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Simple Way to Make Super Quick Homemade Unstuffed Shells

Shawn Stanley   09/10/2020 09:16

Unstuffed Shells
Unstuffed Shells

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, unstuffed shells. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Unstuffed Shells is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Unstuffed Shells is something which I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have unstuffed shells using 14 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Unstuffed Shells:
  1. Prepare basic sized shell pasta
  2. Take olive oil
  3. Take yellow onion, diced
  4. Make ready garlic, minced
  5. Take ground beef (or turkey or sausage)
  6. Take unsalted crushed tomatoes
  7. Get unsalted diced tomatoes
  8. Make ready each dried basil, brown sugar
  9. Make ready salt, Italian seasoning
  10. Prepare each dried oregano, pepper
  11. Take heaping cups spinach, chopped
  12. Get ricotta cheese
  13. Take freshly shredded mozzarella cheese, divided
  14. Make ready freshly grated parmesan cheese
Steps to make Unstuffed Shells:
  1. Begin by cooking the shell pasta according to package directions. Then drain the shells, return them to the pot and set it aside. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a 9x13" baking pan with foil and grease it. Set this aside also.
  2. In a large skillet, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Once it's hot, add the onion and beef and cook, stirring often and breaking up the meat as it cooks, until it is no longer pink. Drain any excess fat out.
  3. Add the garlic to the cooked beef and cook for a minute or so, until fragrant. Then add the crushed tomato, diced tomato, brown sugar and all seasonings, along with the spinach. Once the spinach wilts, remove it from the heat.
  4. Pour the beef mixture into the pot with the drained shells. Add in the ricotta cheese and 1/2 cup of the mozzarella and stir it all together.
  5. Pour the shell mixture into the prepared baking pan. Sprinkle the remaining mozzarella and parmesan evenly over the top and cover with a piece of foil.
  6. Bake for 20 minutes, then remove the top foil and bake uncovered for 10 more minutes, until everything is heated through and the cheese is golden. Serve immediately and refrigerate any leftovers.

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