Skillet Lasagna

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 lb lean ground beef
• 1/2 lb ground lean lamb
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/4-1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• salt, to taste
• 6 ounces curly-edged regular lasagna noodles, 8 noodles broken into 2-inch pieces (do not use no-boil noodles)
• 1 (26 ounce) jar pasta sauce (about 3 cups)
• 2 cups water
• 1/2 cup mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 1/4 cup parmesan cheese, grated
• ground black pepper, to taste
• 3/4 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
• 1/4 cup fresh basil, minced

Recipe

• 1 cook meat in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over high heat, breaking it into pieces with a wooden spoon until fat renders, 3-5 minutes. drain.
• 2 in the skillet stir into the meat, garlic, red pepper flakes and 1/2 tsp salt and cook over medium-high heat until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
• 3 sprinkle broken noodles into skillet, then pour in tomato sauce and water so that it covers the noodles (you may need to add extra water if noodles are especially dry).
• 4 cover and cook, stirring often at a vigorous simmer until noodles are tender, about 20 minutes.
• 5 turn off heat, stir in half of the mozzarella and half of the parmesan. season with salt and pepper to taste.
• 6 dot heaping tablespoons of ricotta over the noodles, then sprinkle the remaining cheeses.
• 7 cover and let stand off heat until cheeses melts, 3-5 minutes.
• 8 sprinkle with basil before serving.