# Cheesy Baked Rigatoni

Cheesy Baked Rigatoni is an easy pasta dish the whole family loves!

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 16 oz rigatoni pasta
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 onion
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 0.25 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tbsp minced garlic
- 2 jars marinara
- 0.5 cup heavy cream
- 1.5 cups ricotta cheese
- 8 oz shredded mozzarella cheese
- dried parsley
- Parmesan cheese

## Instructions

1. Heat your pan over medium heat and drop in a pound of ground beef with a diced onion along with the seasonings.
2. Drop 16 ounces of rigatoni in to some boiling water, or you could use penne, or whatever pasta you got on hand.
3. Add busy people garlic and 2 24 ounce jars of marinara.
4. Flip that heat all the way down to low and pour in 1/2 cup heavy cream and let it hang out until the pasta finishes up.
5. Grab a big baking dish and pour in half your rigatoni, along with half of your meat sauce.
6. Mix that together and then dollop in about 12 ounces ricotta.
7. Add on the rest of your pasta along with the rest of that meat sauce, and then sprinkle one more cup of mozzarella over the top.
8. Put it into a 375 degree oven for about 30 minutes.
9. For the last couple minutes, play my favorite game of will the broiler burn it or brown it.
10. Once it's golden and bubbly, you can just pull it out and top with some parmesan cheese and you've got dinner ready for the next two nights.

## Equipment

- pan
- pot
- baking dish
- oven

## Tips

- Penne or ziti would also work for this recipe.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTjHcQ6JU/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/f146da88-7f05-4d8e-aae8-799597260f3d
- Extracted: 2025-05-24

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