Cheese and beef manicotti. Make double: Giada's beefy, cheesy manicotti doesn't leave many leftovers. Cook the manicotti in a large pot of boiling salted water until slightly softened, but still very firm to the bite. Make double: Giada's beefy, cheesy manicotti doesn't leave many leftovers.

Filled with ground beef and cheese and topped with a homemade sauce, this is a winning pasta dinner! Add something tasty to your family's Italian dinner tonight! Serve baked manicotti shells placed on beef mixture sprinkled with cheese. You can cook Cheese and beef manicotti using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Cheese and beef manicotti

You need of lean ground beef.
You need of mozzarella cheese, shredded.
It's of ricotta cheese.
It's of entire box of manicotti noodles.
You need of Ragu chunky garden spaghetti sauce (large bottle).
You need of onion powder.
You need of garlic powder.
Prepare of sharp cheddar cheese.

This baked Manicotti recipe is creamy, cheesy, meaty, saucy, and deeply satisfying. It's stuffed with beef, Italian sausage, ricotta, mozzarella and Parmesan but I've also included recipe variations for Cheese Manicotti, Spinach Manicotti, Chicken Manicotti etc. I've included everything you need to. There are some recipes which are special because they taste amazing, and then there are some Pasta filled with meat and three kinds of cheese?

Cheese and beef manicotti step by step

Ground beef (add however much garlic and onion powder during cooking. I used about 1 tsp per or a little over.).
Let meat cool while you boil your box of manicotti noodles. (Add cooking oil while the noodles are boiling, makes stuffing going in easier).
Add entire container of ricotta and 3 cups is mozzarella cheese together in big mixing bowl. Let sit until room temp. Add cooled off beef..
After noodles are done, let them sit, fill with mix from bowl of cheese and beef..
Take your glass pan, line with very little cooking oil. Add small amount of spaghetti sauce to just covet bottom of the pan..
Place filled noodles in glass pan side by side.
Cover noodles in sauce, make sure it covers all of the noodles..
Add last cup of mozzarella cheese and sharp cheddar to the top..
Bake on 350 on middle rack for 20 to 30 mins depending on your oven.

These beef manicotti are sure to impress anyone you make them for, but they're simple enough to. This easy no-boil baked manicotti pasta dish, known as Cannelloni is stuffed with ricotta, parmesan, mozzarella and lean ground beef, then covered in sauce and cheese. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Try this Beef And Cheese Manicotti recipe, or contribute your own. Sausage stuffed manicotti are delicious served for dinner with garlic bread.