Beef Lasagna

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.