I am always looking for a quick and easy recipe to make during the week. It seems like the days fly by and suddenly I am wondering what are we having for dinner? It’s time to cook! My family loves my lasagna (it takes 3.5 hours to make), but I am changing things up a bit with this new skillet lasagna. Sometimes it’s nice to have a recipe that tastes like it took forever, when it really did not take you long at all!
Skillet Lasagna
Ingredients:
- no boil lasagna noodles
- mozzarella cheese
- ricotta cheese
- 1.5lbs Italian sausage
- 2 28oz cans peeled tomatoes
- 1 small chopped onion
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- oregano flakes
- basil leaves and basil sprig
- 3 cloves garlic thinly sliced and chopped
- salt and pepper
In a large saute pan, heat oil on high. Add sausage and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes. Transfer to a side bowl and set aside.
Reduce the heat to medium low and add your onion, garlic, and pepper flakes. Cook until onions are softened, about 8 minutes. Add your oregano, tomatoes and their juices (crushing the whole tomatoes with your hands or a mixer if you prefer), the basil sprig, and the cooked sausage. Add salt and pepper and simmer for about 5 minutes.
Break half of the lasagna noodles in half and place into the meat mixture under the sausage. Distribute them evenly throughout. Take the other half of the noodles and use a spoon to submerge them down into the pan.
Dollop Ricotta over lasagna and mix in with the sauce. Top with Mozzarella and bake in the oven on 325 degrees for 15 minutes. Top with basil, then remove from heat and allow to cool before serving.
Simple Skillet Lasagna Recipe
Ingredients
- no boil lasagna noodles
- mozzarella cheese
- ricotta cheese
- 1.5 lbs Italian sausage
- 2 28 oz cans peeled tomatoes
- 1 small chopped onion
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- oregano flakes
- basil leaves and basil sprig
- 3 cloves thinly sliced and chopped garlic
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- In a large saute pan, heat oil on high. Add sausage and cook until browned, about 3-5 minutes. Transfer to a side bowl and set aside.
- Reduce the heat to medium low and add your onion, garlic, and pepper flakes. Cook until onions are softened, about 8 minutes. Add your oregano, tomatoes and their juices (crushing the whole tomatoes with your hands or a mixer if you prefer), the basil sprig, and the cooked sausage. Add salt and pepper and simmer for about 5 minutes.
- Break half of the lasagna noodles in half and place into the meat mixture under the sausage. Distribute them evenly throughout. Take the other half of the noodles and use a spoon to submerge them down into the pan.
- Dollop Ricotta over lasagna and mix in with the sauce. Top with Mozzarella and bake in the oven on 325 degrees for 15 minutes. Top with basil, then remove from heat and allow to cool before serving.
Nutrition
You are not going to believe how easy this skillet lasagna is, or how great it tastes. Make sure to give this a try for an easy weeknight recipe and wow your family with your uber awesome cooking skills! Serve with a nice light salad, some garlic bread, and give yourself a glass of wine for a meal well done.
