Best Meat Manicotti Recipes

MEAT FILLED MANICOTTI

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente. Drain and cool. Reserve.
• Meanwhile, in a large skillet brown beef on medium heat. Drain and cool.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine beef, cottage cheese, 1 cup mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, egg whites and oregano. Mix well. Stuff shells with mixture.
• Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking dish. Pour enough spaghetti sauce in dish to cover the bottom. Place stuffed noodles in the dish. Cover with spaghetti sauce and top with the remaining 1 cup mozzarella cheese. Bake in preheated oven for 50 minutes.

BAKED MANICOTTI WITH MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Make filling by mixing first 8ingredients and 1 cup parmesan cheese.
• Blend thoroughly.
• Cook meat with garlic and onions
• Sprinkle with salt and drain grease.
• Stuff cooked noodles (gently) with filling.
• Butter 12x15 baking dish.
• Spoon tomato sauce in bottom of dish to cover.
• Place stuffed shells in dish to completely fill.
• Sprinkle meat over and around shells.
• Spoon tomato sauce over shells generously.
• Sprinke with 1/2 cup parmesan.
• Cover with foil.
• Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes.

SPINACH & GROUND MEAT MANICOTTI

Steps:

• Brown ground meat in skillet and drain.
• Combine spinach, ground meat, ricotta cheese, egg, parmesan cheese and garlic powder.
• Spoon this mixture into manicotti shells and place in 13 x 9 inch dish (sprayed with Pam).
• Pour Emeril's sauce over the stuffed manicotti shells and sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
• Bake uncovered in preheated 350 oven for 30 minute or until heated through.

CHEESE STUFFED MANICOTTI IN MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Preaheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Bring 4 quarts of water to a boil; add salt if desired. Place noodles in water and boil for 9 minutes. Drain and rinse in cold water to prevent sticking.
• While noodles are boiling, brown meat in a large skillet. Drain and add spaghetti sauce; set simmer for 5 minutes, then turn off heat.
• In a bowl, combine eggs, 1 cup mozzarella, half of the ricotta, parmesan and seasonings.
• Pour a layer of meat sauce in the bottom of a baking dish, using half of what you have.
• Using a spoon or piping bag, fill the noodles with the cheese mixture and place on top of sauce. Spread remaining ricotta on top and layer with remaining sauce and mozzarella. Bake, covered, for 40 minutes.

SLOW COOKER TWO-MEAT MANICOTTI

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, saute the mushrooms, peppers and onion in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Remove from pan. , In the same skillet, cook beef and sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in mushroom mixture and spaghetti sauce; set aside., In a small bowl, combine the ricotta cheese, parsley, 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, eggs and seasonings. Stuff into uncooked manicotti shells., Spread 2-1/4 cups sauce onto the bottom of a 6-qt. slow cooker. Arrange five stuffed manicotti shells over sauce; repeat two times, using four shells on the top layer. Top with remaining sauce. Sprinkle with remaining cheeses. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until pasta is tender.

MY SWEET MANICOTTI IN MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Sauce: Brown the meat in a skillet with your italian seasonings and garlic salt, drain when done to get fat off.
• Heat sausage up so that you can cut it into little peices, it will cook the rest of the way when in the oven.
• Combine your pasta sauce, meat, and sausage and mix together over low heat.
• While making your filling start boiling your manicotti noodles. Follow directions on box to go about boiling the noodles.
• Filling: Mix ricotta, 1 and 1/2 cups mozarella (the rest will go on top), some of the parmesean (save enough to sprnkle on top), sugar, and chopped parsley in a large mixing bowl. Add in some dried basil. (about 3 shakes).
• Take a gallon size ziplock baggy and put the filling inside. Cut a hole in bottom corner so you can squeeze filling out.
• Layer some of your pasta sauce across the bottom of the pan so the noodles do not stick to pan and because theres no such thing as too much sauce!
• Take your noodles and your ziplock and fill noodles full of filling. When all noodles are filled and aligned in your casserole pan pour remaining sauce on top of manicotti.
• Sprinkle with your leftover mozzarella and parmesean.
• Cover with foil and bake in oven at 350 for 30 minutes, then take foil off and bake an addition 10 minutes.
• Take your manicotti noodles and fill the.

FARMHOUSE MANICOTTI WITH OPTIONAL MEAT SAUCE

Steps:

• Cook, rinse & drain manicotti as per package directions.
• While that is cooking, brown the meat in a medium frying pan; rinse & drain for low-fat applications!
• Preheat oven to 350; grease 13x9 pan; set aside.
• Mix meat and spaghetti sauce; spoon 3 cups of sauce into bottom of greased pan; set aside.
• In a medium bowl, combine THREE cups mozzarella with ricotta and basil.
• Spoon mixture into a ziplock bag, cut off one corner, squeeze into pasta shells; lay finished shells into sauce in pan.
• After all shells have been filled and nestled cutely together, pour remaining sauce over shells.
• Sprinkle with remaining mozzarella.
• Bake for 15 minutes; sprinkle with parmesan; bake for 10 more minutes.
• Serve immediately. Yum!

MANICOTTI WITH MEAT FILLING

Steps:

• Cook manicotti as directed. Brown meat in oil in frypan. Drain. combine bread & milk. Stand 2 mins. Add meat & remaining ingredients except spaghetti sauce & parmesan. Fill manicotti and top with sauce & parmesan. Bake @ ??? for ?? mins.

MEAT LOVER'S MANICOTTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Cook and drain the shells, being careful not to overcook. Spread half of the tomato sauce and the mozzarella in a baking dish (I usually have to use 2!) Mix the beef and the sausage in a large mixing bowl. Add a dash of salt and pepper, the parmesan cheese, and any seasonings desired.
• Stuff the manicotti shells with the mixture and place in the dish. Cover with the remaining sauce and mozzarella cheese.
• Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, remove the foil and bake for another 10-20.

MEAT MANICOTTI

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Grease baking dish with cooking spray and ladle a thin layer of spaghetti sauce on the bottom; set aside. In a large bowl filled with hot water from the tap, drop manicotti in and let it sit for 15 to 20 minutes.
• 2. In a large skillet over medium heat, cook beef until no longer pink. Half way thru cooking, season with black pepper and add pressed garlic. Remove from heat and drain meat. In a medium bowl, combine bread and milk; let it sit for 2 minutes. Add egg and beef; stir to combine. Add mozzarella and ricotta cheese; stir until well blended.
• 3. In a small bowl combine parmesan and parsley; set aside. Working on one manicotti at a time, remove excess water and stuff tightly. Place stuffed pasta over the sauce in the prepared baking dish. When all done, ladle more sauce over the manicotti and sprinkle parmesan mixture over. Transfer in the preheat oven and bake for 35 minutes.
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SLOW COOKER TWO-MEAT MANICOTTI RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute the mushrooms, peppers and onion in oil until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Remove from pan.
• In the same skillet, cook beef and sausage over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in mushroom mixture and spaghetti sauce; set aside.
• In a small bowl, combine the ricotta cheese, parsley, 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, eggs and seasonings. Stuff into uncooked manicotti shells.
• Spread 2-1/4 cups sauce onto the bottom of a 6-qt. slow cooker. Arrange five stuffed manicotti shells over sauce; repeat two times, using four shells on the top layer. Top with remaining sauce. Sprinkle with remaining cheeses. Cover and cook on low for 4-5 hours or until pasta is tender.
• Yield: 7 servings.
• Bake option: Spread half of the sauce mixture into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Arrange stuffed manicotti shells in a single layer over sauce. Top with remaining sauce. Cover and bake at 375° for 45-55 minutes or until pasta is tender. Uncover; sprinkle with remaining cheeses. Bake 10-15 minutes longer or until cheese is melted. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.
• Originally published as Slow Cooker Two-Meat Manicotti in Taste of Home Everyday Slow Cooker & One Dish Recipes
• Annual 2013, p49
• Nutritional Facts
• manicotti equals 657 calories, 33 g fat (14 g saturated fat), 155 mg cholesterol, 1,609 mg sodium, 55 g carbohydrate, 7 g fiber, 39 g protein.
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