Loaded Meaty Baked Ziti
Loaded Meaty Baked Ziti

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, loaded meaty baked ziti. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have loaded meaty baked ziti using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Loaded Meaty Baked Ziti:
  1. Take 12 oz box of ziti
  2. Take 1/2 pound ground mild country sausage
  3. Make ready 1/2 pound ground beef
  4. Make ready 2/3 cup diced pepperoni (optionally diced salami)
  5. Take 1 medium onion diced
  6. Take 2 Bell peppers diced
  7. Prepare 6-8 oz mushrooms sliced
  8. Prepare 4 cloves garlic minced
  9. Take 1 large can crushed tomatoes
  10. Prepare 2 tablespoons tomato paste
  11. Get 1/4 cup red wine
  12. Make ready 2 tablespoons dried oregano
  13. Take 1 tablespoon basil
  14. Prepare 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  15. Take 2 cups mozzarella
  16. Take 2 cups Italian cheese blend
Steps to make Loaded Meaty Baked Ziti:
  1. While you boil water and cook your pasta, Put the onion and bell pepper into a deep skillet with olive oil, over medium heat for 3-4 min. Add mushrooms and cook until vegetables are soft.(another 3-4 min)
  2. Take out vegetables, put in minced garlic cook for 1 min, and brown beef and sausage in the same skillet adding the pepperoni when the beef and sausage are almost brown. Drain the grease.
  3. Add vegetables back to the skillet along with the crushed tomatoes, tomato paste, wine, oregano, basil, and garlic powder. Stir together and bring to a simmer. (If sauce is too thick add a little of the water from boiling the noodles, or a bit more wine.)
  4. Combine sauce with noodles, mix well, pour half into a large baking dish and cover with mozzarella cheese. Pour other half on top and cover with cheese blend. (I use provolone, fontina, parmesan and romano), bake for 25-30 minutes at 375° or until cheese is golden brown on top.
  5. Serve with grated Parmesan. This dish is even better the next day!

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