Easy Baked Penne
Ready In: 50 mins
Serves: 6-8
Ingredients
- 1 lb penne pasta
- 1 1⁄2 lbs ground hot Italian sausage
- 1 small onion, diced
- 1 red bell pepper, diced
- 2 (24 ounce) jars tomato sauce (any variety)
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1⁄2 teaspoon italian seasoning
- 1 (8 ounce) package shredded mozzarella cheese
- 8 ounces Italian cheese blend
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375 F.
- Cook pasta to slightly al dente, as it will continue to cook in the oven.
- While water is boiling and pasta is cooking, cook sausage in a skillet until slightly browned and drain off some of the liquid if desired.
- Add onion and pepper to the pan to soften.
- After draining pasta, put it back in the pot and add one jar of tomato sauce each to both the pasta pot and the skillet.
- To a 13x9 baking dish (college students, if you don't have a baking dish at school, you can buy the disposable foil ones at many campus convenience stores) add a layer of the meat mixture, then a layer of pasta, then a layer of the cheeses mixed together.
- Repeat this until you've used up your ingredients, making the top layer a cheese layer. Make sure the top is totally covered with cheese (if you don't use all the grated cheese, that's fine. I just like a lot of cheese.).
- Bake for 20-30 minutes.
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