
Meat Lasagna Recipe Made Easy

By: McCormick Kitchens
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Want to know how to cook a lasagna? Featuring flavorful ingredients like lean ground beef, Italian sausage, spaghetti sauce, garlic powder, McCormick® Perfect Pinch® Italian Seasoning, salt, pepper, noodles and a mixture of ricotta, mozzarella and parmesan cheese, this meat lasagna recipe is sure to become your go-to for a quick and easy meal. Perhaps the best recipe for lasagna, there’s no need to search for fresh basil or specialty cheeses when you stick to the tried-and-true ingredients for lasagna found in this recipe. Another great reason to make this homemade lasagna recipe is that there’s no pre-cooking required for the lasagna noodles! The noodles cook to tender perfection in this recipe for lasagna with ricotta cheese while the dish bakes in the oven. Not in the mood for a beef lasagna recipe? Try our Traditional Cheese Lasagna.
Recipe Info
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Prep Time:
25m
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Cook Time:
1h
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Servings:
12
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User Rating:
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound lean ground beef
- 1/2 pound Italian sausage casing removed
- 2 jars (26 ounces each) spaghetti sauce divided
- 2 eggs
- 2 containers (15 ounces each) ricotta cheese
- 1 package (8 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese (2 cups), divided
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Garlic Powder
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Parsley Flakes
- 1 teaspoon McCormick® Perfect Pinch® Italian Seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Pure Ground Black Pepper
- 9 lasagna noodles uncooked
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
Nutrition Information
(per serving)
- Calories 413
- Carbohydrates 30 g
- Cholesterol 104 mg
- Fiber 4 g
- Protein 26 g
- Sodium 1041 mg
- Total Fat 21 g
Want to know how to cook a lasagna? Featuring flavorful ingredients like lean ground beef, Italian sausage, spaghetti sauce, garlic powder, McCormick® Perfect Pinch® Italian Seasoning, salt, pepper, noodles and a mixture of ricotta, mozzarella and parmesan cheese, this meat lasagna recipe is sure to become your go-to for a quick and easy meal. Perhaps the best recipe for lasagna, there’s no need to search for fresh basil or specialty cheeses when you stick to the tried-and-true ingredients for lasagna found in this recipe. Another great reason to make this homemade lasagna recipe is that there’s no pre-cooking required for the lasagna noodles! The noodles cook to tender perfection in this recipe for lasagna with ricotta cheese while the dish bakes in the oven. Not in the mood for a beef lasagna recipe? Try our Traditional Cheese Lasagna.
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Brown ground beef and sausage in large skillet on medium heat; stirring occasionally. Drain fat. Stir 4 cups spaghetti sauce into meat mixture. Reserve remaining spaghetti sauce for serving.
- Beat eggs in large bowl. Add ricotta cheese, 1 1/2 cups of the mozzarella cheese, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, parsley, salt and pepper; mix well.
- Spread about 1 cup of the meat sauce onto the bottom of 13x9-inch baking dish; top with 3 noodles. Spread half of the cheese mixture over the noodles. Repeat meat sauce, noodles and cheese layer once. Top with remaining noodles and meat sauce, making sure to cover noodles with sauce. Sprinkle with remaining 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese. Cover with foil.
- Bake 45 minutes. Remove foil. Bake 15 minutes longer or until noodles are tender. Let stand 15 minutes before cutting. Serve with reserved spaghetti sauce.