Slow Cooker Cheesy Baked Pasta
- Servings
- 4
Ingredients
- 1 lb Ground beef
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup beef broth
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 24-ounce jar your favourite pasta sauce
- 1 15-ounce container ricotta cheese
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated
- 3 cup mozzarella cheese shredded divided
- 1 16-ounce box ziti
Method
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In a medium skillet over medium-high heat brown your ground beef and drain the grease.
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In a medium bowl, stir together ricotta cheese, egg, salt , garlic powder, pepper, and Parmesan cheese.
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Pour 1/3 of sauce into the bottom of a greased 6-quart slow cooker.
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Scatter 1/3 of the uncooked ziti on top.
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Sprinkle with 1/2 of the cheese.
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Spoon 1/2 of the ricotta cheese mixture over the ziti.
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Repeat another layer of sauce, ziti, cheese and the remaining ricotta mixture.
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Repeat with remaining ziti and then the remaining sauce.
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Fill your pasta sauce jar with half water and half broth and pour that over the top evenly.
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Cover and cook on high for 2 1/2 hours.
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Remove lid and sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
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Cover with the lid just long enough to melt the cheese.
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ENJOY!
Nutrition per serving
Counted from 0 of the 1 ingredients; the rest have no figures recorded, so this is not a complete total.