

• Bright
• Fresh
• Spicy
• Earthy
• Warming
• Savory
• Simple
• Ready in 30 minutes, and the sauce cooks on one sheet pan

Simple Veggie Pasta Recipes 

This onion pepper pasta with creamy sauce is the tastiest, freshest dinner recipe. One f our favorite pasta recipes. This creamy Rasta pasta is perfect for a hearty meal for the family, and also great to make for company if you are having guests for dinner. This easy Rasta pasta recipe has tri-colored peppers and a taste tablespoon of jerk seasoning to make a great dinner. It’s complex enough for a fancy dinner for entertaining, but simple enough for busy weeknights.

It makes a great holiday pasta dish as well – a great option to serve with a salad. It takes only 20 minutes to cook, so you can enjoy extra time to prep sides or a salad. Browse all our pasta recipes here!

Ingredients In Vegetarian Pepper Pasta

See the recipe card below for full ingredient amounts and recipe instructions!

• Penne Pasta: You can use this great penne, which I used for this recipe… or any medium sized pasta you like! I chose the penne because it’s roughly the same size as the chopped peppers.
• Colorful Bell Peppers: red, yellow, and green bell peppers sliced into strips. If you don’t have fresh peppers, these sweet roasted red peppers are a great substitute! I love adding them to breakfast bakes, sandwiches or wraps, and soups… and they are so delish in this pasta.
• Onion
• Garlic or garlic powder
• Diced Tomatoes or Cherry tomatoes
• Garlic: I use fresh garlic when I have it, and this great jarred organic garlic when I don’t have fresh. It’s actually super convenient to have pre-chopped garlic on hand for quick and easy meal prep. 
• Full-fat coconut milk for a vegan version, or use heavy cream or cream cheese.
• Jamaican Jerk Seasoning:  or Jerk Marinade. I like McCormick spices Jerk seasoning best, you can add cayenne pepper or red pepper flakes for more spice.
• Sea salt and black pepper to taste

Optional Toppings

• Parmesan cheese
• Green onions
• Serve with cooked chicken breast for jerk chicken pasta

Sheet Pan Pasta Recipes For the Win!

This vegan Rasta pasta is loaded with red and yellow bell peppers, to represent the Rastafarian culture, in one of our favorite sheet pan recipes. They are easy to make, simple to toss in the oven and bake, and you only have one dish to clean at the end of the night. Huge fan of sheet pan meals, right here! One of the simplest pasta dishes – the veggies and cream sauce cooks all together in one sheet pan, while you cook the pasta al dente in a separate pot.

So in 30 minutes you have a simple, tasty, and delicious meal for the family… with little to clean up later. You can check out my other sheet pan pasta recipes here for some fun one-pan recipe inspo.

How Do I Make Bell Pepper and Onion Sauce for Pasta?

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Pour the tablespoon of oil on the sheet pan and add the bell pepper, onion, fresh tomatoes, garlic, diced tomatoes, and Jamaican jerk seasoning. Toss until the vegetables are coated in the olive oil and spices.
2. Bake vegetables for 30 minutes, flipping halfway during cooking.
3. While the vegetables are in the oven, cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain and place the cooked pasta back into the pot. Set aside.
4. Remove vegetables from oven, and toss the veggies over the pasta. Cook over low heat until gently simmering, and serve hot.
5. Store leftover pasta in an airtight container for up to 2 days.

30 Minute Pasta Dinners

This creamy pasta with onions and peppers is what I call a Quick Weeknight Meal which is on your table in 30 minutes or less.  These easy and simple recipes are perfect for those nights when you want a quick home-cooked meal but don’t want to spend hours in the kitchen. 

You can browse all of our 30 minute recipes that are great for the whole family.

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Jamaican Rasta Pasta Recipe

Kelly Jensen

This Jamaican rasta pasta recipe has a delicious blend of bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, and spices! A fantastic pasta sauce recipe to heat and eat – you can make this on the stove top, or on a sheet pan roasted in the oven.

5 from 3 votes

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Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 30 minutes mins

Course Dinner, Pasta

Cuisine American, Jamaican

Servings 8 servings

Calories 277 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1 lb penne
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 bell peppers red, yellow, and green sliced into strips
• 1 sweet onion sliced
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes quartered
• 6 cloves garlic cloves smashed into large pieces
• 1 14 ounce can Diced Tomatoes with juice
• 1 tablespoon jerk seasoning
• Sea Salt and Black Pepper

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Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Pour the olive oil on the sheet pan and add the bell pepper, onion, fresh tomatoes, garlic, diced tomatoes, and jerk seasoning. Toss with your hands until the vegetables are coated in the olive oil and spices.
• Bake vegetables for 30 minutes, flipping halfway during cooking.
• While the vegetables are in the oven, cook pasta according to package instructions. Drain and place the pasta back into the pot. Set aside.
• Remove vegetables from oven, and toss over the pasta. Cook over low heat until gently simmering, and serve hot.

Nutrition

Calories: 277kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 9gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 88mgPotassium: 395mgFiber: 4gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 1625IUVitamin C: 68mgCalcium: 42mgIron: 2mg

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