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Busy weeknights call for easy recipes like this One Pot Skillet Lasagna that is made with flavorful pasta sauce, a few seasonings, and of course ground sausage and pasta.
If you love a tasty pasta recipe, you will love this easy lasagna recipe since you can make everything in one pot and still get those delicious and classic lasagna flavors.
Make this easy skillet lasagna recipe any night of the week and you will have a magnificent dinner without all the work of a traditional lasagna recipe with this one-pot recipe.
Ingredients for One Pot Skillet Lasagna:
- Protein: use ground Italian sausage from the meat section
- Seasonings: be sure to have onion powder, garlic powder, Italian seasoning, kosher salt, and ground black pepper
- Sauce: use your favorite brand of marinara sauce
- Cooking liquid: you will need to use chicken broth with this skillet lasagna recipe to cook the noodles
- Tomatoes: use a can of diced tomatoes to add even more flavor to the pasta sauce
- Noodles: use regular lasagna noodles broken into bite-sized pieces
- Cheese: you will need a mixture of cottage cheese or ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, and mozzarella cheese
How to make One Pot Skillet Lasagna:
Add the sausage to a large deep skillet and cook through. Once cooked, remove any excess grease.
Stir in the seasonings. Add the marinara sauce, broth, diced tomatoes, and lasagna noodles, and bring to a simmer.
Cover and let simmer for 20 minutes, or until the noodles are cooked, stirring frequently so the noodles don’t stick. You might need to add more broth in if the liquid gets too low while simmering.
Add the ingredients for the cheesy mixture to a small bowl and stir well.
Once the noodles are tender, turn the heat off and stir in the cheesy mixture. Let the cheese melt and serve. Enjoy!
How to store leftovers pan skillet lasagna:
Fridge: Scoop and the leftover skillet lasagna into an airtight container and put it in the fridge and save it for up to 5 days.
Tips and tricks for making this simple skillet lasagna:
Meat to use:
I truly enjoy this recipe with ground sausage, but you could also use it with lean ground beef, ground chicken, or ground turkey for this Italian favorite dish.
Toppings for pan lasagna skillet:
Serve this simple recipe as is, or top it with some fresh basil, freshly grated parmesan cheese, or red pepper flakes for a little heat.
Type of noodles to use:
To keep to the more traditional side of this one pot lasagna I like to use uncooked lasagna noodles and break them up into bite sized pieces.
However, you can add whatever uncooked pasta you might have on hand into the pan.
Do the noodles need to be oven-ready?
Nope! When you add the chicken broth to this recipe you can use regular noodles without boiling noodles separately.
Side dish recipes to serve with pasta:
- Easy One Hour Dinner Rolls
- Garlic Pull Apart Rolls – Roll Dough Recipe
- Avocado Corn Salad
- Caprese Salad
One Pot Skillet Lasagna
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 lb Italian sausage
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
- salt to taste
- ground black pepper to taste
- 24 oz marinara sauce any brand
- 2 cups chicken broth plus extra if needed
- 14 oz diced tomatoes
- 3/4 lb lasagna noodles broken into bite-sized pieces
Cheesy Mixture
- 1/3 cup cottage cheese or ricotta cheese
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
- 1 cup mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Add the sausage to a large skillet and cook through. Once cooked, remove any excess grease.
- Stir in the seasonings. Add the marinara sauce, broth, diced tomatoes, and lasagna noodles, and bring to a simmer. Cover and let simmer for 20 minutes, or until the noodles are cooked, stirring frequently so the noodles don’t stick. You might need to add more broth in if the liquid gets too low while simmering.
- Add the ingredients for the cheesy mixture to a small bowl and stir well.
- Once the noodles are tender, turn the heat off and stir in the cheesy mixture. Let the cheese melt and serve. Enjoy!
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Wow so easy and very tasty!!! Thank you Julia!
This was a huge hit in our family! We used Jovial Gluten Free lasagna noodles and it was perfect.
This was a hit with the whole family. So much easier than making a whole pan of lasagna and great flavor. I used about half a lb of ground turkey and added zucchini and peppers. Thanks for the great recipe! Love your videos!
This was easy and delicious! Husband said this recipe is a keeper. Took longer than 20 minutes to make the noodles soft, though.
I made this lasagna in the instantpot! It was so delicious. Poured everything in the pot after I browned the sausage and pressure cooked on high for 6 minutes ☺️ Thank you so much for the recipe Julia!
We made this before-and are making it again as it’s so easy and delicious!
Cold Indiana night, here… made this skillet lasagna for the family and they just loved it! 5 stars! Thank you, Julia! ❤️😍❤️
Made this tonight and we loved it! Used bow tie pasta. All the best parts of lasagna without all the work!
I’ve been craving lasagna, but in the middle of moving, so Julia posted this video and so glad she did! Delicious! Wonderful and easy!