3 Cheese Beef Ziti

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Baked in layers of 3 kinds of cheese and lots of hearty beef marinara sauce, this 3-cheese beef ziti is an easy weeknight dinner and everyone's favorite comfort food!

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 30

Total Time 45

Servings servings

Calories 424kcal

Ingredients

1 lb ground beef
1 medium yellow onion, finely diced
2 medium cloves garlic, minced
2 jars (23 oz each) marinara sauce
1 lb pasta (ziti, rigatoni, penne, etc) cooked according to package instructions
1 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
1-1/2 cups shredded low-moisture mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Fresh basil for topping

Instructions

Preheat oven to 400F. Lightly grease a 9x13 baking dish and set aside.
In a large skillet over medium-high heat, brown ground beef and onion until no longer pink. Drain grease from pan and season beef with salt and pepper to taste.
Add marinara sauce to ground beef mixture and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Remove from heat and fold in cooked pasta until evenly coated.
Spoon half of pasta mixture into prepared pan and top with half of ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan. Repeat layers one more time ending with Parmesan cheese.
Bake ziti at 400F 25-30 minutes until cheese is lightly browned and sauce is bubbly. Optionally, broil ziti 2-3 minutes to crisp up the cheese. Top ziti with fresh basil and serve warm. Enjoy!

Notes

Storing Instructions

Store ziti in refrigerator up to 6 days.

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