Easy Sausage Manicotti

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 lb. mild Italian pork sausage

  crumbled
• 15 oz. container ricotta cheese
• 8 oz. box uncooked manicotti shells
• 1 tbsp. Italian seasoning

  divided use
• 24 oz. jar spaghetti sauce

  any variety
• 1 cup mozzarella cheese

  shredded (4-oz.)

Instructions

• 1 Crumble sausage into a large skillet.
• 2 Fry over medium heat until sausage is no longer pink.
• 3 Use a hamburger chopper to break meat down in small pieces while frying.
• 4 Remove cooked sausage to a paper towel-lined plate to drain for a few minutes.
• 5 Pat sausage dry with paper towels to remove all grease.
• 6 Combine cooked sausage, ricotta cheese and 1 ½ tsp. Italian seasoning in a
  mixing bowl.
• 7 Stuff dry manicotti shells with sausage mixture.
• 8 Spoon ½ cup spaghetti sauce into the bottom of a 9x13” glass baking dish.
• 9 Place manicotti shells in single layer in baking dish.
• 10 Pour remaining sauce over top of shells.
• 11 Sprinkle remaining Italian seasoning evenly over top of manicotti.
• 12 Cover dish with foil.
• 13 Bake at 350° for 45-55 minutes or until manicotti is soft and can be pierced
  with a fork.
• 14 Uncover; sprinkle mozzarella cheese over top of shells.
• 15 Bake an additional 10 minutes, or until cheese is melted.
• 16 Yield: 14 manicotti or 7 servings.

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