Best Baked Ziti
photo by kiwidutch
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
8
ingredients
- 1 lb dry ziti pasta
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 lb extra lean ground beef
- 2 (26 ounce) jars spaghetti sauce
- 6 ounces provolone cheese, sliced
- ricotta cheese
- 6 ounces mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 2 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated
directions
- Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.
- Add ziti pasta, and cook until al dente, about 8 minutes; drain.
- In a large skillet, brown onion, garlic, and ground beef over medium heat.
- Add spaghetti sauce, and simmer 15 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350.
- Spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with non stick cooking spray Layer as follows: 1/2 of the ziti, Provolone cheese, Ricotta, 1/2 sauce mixture, remaining ziti, mozzarella cheese and remaining sauce mixture.
- Cover with foil.
- Bake for 35 minutes in the preheated oven.
- Remove from oven and remove foil.
- Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and return to oven uncovered.
- Bake 5 minutes more or until cheese is golden brown.
- *Increasebaking time if made ahead and refrigerated.
Reviews
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I have had this in my recipe book for quite awhile, so I decided it was time to get off of my buns and make it. LOL I was very pleased with the results, and also added 1/2 lb of italian sausage to the mix. Great, filling and easy recipe which I will be tinkering with many times for different flavors. Thank you, Little Bee! Oz :o)
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Little Bee
United States
I am happily married to my best friend and we just bought our first house! No kids but we have 2 little dogs that we think the world of. I was born in California and although I have been on the East Coast for most of my life I am still displaced! I love the beach and hate the cold! In our free time we love to go to the beach or the mountains and hike or intertube down the lazy Shenendoah River. It is so beautiful there! I have loved to cook all of my life and will read cookbooks like they are novels!
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