Lasagna Stuffed Shells
Taking all the deliciousness of Lasagna and stuffing them into jumbo shells for an amazing dinner.
Ingredients
Pasta
- 1 box jumbo shells (20-25)
- 1 TBS cooking oil
- salt for boiling water
Ground Beef Mixture
- 1 TBS butter
- 1 – 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
- 1 green bell pepper, diced small
- 1/2 yellow onion, diced small
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- salt & pepper to taste
Cheese Mixture
- 2 cups mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 2 cups cottage cheese or ricotta cheese
- 1 cup paramesean cheese, shredded
- 1 large egg
- 2 tsp Italian Seasoning
- 1/8 tsp black pepper
Topping
- 1 jar pasta sauce, divided
- 1-2 cups extra mozzarella cheese, shredded
- 1-2 tsp extra Italian seasoning
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare jumbo shells per instructions on back of package. Drain and rinse. (Cooking the pasta to al dente will allow for ease of stuffing the pasta. They will finish cooking in oven.)
- In a large skillet over medium high, heat 1 TBS cooking oil and 1 TBS butter. Cook peppers and onions until softened. Season with salt & pepper. Add in ground beef and further cook until beef is no longer pink. Stir in minced garlic for 1 minute. Turn off heat.
- In a medium bowl, mix together 2 cups mozzarella cheese, cottage or ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, 2 tsp Italian seasoning, 1/8 tsp black pepper, and 1 egg. Pour cheese mixture into the beef mixture and mix well.
- Butter or spray a 9 x 13 baking dish. Spread 1/4 cup of pasta sauce onto bottom of dish.
- Stuff each shell with 2 TBS of mixture and place into baking dish. Continue until shells are filled. In the jar of remainder of sauce fill with 1/4 cup of water and shake well. Pour sauce all over the stuffed pasta shells. Sprinkle 1 – 2 cups of mozzarella cheese covering the sauce. Sprinkle with extra Italian seasoning.
- Cover & seal baking dish with foil. (To keep cheese from sticking to foil, I lightly spray the foil with cooking spray and place the sprayed side down on the cheese.)
- Place in preheated oven for 40 minutes. Remove foil and cook an additional 10 minutes until cheese is golden brown. Let sit for 5 -7 minutes before serving. Garnish with parsley if desired.
I love quick and easy cooking. If it has hamburger my husband will eat it. Good job with your YouTube demonstrations. Are your recipes meant to serve 6?
My recipes feed a family of 4 with leftovers equal to 2 or 3 servings. Thank you so much for watching.
Video states to put in 16 oz of graded mozerella however the recipe states that there should be 2 cups of mozz. into the cheese stuffing. I followed the 16 oz and that cheese stuffing was enough to actually stuff all of the boxed shells. I just made an additional 8×8 pan of stuffed shells because a 9 x11 pan doesn’t fit ALL of the shells. I just needed an additional jar of sauce and more grated mozz for the top. So this makes a LOT!!! Everyone loved this recipe…including my dad who is a pretty tough customer.
I’m glad y’all enjoyed it.