Johnny Marzetti Recipe
Johnny Marzetti is a baked noodle dish prepared with ground beef and tomato sauce. Top it with your favorite cheese.
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 446kcal
Equipment
- 8" Chef Knife
- 9 x 13" Rectangular Baking Dish
Ingredients
Cook the Pasta
- 2½ Cups Pasta ~½ pack
- Water
- Salt
Cook the Ground Meat
- 2 Tablespoon Olive Oil or normal cooking oil
- 1 Medium Onion
- 3 Pieces Garlic Cloves
- 2½ Cup Mushrooms sliced, optional
- 1 Pound Ground Beef
- ½ Teaspoon Salt
- ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground
- 2 Tablespoon Italian Seasoning ore oregano
Assembling in the baking dish
- 1 Can Whole Peeled Tomatoes
- 1 Cup Tomato Sauce
- ½ Teaspoon Salt
- 1½ Tablespoon Basil dried or fresh
- 1 Cup Cheese I used cheddar and parmesan
Instructions
Cook the Pasta
- Bring water to a boil with salt and cook pasta as per package instructions. Strain and keep aside.2½ Cups Pasta, Water, Salt
Cook the Ground Meat
- Prepare the fresh ingredients. Slice the onion, chop the garlic, and slice the mushrooms.
- Heat up a skillet with olive oil and sauté onions until soft over a medium heat setting.2 Tablespoon Olive Oil, 1 Medium Onion
- Stir in chopped garlic and sauté for a minute or two over a lower heat setting.3 Pieces Garlic Cloves
- Add in the sliced mushrooms. Keep over a medium to high heat setting and try to stir and mix when they start to reduce in size.2½ Cup Mushrooms
- Turn the heat down to medium and continue to saute mushrooms until they have reduced considerably.
- Make some space in the center and stir in ground beef. Keep over the same medium heat setting and stir-cook for a minute so that it all gets mixed up.1 Pound Ground Beef
- Season with salt, black pepper, and Italian seasoning. Use oregano if you can't get Italian seasoning.½ Teaspoon Salt, ¼ Teaspoon Black Pepper Ground, 2 Tablespoon Italian Seasoning
- Mix it all up and cook over a medium flame for a few more minutes until the beef isn't red anymore.
- Take the pan from the heat.
Assembling in the baking dish
- Preheat your oven to 320 Fahrenheit/160 Celsius.
- Spread whole peeled canned tomatoes in your rectangular baking dish. I like to just smash and break the tomato pieces with my spatula.1 Can Whole Peeled Tomatoes
- Pour in tomato sauce and season with salt and basil. Mix it up.1 Cup Tomato Sauce, ½ Teaspoon Salt, 1½ Tablespoon Basil
- Place cooked pasta into the casserole dish with the tomato. Also, add the ground-cooked beef mixture to the baking dish.
- Stir and mix the contents of the Johnny Marzetti so that the pasta is evenly coated with tomato and beef sauce.
- Top evenly with cheese.1 Cup Cheese
- Cover the baking dish with aluminum foil and bake covered first for 20 minutes at 320 degrees Fahrenheit/160 degrees Celsius.
- Take out and uncover the dish, take it back to the oven, and finish baking uncovered at 320 Fahrenheit/160 Celsius for another 10 minutes. I like to use the broiler function so that the cheese gets crunchy and the dish gets some color on top.
- Serve it up hot and enjoy.
Video
Johnny Marzetti - Ground Beef Noodle Casserole in tomato sauce. Italian-American family comfort dinner meal. If you like baked pasta with meat or American goulash, then this is all yours! www.MasalaHerb.com
Nutrition
Calories: 446kcal | Carbohydrates: 29g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 73mg | Sodium: 872mg | Potassium: 726mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 501IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Calcium: 217mg | Iron: 4mg
