Cheeseburger Lasagna

lyssiana's Note:

A delicious alternative to your family favorite! You can use cooked, or uncooked noodles with this. To use cooked noodles: Cook the noodles and omit the water in the recipe. Serve it with some lettuce, tomato, and pickles!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 35 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 20 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 6

Yield: 1.0 13 x 9 ...

• 1 ½ lbs lean ground beef
• 1 egg
• 3 tablespoons instant minced onion
• 1 (15 ounce) container ricotta cheese
• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 2 cups cheddar and american blend cheese
• 1 ½ cups water
• 12 dry lasagna noodles
• ½ cup ketchup
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 tablespoon yellow mustard

Directions:

1. 1. Spray 13 x 9-inch (3 quart) baking dish with cooking spray. In 12-inch nonstick skillet, cook beef and onion over medium-high heat 5 to 7 minutes, stirring frequently, until beef is brown; drain. Stir in tomato sauce, water, ketchup and mustard. Simmer 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
2. 2. Meanwhile, in medium bowl, beat egg with fork or wire whisk. Stir in ricotta cheese and 2 cups of the shredded cheddar and american blend.
3. 3. Spread 1 cup beef mixture over bottom of baking dish. Top with 4 uncooked noodles. Spread half of the ricotta mixture over noodles; top with 1 cups beef mixture. Repeat layers once with 4 noodles, remaining ricotta mixture and 1 cups beef mixture. Top with remaining 4 noodles, beef mixture and 1 cup Cheddar cheese. Cover with foil.
4. 4. Heat oven to 350°F Bake lasagna, covered, 45 minutes. Uncover and bake 25-35 minutes longer or until bubbly. Remove from oven. Cover with foil; let stand 5 to 10 minutes before cutting.

Reviews

[yogiclarebear]

This was good, but needed a little kicking up for my husband, so I used real onions, chopped, and added some cooked bacon and small chopped mushrooms for a "bacon mushroom burger" lasagna. More cheese too. I agree with needing more liquid for uncooked or no-boil noodles though, definately.

[ARathkamp]

An interesting twist on lasagna and hamburgers! I would recommend using more tomato sauce (as a personal preference) if using uncooked noodles as they soaked up a lot of liquid. Thanks for sharing!