Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, crockpot baked ziti. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This Easy crock pot baked ziti recipe is a guaranteed crowd pleaser. The perfect slow cooker pasta dinner recipe! Crockpot pasta is one of my very favorite ways to make an easy dinner.
Crockpot baked ziti is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Crockpot baked ziti is something which I have loved my entire life.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can have crockpot baked ziti using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Crockpot baked ziti:
- Take 1 lb ground beef, turkey or Italian sausage
- Take 1 onion finely chopped
- Take 1 tsp minced garlic
- Prepare 1 tsp salt
- Make ready 1 tsp dried basil
- Take 1 tsp dried parsley
- Take 1 (28 oz) can diced tomatoes
- Make ready 1 jar pasta sauce
- Make ready 2 1/2 c water or chicken broth
- Take 1 box penne or ziti pasta
- Prepare 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
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Steps to make Crockpot baked ziti:
- In a large skillet, cook ground beef and onion until browned. Stir in garlic and salt and cook 1 minute.
- Add beef mixture, basil, parsley, tomatoes, pasta sauce and water to a 4qt (or larger) slow cooker. Stir.
- Cook on low for 6 hours or high for 3 hours.
- Add pasta and stir until combined. Cover and continue cooking for 20-45 minutes (depending on how hot your slow cooker is) – check and stir at the 20 minute mark.
- Sprinkle with cheese and cover for 3-5 minutes until cheese is melted.
Baked Ziti is basically some kind of tomato sauce usually with meat in my house, but you could skip the meat if you must. Add in some kind of cheese and pasta, and you have a classic Italian dish. There are variations, but that is basically it. I was hungry for a big bowl of pasta over the weekend. I haven't experimented with making pasta in the crockpot too much.
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