Stuffed Shells with Meat
Big pasta shells filled with meat and cheese — stuffed manicotti, ground beef jumbo shells, Cheesy Cajun Stuffed Shells — for a filling weeknight dinner.
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dinnerIngredients
- about 6 half a pack Manicotti noodles
- 1 pound Hamburger/sausage
- 4 cups Italian mix cheese
- Garlic powder
- Onion powder
- Italian seasoning
- 1 jar Tomato Sauce
Instructions
- 1Boil noodles till almost done
- 2Set to the side after draining and start your hamburger or sausage
- 3When it’s done cooking add a half cups sauce to meat and two to theee cups of cheese
- 4Pour just a little sauce to the bottom of a 9x13 and stuff your noodles and place in pan
- 5Cover with rest of sauce and cheese and bake at 375 till top is brown about 25 mins
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Stuffing shells takes a few extra minutes at the counter, but you get one pan that feeds everybody and reheats well the next day. Meat, cheese, sauce, done.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these on nights when the family is hungry and nobody wants another skillet of the same thing, or when company is coming and the dish needs to sit in the oven while you clean up.
Every recipe here is a shell or a manicotti with something hearty inside: stuffed manicotti with hamburger and sausage, ground beef stuffed jumbo shells, Beef-Stuffed Shells with Creamy Ricotta Filling, Chicken and Spinach Stuffed Shells, Chili Cheese Stuffed Manicotti, and chicken n gravy stuffed shells.
Quick Tips
- 1
Undercook the shells
Boil jumbo shells or manicotti about 2 minutes shy of the box time so they hold their shape when you stuff them and finish in the oven.
- 2
Rinse and lay flat
Drain the shells, rinse under cool water, and spread them on a sheet pan in a single layer so they don't stick together while you mix the filling.
- 3
Brown and drain the meat
Cook ground beef or sausage until no pink remains, about 8 minutes, then pour off the grease so the filling isn't loose.
- 4
Sauce the pan bottom
Spread 1 cup of sauce in the dish before the shells go in, cover with foil, and bake at 350°F so nothing dries out.
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