Ground beef lasagna recipe

Get ready to enjoy a traditional ground beef Lasagna recipe that your family will love. This is an easy recipe you just need a little time to prepare it.

This recipe is also in Spanish: Lasaña con carne molida

I have made this recipe several times and my children love it. I usually use a regular box of lasagna noodles and that is enough for five or six people.

We always paired it with Italian salad and garlic bread.

You will need: A medium pot to cook the pasta, a medium frying pan to cook the meat, and a rectangular oven-safe pan to accommodate the lasagna.

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Ground Beef Lasagna

Ingredients

•  1 lb lasagna noodles
• 4 liters of water
• 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon of salt or chicken bouillon powder

• For the filling:
• 2 lbs of ground beef (1/2 kg)
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• 2 medium cans of spaghetti sauce
• ½ cup of water or white wine
• 15 oz of ricotta or cream cheese
• ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 cup of mozzarella cheese
• 1 tablespoon of dried basil (basil) or oregano
• Salt and pepper to taste

how to make lasagna with ground beef

Heat the water, add a tablespoon of oil, you can also add salt or chicken bouillon. After that, bring to boil and add the lasagna noodles, mixing a little just to separate them.

The boiling water should cover the pasta.

Let cook the pasta for approximately 7-8 minutes or until smooth.

Meanwhile, chop the onion and garlic. Separate.

After lasagna noodles are cooked, drain and separate.

Heat the oven to 375F

For the filling:

Heat a frying pan, add olive oil and fry the onion and garlic, until the onion turns clear.

Add the ground beef and fry it until brown.

Incorporate a half cup of wine or water, a can of spaghetti sauce, basil, salt, pepper. Lower the heat and bring to a boil. Remove from the stove. Separate

Now grease a rectangular pan, add half a can of spaghetti sauce to cover the bottom.

Arrange about three pieces of lasagna noodles in the bottom of the pan. Now start making layers.

Place a layer of lasagna, top with a part of the meat mixture, ricotta cheese, and parmesan cheese. Repeat layering until the pan is full.

Pour some of the remaining spaghetti sauce over the top of the lasagna.

Cover the lasagna with aluminum foil and bake it for thirty minutes.

Remove it from the oven, uncover and add some quesadilla cheese along with any other remaining cheese.

Take it again to the oven uncovered for five minutes or just until the cheese melts.

Remove it from the oven and let it rest for five minutes before serving, so that it does not fall apart.

I hope you enjoy and your family this ground beef lasagna recipe! Please leave a message if you do (or if you don’t!).

Buen Provecho!   

Classic Ground Beef Lasagna

Brenda Cisneros

This Classic Ground Beef Lasagna is the perfect dinner to enjoy with family and friends!

5 from 8 votes

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Prep Time 40 minutes mins

Cook Time 40 minutes mins

1 hour hr

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Italian

Servings 6 people

Calories 918 kcal

Equipment

• Oven
• Oven dish

Ingredients

  

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• 1 lb lasagna noodles
• 4 liters of water
• 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon of salt or chicken bouillon powder
• For the filling:
• 2 lbs of ground beef 1/2 kg
• 1 medium onion chopped
• 2 garlic cloves minced
• 1 tablespoon of olive oil
• 2 medium cans of spaghetti sauce
• ½ cup of water or white wine
• 15 oz of ricotta or cream cheese
• ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
• 1 cup of mozzarella cheese
• 1 tablespoon of dried basil basil or oregano
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

 

• Heat the water, add a tablespoon of oil, you can also add salt or chicken bouillon. Bring to boil and add the lasagna noodles, mixing a little just to separate them.
• The boiling water should cover the pasta.
• Let cook the pasta approximately 7-8 minutes or until smooth.
• Meanwhile chop the onion and garlic. Separate.
• After lasagna noodles are cooked, drain and separate.
• Heat the oven to 375F

For the filling:

• Heat a frying pan, add olive oil and fry the onion and garlic, until the onion turns clear.
• Add the ground beef and fry it until brown.
• Incorporate a half cup of wine or water, a can of the spaghetti sauce, basil, salt, pepper. Lower the heat and bring to a boil. Remove from the stove. Separate
• Now grease a rectangular pan, add half a can of spaghetti sauce to cover the bottom.
• Arrange about three pieces of lasagna noodles in the bottom of the pan. Now start making layers. Place a layer of lasagna, top with a part of the meat mixture, ricotta cheese, and parmesan cheese. Repeat layering until the pan is full.
• Pour some of the remaining spaghetti sauce over the top of the lasagna.
• Cover the lasagna with aluminum foil and bake it for thirty minutes.
• Remove it from the oven, uncover and add some quesadilla cheese along with any other remaining cheese.
• Take it again to the oven uncovered for five minutes or just until the cheese melts.
• Remove it from the oven and let it rest for five minutes before serving, so that it does not fall apart.

Nutrition

Serving: 6peopleCalories: 918kcalCarbohydrates: 63gProtein: 53gFat: 48gSaturated Fat: 21gCholesterol: 154mgSodium: 1633mgPotassium: 740mgFiber: 3gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 478IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 506mgIron: 5mg

Keyword family dinner, family meals, ground beef lasagna, lasagna

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