Baked Ziti
This cheesy and meaty baked ziti is such a hearty and comforting dinner the whole family will love!
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 1 (16 ounce) package ziti pasta
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 medium yellow onion chopped (about 1 ½ cups chopped)
- 1 green bell pepper chopped
- 2 (24 ounce) jars spaghetti sauce
- 1 (8 ounce) package sliced provolone cheese
- 1 ½ cups sour cream
- 8 ounces shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1 tablespoon grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Liberally spray a 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray.
- Begin cooking pasta. Cook ground beef, onion and green pepper in a skillet over medium high heat, crumbling beef as it cooks with a wooden spoon until browned. Drain off grease. Add spaghetti sauce and stir well to combine. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Evenly spread ½ of the cooked ziti in bottom of baking dish. Evenly place slices of provolone cheese over ziti. Spread sour cream over provolone cheese. Spread ½ of sauce over provolone cheese. Layer remaining ziti, mozzarella cheese and remaining sauce mixture. Evenly sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
- Cover and bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and uncover. Return to oven and bake for an additional 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted and bubbling around edges.
- Sprinkle with chopped fresh parsley, if desired.