August 4, 2023 – Updated: October 4, 2024
I’ve been making this for more years than we’ve had the farm. Always a hit and easy to make.
Summary
- Prep Time:
- Cook Time: 30 min
- Other:
- Total Time:
- Servings: 8
- Yield:
Ingredients
Quantities in parens are for 1.25x. I have a slightly larger baking dish and am trying to fill it.
- 1 lb (20 oz) lean ground beef
- 1 cup / 150g (188g) onion, chopped
- 2 (+) garlic cloves, minced
- 32 oz (40 oz) meatless sauce
- 1 cup (1.25 cup) chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon (+) dried oregano leaves
- 16 oz (20 oz) ziti pasta, cooked and drained
- 2 cups / 224g / (2.5 cups / 280g) shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 cup / 60g (1.25 cups / 75g) grated parmesan cheese
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large skillet, cook ground beef, onions, and garlic over medium-high heat for 6 to 8 minutes or until beef is browned; stirring frequently.
- Stir in spaghetti sauce, chicken broth, and oregano.
- Reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Stir 1 cup of the sauce into the cooked ziti noodles.
- Spoon 1/2 of the ziti mixture into a 13x9x2-inch baking dish.
- Sprinkle with 1 1/2 cups mozzarella cheese and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese.
- Top with 2 cups sauce, then remaining ziti mixture and remaining sauce.
- Cover and bake 20 minutes.
- Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella and Parmesan cheese.
- Return to oven and bake uncovered for 10 minutes or until heated through
Adjustments
- I do the beef first and sometimes drain before adding the onion and garlic
History
- 2024-10-04 – Adjusted to a 1.25x batch and it fit perfectly into my larger casserole dish. Everything gone by the end of dinner, as usual!
- 2023-12-28 – 40th anniversary for dinner. Family got here today and this is a good travel meal because it can be made before and cooked when people are there. Have made it a dozen or more times so figured it was time to enter this into history. Always a winner!
References
- From Food.com – Classic Baked Ziti – By Caryn