Baked Ziti With Ground Beef
Easy baked ziti with ground beef is a comfort food recipe that you'll go back for again and again. This gorgeous, luscious pasta dish will knock your socks off! I could eat it everyday for the rest of my life.
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 269kcal
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons oil
- 1 small onion diced
- 2 garlic cloves crushed
- 1.5 lb ground beef
- ½ teaspoon cardamom ground
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon ground
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1.5 teaspoon dried oregano
- Salt to taste
- 1 (29 oz) can tomato sauce
- 1 cup broth I’ve used chicken.
- 1 (16oz) package Ziti pasta , cooked and drained.
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- In a large skillet over medium heat, saute onion and garlic in oil. Add beef and cook until no longer pink.
- Drain excess fat then return to stove top.
- Add seasonings and mix well.
- Add tomato sauce and broth then stir to combine. Cook until bubbly and hot all through. Remove from heat.
- Stir about 1.5 cup of the meat sauce into the cooked pasta.
- Put half of the pasta in the bottom of a 13x9 baking dish. To that with 1 cup of mozzarella and ½ cup of Parmesan cheese.
- Add the remaining sauce then the rest of the pasta, cover and pop in the oven for 20 minutes.
- Uncover and sprinkle the remaining Parmesan and Mozzarella cheese on top. Place back in the oven for 10 more minutes or until cheese melts.
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Notes
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Nutrition
Calories: 269kcal | Carbohydrates: 4g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 20g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 63mg | Sodium: 385mg | Potassium: 207mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 249IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 189mg | Iron: 1mg