Easy Baked Ziti recipe, Best Baked Ziti | Jenny Can Cook

Step 1

Preheat oven to 375° F.

Step 2

Start the water for pasta.

Step 3

In a big pan sauté onion & garlic in oil over med-high heat for 2 min.

Step 4

Add meat, stirring to break it up. Cook for 3 min. until the pink is gone.

Step 5

Add sauce & pour 1/4 cup water into the jar, cover & shake, and pour the rest of the sauce into the pan. (meantime, start the pasta)

Step 6

Cook sauce for 10 minutes. Taste for salt & add extra spices if you like.

Step 7

Drain pasta, return to pasta cooking pot & stir in ricotta.

Step 8

Spread 1/2 cup sauce into a large baking pan (2 1/2 qt).

Step 9

Add 3 layers as follows: 1/3 of the ziti, 1/3 of the meat sauce, 1/3 of the mozarella, and 1/3 of the parmesan.

Step 10

Bake uncovered for 20 minutes.

Step 11

Preheat oven to 375° F.

Step 12

Start the water for pasta.

Step 13

In a big pan sauté onion & garlic in oil over med-high heat for 2 min.

Step 14

Add meat, stirring to break it up. Cook for 3 min. until the pink is gone.

Step 15

Add sauce & pour 1/4 cup water into the jar, cover & shake, and pour the rest of the sauce into the pan. (meantime, start the pasta)

Step 16

Cook sauce for 10 minutes. Taste for salt & add extra spices if you like.

Step 17

Drain pasta, return to pasta cooking pot & stir in ricotta.

Step 18

Spread 1/2 cup sauce into a large baking pan (2 1/2 qt).

Step 19

Add 3 layers as follows: 1/3 of the ziti, 1/3 of the meat sauce, 1/3 of the mozarella, and 1/3 of the parmesan.

Step 20

Bake uncovered for 20 minutes.