Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, awesome cheesy baked ziti. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Not only is this cheesy baked ziti super easy to make AND crazy delicious, but it can be made ahead of time and frozen. Time to stock the freezer with cheesy pasta casseroles! AND, you use the same pot start to finish, which is pretty much awesome in terms of dishwashing.
Awesome cheesy baked ziti is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Awesome cheesy baked ziti is something that I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have awesome cheesy baked ziti using 12 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Awesome cheesy baked ziti:
- Prepare 1 box ziti or penne noodles
- Take 1 lb sour cream
- Take 1 lb ground beef
- Make ready 2 can jar spaghetti sauce
- Take 6 oz shredded mozzarella
- Take 3 tbsp shredded parmesan cheese
- Make ready 1 medium onion, chopped
- Prepare 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
- Make ready fresh ground pepper
- Take 2 tbsp balsamic or red wine vinegar
- Get 1 tsp garlic powder
- Take 16 each sliced provolone cheese
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Steps to make Awesome cheesy baked ziti:
- Line a 9 x 13 (or larger) casserole pan with Reynolds casserole liner foil/paper. If you don't have this make sure to coat pan with cooking spray.
- Boil pasta until al dente, drain and set aside.
- In a large skillet brown the ground beef.
- Add chopped onions to the ground beef and saute until the onions are translucent.
- Drain beef mixture in a colander, set aside.
- Add 2 jars of your favorite spaghetti sauce, beef mixture and 2 tablespoons of vinegar to the skillet. Set aside.
- In medium mixing bowl stir together the sour cream, parmesan and mozzarella cheeses, Italian seasoning, ground pepper and 1tsp garlic powder.
- Drizzle a small amount add the spaghetti sauce mixture in the bottom of the lined pan to keep pasta from sticking.
- Place half the pasta in the pan.
- Layer half of the sauce mixture on top of the pasta.
- Lay eight slices of provolone cheese to cover the sauce mixture.
- Soon half the sour cream/cheese mixture over the provolone and spread out.
- Layer the last of the noodles, then sauce mixture, then 8 slices of provolone and last of the sour cream/cheese mixture.
- Bake in a 350° pre-heated oven for 30 minutes or until sauce is bubbly and cheese is melted.
This one had enough sauce to keep it moist. I just made this for dinner and it definitely is the best baked Ziti I've ever had. I used Rao's Marinara Sauce since I think that's what Chef John used in the video based on part of the label I. Cheesy Baked Ziti Recipe - Baked ziti loaded with pasta, marinara, cheese and beef that makes the ultimate Italian dish. A staple family recipe that's always a big crowd pleaser!
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