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Beef Lasagna


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  • Food
  • Life Desk
  • Published: 30 Jul 2021, 11:30 AM

This Beef Lasagna is the easiest lasagna ever! There’s no need to boil noodles or slave away for hours over the stove for this recipe. It’s the perfect meal for a busy weeknight dinner. This is a classic Italian dish, one that is known nearly all over the world due to its addicting popularity. It’s warm and comforting with a savory rich sauce, ooey gooey cheese, and al dente layers of noodles.

Ingredient 

Beef – Ground is what we’ll use today. Because I used lean there’s no need to drain the oil after its cooked.

Onion – A small onion diced up that will cook well like white or yellow.

Seasoning – We’re just using dried oregano and salt and pepper today.

Sauce – A jar of marinara sauce will do just fine and it’s the key to cutting down on the cook time of this beef lasagna recipe.

Cheese – Ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan are needed for richness and a good melty texture.

Egg – We’re going to use this as a binder for our ricotta sauce so be sure to pick some up.

Noodles – Clearly we need lasagna noodles! Their sheet structure are needed for those definable layers.

Method

Preheat the oven: Set to 375 F degrees.

Brown the beef: In a sauce pan or skillet, cook the ground meat until no longer pink. Add chopped onion, 1 tbsp of the oregano, salt, pepper and continue cooking until onion is cooked through and translucent.

Prepare the sauces: Add the marinara sauce to the skillet and the cup of water. Stir and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and set aside. In a small bowl combine the ricotta cheese, 1 tbsp oregano, eggs, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper. Mix well.

Stack the lasagna: In a baking dish that’s about 9×13 inches, start assembling your lasagna. Start with a couple ladles of the sauce at the bottom, this is especially necessary now that the noodles aren’t cooked. Lay 3 lasagna noodles over the meat sauce. Next layer with ricotta mixture and about 1/2 cup of the mozzarella cheese. Repeat until you have 4 layers of noodles, and end with ricotta cheese and mozzarella cheese.

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