Best Easy Baked Ziti Recipes

5-INGREDIENT EASY BAKED ZITI

Steps:

• Cook pasta and drain.
• Mix pasta, spaghetti sauce, cooked ground beef, Parmesan cheese and 2 cups of Mozzarella cheese well.
• Spread mixture in a 9 x13 baking dish.
• Top with remaining 2 cups of grated Mozzarella cheese.
• Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 minutes or until bubbly and the cheese on top has melted.

EASY BAKED ZITI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Boil ziti, following the package directions.
• Drain the ziti and place in a large bowl.
• Mix all the ricotta cheese with the ziti.
• Mix half of the mozzarella cheese with the ziti.
• Spray a large pan (larger than 13x9) with cooking spray.
• Cover the bottom half of the pan with half the pasta sauce.
• Put the ziti mixture on top of the sauce.
• Pour the remaining sauce on top of the ziti.
• Top with the remaining mozzarella cheese.
• Bake for 20-30 minutes or until cheese is melted and it is lightly golden.

QUICK AND EASY BAKED ZITI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350ºF. Lightly grease a 9x13" baking dish; set aside.
• In a large saucepan, cook sausage, onions, green pepper, and garlic over medium heat until sausage is browned; drain fat.
• Add pasta sauce and cook until mixture is hot, stirring occasionally. Add pasta to the sauce mixture and mix well. Stir in 1 cup of the Mozzarella cheese, mixing until well combined.
• Pour mixture into the prepared baking dish. Top with remaining 1 cup Mozzarella cheese and the Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil.
• Bake at 350ºF for 15 minutes. Remove foil and bake for an additional 15 minutes.

EASY & CHEESY BAKED ZITI

Steps:

• Brown the ground beef in a skillet.
• Sprinkle with salt, pepper, garlic powder and Italian seasonings and drain.
• Stir in the jar of spaghetti sauce and 1 cup of chicken broth.
• Allow this to simmer while you cook the noodles.
• Cook noodles until al dente and then drain.
• Stir one cup of sauce into the drained noodles.
• Add 1/2 cup of sauce to the bottom of a 9×13 dish, and then pour in 1/2 of the noodles.
• Top these noodles with half the cheese. Repeat these steps with the remainder of the ingredients.
• Bake for twenty minutes covered at 350 degrees.
• Remove foil and bake another ten minutes.

EASY AND TASTY BAKED ZITI

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F Cook pasta according to package directions; drain and transfer into an oiled 9x13 baking dish. Add spaghetti sauce and mozzarella, then stir/toss until well combined. Cover with Parmesan cheese, and bake until lightly browned and hot, about 30 minutes. Serve immediately.

EASY BAKED ZITI

Steps:

• Boil water according package directions. Add pasta and olive oil to boiling water. Cook pasta till al-dente, drain.
• Combine Ricotta with with spinach and sprinkle with parmesan and garlic powder.
• Pour pasta into lasagna size baking pan. Combine most of mozzarella with Pasta, reserving a small amount of Mozzarella for top. Mix in Ricotta mixture. Spread tomato sauce over the top and mix in slightly, leaving some around the edges and top. Sprinkle remaining Mozzarella on top.
• Bake at about 375 for 30 minutes till bubbly.

EASY BAKED ZITI

Steps:

• Cook and drain ziti as per box instructions. Set aside.
• In a greased 9x9 pyrex dish, mix together spaghetti sauce, 1/4 c mozzarella, 1/4 c cheddar, 2T parmesan reggiano, Italian seasoning, red pepper flakes, and hot sauce.
• In olive oil, saute garlic, broccoli and beef for a few minutes, until beef is brown. Season it to taste.
• Add sauted ingredients and ziti to pan, and mix together well.
• Top with remaining cheeses, and bake at 350F for half an hour.

EASY BAKED ZITI ALFREDO

Steps:

• 1. In large baking pan (lasagna type) pour one can of each sauce and add seasonings to taste. (I load mine up on garlic cause my family is all garlic addicts lol)
• 2. In large non stick skillet heat ground beef and season well with all seasonings including parmesian and romano cheeses. ( I go light on salt heavy on garlic) Brown meat until cooked through.
• 3. To pan of sauce add half the cooked zitis and half the meat and stir thru. Repeat with second half of noodles and meat. Add remaining sauces and additional seasonings to taste. Sprinkle top of pasta with shredded mozzerella. Parmesian and Romano
• 4. Cover with tin foil and bake in preheated 350 degree oven till heated thru! Serve with my Avocado and watercress salad, and some yummy cuban or italian bread

BAKED ZITI WITH EASY HOMEMADE ITALIAN GRAVY

Steps:

• Gravy (2 hours before dinner or as early as a few days before) in a medium bowl mix together . . . ground beef, 1 tsp dried parsley, 1/2 tsp dried basil, 1 clove garlic minced, 2 TBS Italian Flavored Bread Crumbs, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 tsp pepper. Mix with fork until evenly blended. Brown meat mixture in olive oil in a 5 qt sauce pan. When cooked almost through remove.
• Drain pan. Add 1 lb sausage. Brown well on all sides. Remove.
• Drain pan well. Saute 1/2 lb sliced slice fresh mushroom until slightly brown.
• Return sausage links and ground meat mixture to sauce pan. Add tomatoes, puree, 1 tsp parsley, 1 TBS basil, 1 clove minced garlic. Simmer 1 hour. Remove sausage, slice (1/4 ") return to pot. continue to simmer until ready to use.
• NEXT. Fill large pot with 5 quarts cold water. Bring to boil. Cook ziti according to package directions (al dente).
• While ziti is cooking mix together ricotta, 3/4 lb mozzarella, Romano and black pepper.
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Drain ziti well. Place in 9X12 baking dish. Add cheese mixture blend well.
• With slotted spoon, remove 2-3 cups meat and mushrooms from gravy. Add to ziti. Add 1 cup extra sauce. Mix well. Top with remaining mozzarella. Cover. Bake 30 minutes. remove cover and baked another 5-10 minutes, until cheese melts and gets bubbly. You do not want it to brown.
• Also works well with medium sized shells.
• 1 cup sliced black olives may be added to recipe or substituted for mushrooms.

PERFECT EASY BAKED ZITI

Steps:

• 1. Boil Pasta Follow Instructions On Box ( Set Aside )
• 2. Cook Up Your Meat And The Drain Access Fat . (Set Aside)
• 3. Start Sauce By Heating Minced Garlic In Pan W/ 2 teaspoons of olive oil .
• 4. Pour in Sauce And Add In Italian Seasonings
• 5. Let Simmer For About 10 mins
• 6. Heat Oven To 350
• 7. In A Large Mixing Bowl Combine Meat , Pasta , Ricotta Cheese & 1/2 lb Of Mozzarella Cheese . Mix Well
• 8. Then add In Half Of Your Sauce Mixture . Mix Well And Pour Into Your Pan .
• 9. Use The Remainder Of The Mozzarella Cheese To Cover Your Pasta . Add Bread Crumbs For a Great Cheesy Crunch To The Dish
• 10. Cook For 1hr to 1hr and 45 mins depending on your over or until the cheese has formed a nice caramel brown color to it . Remove from oven let cool . Prepare Your Salads And Or garlic Bread And Enjoy with A Great Glass Of Red Wine ... Or a Nice Cold Glass Of Southern Tea
• 11. The Set Aside Sauce Is For Those Who Like A Little More Sauce Then Others ... Easy To Add Sauce Hard To Take Away ... Enjoy

QUICK & EASY BAKED ZITI

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 9 X 13 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
• 2. Bring a large pot of water to a boil, add ziti noodles, cook until al dente. Approximately 9 minutes, then drain.
• 3. In a deep skillet, brown ground beef, at this point if onion is desired in the dish, it should be added here. Drain, add spaghetti sauce, and simmer 10 minutes.
• 4. Layer as directed: 1/2 of the ziti, provolone cheese, sour cream, 1/2 of the sauce, mozzarella cheese, remaining ziti, remaining sauce, finally top of with all of the Parmesan cheese.
• 5. Bake for 35 minutes in the preheated oven or until the cheeses are bubbly and melted.

BAKED ZITI RECIPE (EASY TO MAKE) - SPEND WITH PENNIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F
• Brown ground sausage and onion breaking up until the sausage is fairly fine. Drain any fat.
• Add in Italian seasoning, water, tomatoes and pasta sauce. Simmer 10-15 minutes or until thickened.
• Meanwhile, boil ziti in salted water until al dente. Drain and rinse.
• In a small bowl,mix ricotta, egg, parsley, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, and parmesan cheese.
• Add a thin layer (about 1 cup) of sauce to the bottom of a 9x13 pan. Layer half of the ziti in the bottom of a greased 9x13 pan. Top with all of the ricotta and half of the sauce.
• Add remaining ziti, remaining sauce and top with cheese.
• Bake 25-30 minutes or until golden and bubbly.