Easy Lasagna
Ingredients
Cheese Filling
- 15 oz ricotta cheese 2 Cups
- 1 Lg Egg
- 2 Cups Mozzarella Cheese
- ¾ Cup Parmesan Cheese freshly grated
- 2 Tsp Italian Seasoning Or use fresh spices & herbs
- ½ Tsp Salt
- ¼ Tsp Pepper
Meat Sauce
- 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 Large Yellow Onion chopped
- 1 lb Ground beef optional
- 3/4 Lb Ground italian sausage Or just sliced (chicken) italian sausage
- 3 Cloves Garlic Minced
- ½ Cup Chicken Broth
- 40 Oz Marinara sauce You can make it or just use Rao's
- 1 Tbsp Tomato paste
- 1 Tsp Hot sauce Tabasco works well
- 1 Tsp Worcestershire sauce optional
Lasagna Noodles/Cheese Topping
- 12 Lg Lasagna Noodles 1 package is plenty
- 2.5 Cups Mozzarella cheese You really don't need this much cheese…
Instructions
Prep Work
- Combine cheese filling ingredients in a bowl and set aside
Meat Sauce
- Saute onions in the olive oil, add garlic last minute and add remaining spices
- Cook meats, beef if using and sausage. Drain excess grease..
- Combine onion, meats, and chicken broth
- Add marinara, tomato paste, hot sauce and Worcestershire and bring to a boil
- Let simmer while you cook the lasagna noodles
Cook Lasagna Noodles
- Preheat Oven to 375 while you cook the lasagna noodles al dente in salt water
Final Assembly
- Spread meat sauce on bottom of pan (9 x 13 or slightly larger) and cover with 4 lasagna noodles
- Spread ⅓ of the cheese mixture over the noodles followed by about 1 ½ Cups of meat sauce
- Add two more layers with noodles, cheese, and meat sauce
- Top with mozzarella cheese
- Spray foil with pam, and place it over the pan to keep the cheese from sticking to it
- Bake for 35 minutes, remove foil cover and bake another 10 minutes