Easy Italian Sausage and Rigatoni

Description

An easy-to-make weeknight dinner with minimal cooking. Just throw everything together and let your oven do the rest.

Ingredients

  • 1 (8 ounce) package rigatoni pasta
  • 1 pound bulk Italian sausage
  • ¼ cup diced onion
  • 4 cups spaghetti sauce
  • 2 cups cottage cheese
  • 2 cups mozzarella cheese, divided
  • ¼ cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 large eggs, beaten
  • 1 tablespoon dried parsley
  • ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • ½ teaspoon dried basil
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook rigatoni in the boiling water
  2. stirring occasionally until tender yet firm to the bite
  3. about 12 minutes. Drain and set aside.
  4. Meanwhile
  5. preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a large baking dish.
  6. Cook sausage and onion in a large skillet until meat is no longer pink and onions are translucent
  7. 5 to 7 minutes.
  8. Combine spaghetti sauce
  9. cottage cheese
  10. 1 cup mozzarella cheese
  11. Parmesan cheese
  12. eggs
  13. parsley
  14. Italian seasoning
  15. basil
  16. salt
  17. and pepper in a large bowl. Add sausage and onion mixture; stir until well combined. Add pasta and carefully mix until well incorporated. Transfer to the prepared baking dish and cover.
  18. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Remove from the oven
  19. top with remaining mozzarella
  20. and bake
  21. uncovered
  22. until cheese is melted
  23. about 15 minutes.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins

Servings: 6

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