When the family is all there, you need good food… and good food fast. Let SOS Skillet Lasagna save the day! Loaded with your choice of ground turkey or beef, authentic Italian seasonings, and tangy sauce, this lifesaver of a dish uses egg noodles to speed up the process of ending your hunger dilemma. Sound the alarm and end the distress of what to fix. SOS Skillet Lasagna will be your white flag rescue that your crew will be scrambling for. Food crisis averted!
Ingredients
- 8 ounces ground turkey or lean ground beef
- 3/4 cup green, red, or yellow bell pepper, chopped
- 1/2 cup onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 (23.5-ounce) jar pasta sauce
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 3 cups long egg noodles
- 1/2 cup light ricotta cheese
- 2 tablespoons parmesan or Romano cheese, grated
- 1/2 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning, plus more, to taste
- 1/2 cup part-skim mozzarella cheese, shredded
Directions
Step 1 –Coat an extra-large nonstick skillet with cooking spray and place it over medium heat.
Step 2 –Add the ground turkey, the bell pepper, the onion, and the garlic and cook, while crumbling the meat, until the turkey is no longer pink, about 5-7 minutes.
Step 3 –Drain the excess grease and return the turkey mixture to the skillet.
Step 4 –Add the pasta sauce and the water to the meat mixture and bring to a boil, stirring frequently.
Step 5 –Add the mushrooms and the noodles to the sauce mixture and stir to separate the noodles. Return to a boil.
Step 6 –Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover the skillet, and gently boil the noodle mixture, stirring occasionally, until the noodles are tender, about 10 minutes.
Step 7 –In a medium bowl, add the ricotta cheese, the parmesan cheese, and 1/2 teaspoon of the Italian seasoning and stir to combine.
Step 8 –Drop about 9-10 small mounds of the ricotta cheese mixture on top of the noodle mixture.
Step 9 –Sprinkle each of the cheese mounds with the mozzarella cheese and the extra Italian seasoning.
Step 10 –Reduce the heat to low, cover the skillet, and cook until the cheese mounds are heated and the mozzarella has melted, about 4-5 minutes.
Step 11 –Serve.