Recipe: Perfect Baked Manicotti w/ Beef

Baked Manicotti w/ Beef. Try our no prep no mess Oven Ready meals with everything included - even the cooking tray! Heat a heavy medium skillet over medium heat. 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.

Spread olive oil in baking pan. Run cold water over it until water in pan is cold; leave manicotti in water until needed. Meanwhile, combine ground beef, egg, mozzarella, bread, milk, salt & pepper. You can cook Baked Manicotti w/ Beef using 11 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Baked Manicotti w/ Beef

1. You need 1 packages of Manicotti Shells (14).
2. Prepare 1 lb of Ground Beef.
3. Prepare 1 of 16 oz. Container Ricotta Cheese.
4. Prepare 3 cup of Shredded Mozzarella Cheese.
5. Prepare 1 cup of Parmesan Cheese.
6. It's 2 tbsp of Parsley.
7. Prepare 3 tsp of Olive oil.
8. It's 1 of Salt & Pepper to taste.
9. You need 1 of Garlic powder to taste.
10. Prepare 1 of Onion powder to taste.
11. You need 3 cup of Pasta Sauce.

Spoon remaining meat mixture over shells. Cook manicotti shells according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook sausage and beef over medium heat until meat is no longer pink. Arrange the manicotti on top of the sauce in the pan.

Baked Manicotti w/ Beef step by step

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..

Ladle a thin layer of meat sauce into a large casserole dish. Spoon ricotta mixture into each manicotti tube and place in casserole dish. Top with meat sauce and sprinkle remaining cheese on top. Bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook the manicotti pasta until it is softened, but still somewhat firm. Remove from the water to a baking sheet to cool off.