BONNIE'S SLOW COOKER BAKED ZITI (GLUTEN FREE!)
This is a keeper, and you won't believe how easy it is to prepare. It is so good! I made it gluten-free, but you can use regular pasta. Be sure to follow the recipe as written because the cooking foil technique is unusual but necessary to get the pasta texture you want but baked in the slow cooker. Enjoy, my friends! Photos are my own. Recipe from Cooks Country.
Provided by BonniE ! @ReikiHealsTheSoul
Categories Pasta
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Make TWO foil collars from two 18 inch sheets of tin foil, folded in half to make each sheet about 5 inches wide and 18 inches long. This will go around the perimeter of the slow cooker, twice. See my photo, one is inside the other. This technique will prevent the ziti from scorching and help it cook more evenly and keep its shape, so don't omit. This makes four layers of foil between your ziti and the wall of the slow cooker. there will be no foil on the bottom of the slow cooker.
- Spray generously with Pam inside the foil "walls".
- Heat oil in large Dutch oven. Remove the casings from the sausage and using a spoon, break it into small pieces. Fry over medium high heat until well browned. Add onion and cook until lightly browned, about five minutes, then add the garlic, sugar, oregano, salt and pepper. Cook 2 minutes.
- Measure the raw ziti and add it to the meat mixture. Turn it constantly for five minutes until the edges of the pasta become translucent. Turn off the fire. Note: This technique of cooking the ziti in oil and meat prevents uneven cooking of the pasta, so don't omit.
- Add the crushed tomatoes and the tomato sauce. Scrape up any brown bits. Mix well.
- Carefully spoon the sauce into the center of the foil-lined slow cooker.
- It will look like this.
- Add the lid, cover and cook on low about 3 hours. Mine was perfectly done at 3 hours. So you will want to check yours at about 2 1/2 hours.
- Now it is cooked. Using tongs, remove the foil sleeves from the walls of the slow cooker.
- Dollop ricotta over the ziti in the slow cooker.
- Sprinkle the grated mozzarella over the ziti and ricotta. Put the lid on the slow cooker for 20 minutes on the warm setting just to melt the cheeses.
- Here is how the Ricotta and Mozzarella cheeses look when melted.
- Thinly slice your fresh basil.
- Get your plate ready and garnish with basil.
- Serve and Enjoy!
SLOW-COOKER BAKED ZITI
I don't know one family that doesn't have some crazy, hectic weeknights. This slow-cooker baked ziti recipe was a delicious, easy fix for a busy weeknight dinner for our family. -Christina Addison, Blanchester, Ohio
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 2h10m
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a small bowl, stir together ricotta cheese, egg, basil, and if desired, red pepper flakes; set aside. Pour pasta sauce into a 5-qt. slow cooker. Evenly top sauce with pasta; pour water over top. Drop heaping tablespoons of ricotta cheese mixture over pasta. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. , Cover; cook on high until heated through and pasta is tender, 2 to 2-1/2 hours. Top with fresh basil and if desired, Parmesan cheese and additional red pepper flakes; serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 379 calories, Fat 17g fat (10g saturated fat), Cholesterol 89mg cholesterol, Sodium 886mg sodium, Carbohydrate 36g carbohydrate (13g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 23g protein.
SLOW COOKER BAKED ZITI
Great comfort food. For a healthier dish use ground turkey, skim-milk mozzarella, low-fat or skim-milk ricotta, and whole wheat pasta.
Provided by Stevo
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Pork Sausage
Time 6h55m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Stir ground beef, sausage, basil, oregano, pepper, and salt together in a bowl.
- Cook and stir beef mixture in a large skillet over medium-high heat until browned and crumbly, 7 to 10 minutes.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Saute onions and garlic in hot oil until slightly golden and tender, 10 to 12 minutes.
- Stir beef mixture, onion mixture, tomato sauce, crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes, and red peppers together in a large bowl.
- Stir 1 cup mozzarella cheese, ricotta cheese, and Parmesan cheese together in a separate bowl.
- Spoon 1/3 of meat mixture into the slow cooker; top with 1/2 the ziti pasta. Drop 1/2 the cheese mixture by rounded tablespoons over the ziti; carefully spread cheese mixture over ziti using the back of the spoon. Repeat layering process 1 more time. Pour remaining meat sauce over the top and place the lid on the slow cooker.
- Cook on Low for until ziti is tender, 6 to 7 hours (or cook on High for 3 to 5 hours).
- Sprinkle remaining 1 cup mozzarella over the top of the baked ziti and let stand until melted, about 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 405.3 calories, Carbohydrate 45.6 g, Cholesterol 44.3 mg, Fat 15.4 g, Fiber 4 g, Protein 21.5 g, SaturatedFat 6.3 g, Sodium 1066.7 mg, Sugar 5 g
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