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Stuffed Shells with Ground Beef
Stuffed Shells with Ground Beef is a hearty baked pasta made with lots of cheesy goodness and a beef marinara sauce. It’s the ultimate comfort food!
👥 6 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h⏳ Prep: 15 min🔥 Cook: 45 min👤 Marsha McDougal📖 budgetbytes
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●pot
- ●colander
- ●oven
- ●skillet
- ●bowl
- ●casserole dish
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Boil
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Preheat the oven to 350°F. Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil, then add the jumbo shells. Cook the shells just until they’re al dente, making sure not to over cook them. The longer the shells boil, the more likely they are to tear during the stuffing process. Drain the shells in a colander and then rinse briefly with cool water and set aside.
3
Brown
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Heat a large skillet over medium heat and add the cooking oil. Brown the ground beef chuck. Drain any excess fat.
5
Sauté
6
Once the beef has browned, add the diced onion and minced garlic to the skillet. Sauté over medium heat until the onion is translucent and the garlic is fragrant.
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Simmer
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Next add the marinara sauce, tomato paste, Italian seasoning, salt, garlic powder, and black pepper to the skillet. Stir to combine. Reduce the heat to medium-low and allow the beef sauce to simmer for ⏱️ 3-5 minutes.
tomato paste ($0.18)2 TbspItalian seasoning ($0.10)1 tsp
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Mix
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While the sauce is simmering, make the cheese filling. In a medium bowl add the ricotta, shredded mozzarella, grated parmesan, fresh chopped parsley, salt, black pepper, and egg. Stir all of the ingredients together well.
large egg ($0.18)1
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Layer
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Take half of the beef sauce mixture and layer it at the bottom of a large 9x13-inch casserole dish.
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Stuff
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Now one by one, stuff each shell with 1-2 tablespoons of the cheese filling. I used 1 heaping tablespoon per shell. Place the shells in the casserole dish as you stuff them.
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Top
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Once the shells are all stuffed, add the remaining beef sauce over top. Then sprinkle 1 ½ cups of shredded mozzarella cheese evenly over the top.
½ cups mozzarella cheese (shredded, $1.40)1mozzarella cheese (shredded, $0.97)1 cup
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Bake
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Loosely place some tented aluminum foil over the casserole dish and bake in the preheated oven for ⏱️ 25 minutes. After ⏱️ 25 minutes remove the foil and bake uncovered for 5-10 more minutes, or until the sauce is bubbling up around the edges. Serve hot and enjoy!
Nutrition Facts
calories
566 kcal
fat Content
31 g
serving Size
4 shells
fiber Content
3 g
sodium Content
1410 mg
protein Content
34 g
carbohydrate Content
37 g
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