Hey everyone, it is me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, skillet lasagna. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Skillet Lasagna is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions every day. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Skillet Lasagna is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook skillet lasagna using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Skillet Lasagna:
- Make ready 2 lb Ground beef/Chuck/turkey/sausage
- Get 2 Jars spaghetti sauce or homemade sauce
- Get 1 box Oven ready lasagne noodles- break up about 8 or so- really just depends on how big of a skillet you use, how many layers, or how much you want to make.
- Get 1 Onion-diced small
- Take 1 Bell pepper-diced small
- Prepare 2 clove Garlic- minced
- Prepare 1/2 box Cream cheese
- Take Cottage cheese or ricotta or both (I use both)
- Make ready 2 tbsp Sour cream
- Take Shredded Mozzarella or Parmesan cheese, Sharp cheddar or all. (I use all) but more mozzarella out of them all
- Make ready 1 Italian seasonings, garlic and onion powder, basil, oregano, salt and pepper. Or whatever you like.
- Get 1/2 Jar- Alfredo sauce- if you want to do the easy thing instead of the sour cream, cottage cheese, ricotta, cream cheese route. Just add some of it where that would go.
- Prepare 1/4 cup Optional: chicken broth or stock- u would add this to your pasta red sauce.
Instructions to make Skillet Lasagna:
- Prep first- dice your onion, bell pepper, and break up your noodles. Shred your cheeses,etc
- Add meat to skillet on high heat, along with the diced onion and bell pepper, and seasonings to it. Cook until done. If you are adding minced garlic, add it when your meat is almost done. Then when meat is done, DRAIN.
- Add your meat mixture back to the skillet, and add the sauce. Let it come to a boil, and stir. Then pour it into a separate bowl, and put to the side.
- Now in another separate bowl. Add the sour cream, softened cream cheese, cottage cheese, ricotta and a little bit of shredded cheeses, Italian seasoning or basil/oregano and mix it up.
- Now time to layer: spread a little bit of the meat sauce to the bottom of your skillet. Then spread some of the cheese mixture, on top, then add some of your broken noodles. And repeat process again, ending with the meat mixture on top. DO not sprinkle any shredded cheese yet on top.
- Now let this come to a boil real quick, and turn the heat to a med low, and cover it with lid, and let cook for about 25 min or until your noodles are soft.
- Once noodles are soft, then sprinkle the remaining shredded cheeses on top, and let them melt. Also, make sure once the cheese has melted to take off the stove eye, and let cool for a few so cheese and all can set up.
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