One-Pot Baked Manicotti Dinner
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This easy baked manicotti with cheese takes only 15 minutes to prepare and bakes in 40 minutes, making it a perfect hearty pasta dinner for a large crowd.
If you’re short on time but still craving a classic Italian dinner, this easy manicotti recipe is a delicious go-to.
Simple Baked Manicotti
Baked manicotti is a hearty Italian pasta dish stuffed with creamy ricotta cheese, topped with savory sauce and melted cheese, then baked until bubbly.
What is manicotti?
- Pasta tubes stuffed with ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan
- Covered in marinara or tomato sauce
- Topped with extra cheese for a golden, bubbly finish
- Perfect make-ahead or freezer-friendly dinner
It’s as simple as that!
Easy Manicotti Recipe Video Tutorial
Supply List
- 1 box manicotti
- 2 jars Classico tomato sauce or whatever brand you like
- 1 lb hamburger
- 2 tbsp crushed garlic
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 container ricotta cheese
- 1 packaged shredded mozzarella
- 2 eggs
Instructions : Step by Step
- Add oil and garlic to pan and saute garlic for about 5 minutes on low (until light brown)
- Add hamburger and cook for about 10 minutes or until cooked
- Add 1 jar tomato sauce and simmer
- Cook Manicotti according to boxed directions, drain and cool
- Mix Ricotta, 1 cup parmesan cheese, shredded mozzarella and 2 eggs in a bowl and set aside
- Pour 1 cup of sauce from 2nd jar over 9×12 baking dish and spread across bottom
- Once Manicotti is cooked, drain and cool. Once cooled, fill each manicotti (using a knife) with ricotta mixture and place in baking dish. Once you have filled about 8 manicotti’s, layer hamburg mixture across the top and finish by adding filled remaining manicotti on top. Top with remaining hamburg mixture. Sprinkle 2 cups of shredded mozzarella across the top and bake for 35 minutes on 375.
- Bake 35-40 minutes at 375 degrees (done once bubbling and melted cheese is a light brown color
Manicotti With Ground Beef
Manicotti can be made with or without ground beef. We personally like the meat sauce as it adds a meaty taste and more substance to the meal.
Ground turkey is also a good alternative to beef.
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One of the best things about manicotti or lasagna is they both serve a lot of people and are great as leftovers.
Back in college, Sunday dinners at home were always Italian classics. I’d pile a group of friends into the car, sometimes ten of us and my mom would have manicotti, lasagna, or spaghetti waiting.
The good old days indeed!
If you’re ever cooking for a crowd, this easy manicotti recipe is a winner. Add toasted garlic bread and a fresh salad, and dinner’s done.
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looks delicious.
you have a typo in your pictures. hamburger not hamburg (Hamburg is a city in Germany)
UGH thankyou! Getting that fixed now 🙂 That’s what happens when I do a graphic at midnight! ha
Actually where husband is from the call hamburger “hamburg”, he is from Coshocton, Ohio
🙂
In step seven of Easy-Manicotti you have add cheese and bake 375 for 35 min step 8 you have bake 35-40 at 375 until brown and bubbly is that right?
Yes, I usually know it’s done once it starts to bubble on the sides.