Lasagna - My Special 'no Boil' Recipe

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb ground chuck
• 1/2 cup yellow onion, diced (about 1/2 onion)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 minced garlic cloves
• 1 (14 ounce) can petite diced tomatoes
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon basil
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon garlic pepper seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic sea salt (salt or garlic salt can be used instead)
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 (15 ounce) ricotta cheese
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese
• 1 egg
• 9 lasagna noodles
• 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese

Recipe

• 1 in 9 x 13 inch pan, place 9 lasagna noodles and fill with cold water until noodles are covered. set aside.
• 2 melt butter for sauce in deep skillet and add minced garlic and diced onion. cook until onions are transparent.
• 3 add ground chuck to onions and cook, breaking up into small pieces with spatula.
• 4 while ground chuck is cooking, mix all cheese mixture together, adding egg last. set aside.
• 5 after ground chuck mixture is cooked, add remaining sauce ingredients: first add diced tomatoes, paste and sauce; then sugar and spices; then combine water into the mixture and stir well. turn off burner.
• 6 using a 9 x 13 inch glass baking dish, spread a small amount of sauce the bottom of the dish.
• 7 place three of the lasagna noodles in a line in the bottom of the dish. add approximately 1/3 of the cheese mixture and smooth over the lasagna noodles. add approximately 1/4 of the sauce mix on top of the cheese mixture and lightly spread it to even it out.
• 8 add a layer of lasagna noodles and repeat cheese and sauce layers. repeat once again for the top layer.
• 9 with the last 1/4 of the sauce mixture, use it to spread around the edges and make sure all noodles are covered with sauce. (if not, the noodle will be hard when cooked).
• 10 cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
• 11 remove from oven, remove foil and add remaining 1 cup of mozeralla. bake for an additional 10 minutes, cheese will melt.
• 12 remove from oven and cut into 12 squares.