Baked Manicotti w/ Beef
Baked Manicotti w/ Beef

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, baked manicotti w/ beef. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

This easy no-boil baked manicotti pasta dish, known as Cannelloni is stuffed with ricotta, parmesan, mozzarella and lean ground beef, then covered in sauce and cheese. I usually make homemade crepe-style manicotti for the holidays, but it's pretty time consuming so I save it for special occasions! Make double: Giada's beefy, cheesy manicotti doesn't leave many leftovers.

Baked Manicotti w/ Beef is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Baked Manicotti w/ Beef is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have baked manicotti w/ beef using 11 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Manicotti w/ Beef:
  1. Prepare 1 packages Manicotti Shells (14)
  2. Get 1 lb Ground Beef
  3. Get 1 16 oz. Container Ricotta Cheese
  4. Prepare 3 cup Shredded Mozzarella Cheese
  5. Prepare 1 cup Parmesan Cheese
  6. Prepare 2 tbsp Parsley
  7. Make ready 3 tsp Olive oil
  8. Get 1 Salt & Pepper to taste
  9. Take 1 Garlic powder to taste
  10. Make ready 1 Onion powder to taste
  11. Take 3 cup Pasta Sauce

It's stuffed with beef, Italian sausage, ricotta, mozzarella and Parmesan but I've also included recipe variations for Cheese Manicotti, Spinach Manicotti, Chicken Manicotti etc. I've included everything you need to. Serve baked manicotti shells placed on beef mixture sprinkled with cheese. MORE+ LESS Cook and drain manicotti as directed on package using minimum cooking time (cooking for the minimum time helps prevent the shells from tearing while filling).

Steps to make Baked Manicotti w/ Beef:
  1. In a skillet, brown ground beef seasoned with salt & pepper and garlic and onion powder.
  2. Set aside to cool.
  3. In a large pot, boil manicotti shells in salted water 4 to 6 minutes until slightly soft.
  4. Brush a teaspoon of oil on a large baking sheet.
  5. Transfer manicotti to baking sheet and cool.
  6. Combine the ricotta, 1 1/2 cups mozzarella, and 1/2 cup parmesan cheeses and parsley. Stir in the ground beef.
  7. Pre heat oven to 350
  8. Grease a 13 by 9 inch glass baking dish with remaining 2 teaspoons of olive oil.
  9. Spoon in 1 cup of the pasta sauce to baking dish.
  10. Stuff the manicotti shells with the cheese / meat mixture and place in a single layer in baking dish.
  11. Cover with remaining sauce, mozzarella, and parmesan cheese.
  12. Bake uncovered for 30 to 35 minutes.
  13. Let stand 5 minutes and serve.

This baked manicotti has all of the flavor of traditional ricotta-filled manicotti, with easy no-boil lasagna sheets to roll up the delicious filling. We love manicotti at our house. I've tried a zillion recipes, and all of them have been so-so. From America's Test Kitchen, this is hands down, the best. Beef Cannelloni stuffed with a juicy spinach and beef filling, topped with plenty of tomato cannelloni sauce and melty cheese.

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