Baked Sausage Manicotti – Plain Chicken

Baked Sausage Manicotti – Plain Chicken

Baked Sausage Manicotti – comes together in a snap and tastes as good as any restaurant! This recipe is made with uncooked manicotti noodles and uncooked Italian sausage. Sounds crazy, but it tastes amazing! Ready to eat in about an hour. Manicotti shells, cottage cheese, Italian sausage, garlic powder, oregano, spaghetti sauce, mozzarella, and parmesan cheese. Serve with some garlic bread and a salad for a meal the whole family will enjoy!

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Easy Baked Manicotti

This Baked Sausage Manicotti is a new favorite! It is super easy to make with almost no prep time. This recipe uses uncooked manicotti pasta and uncooked sausage. I know it sounds crazy, but it absolutely works! I made this for a family dinner a few weeks ago and it was gone in a flash. Everyone loved it! I should have made two pans so we had some leftovers! Whip up some garlic bread and a green salad and you have a meal better than any restaurant!

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How to Make No-Boil Sausage Manicotti

This recipe is effortless to make with simple ingredients and almost no prep time. Spread a little marinara sauce in the bottom of a casserole dish. Set aside. Add cottage cheese, Italian sausage, oregano, and garlic powder to a large bowl. Stir to combine. Season with salt and black pepper. 

Place the sausage mixture into a piping bag and stuff it into uncooked manicotti shells. Place stuffed manicotti into the baking dish. Top with remaining marinara sauce.  Bake in a preheated oven until the pasta is tender. Sprinkle the casserole dish with shredded mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese. Bake an additional 5 minutes, until the cheese has melted. Garnish the pasta with parsley or basil.

Helpful Tips & Frequently Asked Questions

  • Do NOT boil the manicotti noodles or cook the Italian Sausage.
    • You are going to mix the raw sausage with the cheese mixture. It bakes along with the pasta.
  • If you don’t have a piping bag, you can use a ziplock bag and cut the tip off of a corner. You can also just spoon the filling into the pasta shells.
  • Is Sausage Manicotti greasy? No. This baked pasta is not greasy.
    • Can substitute turkey sauce for a lower-calorie dish.
  • Can add spinach, mushrooms, and fresh herbs to the cheese mixture.
  • My favorite jars of store-bought spaghetti sauces are Trader Joe’s Roasted Garlic Marinara (green label), Rao’s, Carbone, and La Famiglia DelGrosso.
  • Can I use ricotta cheese? I haven’t made this recipe with ricotta, so I can not say with certainty how it turns out. My guess is that it would be fine.
  • Can I freeze manicotti? Yes. Cover the casserole dish with plastic wrap and aluminum foil and freeze. 
    • When ready to bake, thaw the pan in the refrigerator and bake as directed.
  • Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
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What to Serve with Baked Stuffed Manicotti

This has quickly become our go-to manicotti recipe! It is so simple to make and tastes great! We like to serve this with a salad and some garlic bread. It is equally delicious with some vegetables – Baked Parmesan Squash or our Italian Green Bean Salad go great with this pasta recipe! Add this easy recipe to your menu the next time you need a meal the whole family will enjoy!

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Baked Sausage Manicotti

Yield: 6 people

Prep Time 10 mins

Cook Time 55 mins

Total Time 1 hr 5 mins

Baked Sausage Manicotti – comes together in a snap and tastes as good as any restaurant! This recipe is made with uncooked manicotti noodles and uncooked Italian sausage. Sounds crazy, but it tastes amazing! Ready to eat in about an hour. Manicotti shells, cottage cheese, Italian sausage, garlic powder, oregano, spaghetti sauce, mozzarella, and parmesan cheese. Serve with some garlic bread and a salad for a meal the whole family will enjoy!

  • 1 (8-oz) box manicotti shells
  • 2 cups cottage cheese
  • 1- lb italian sausage
  • ¼ tsp oregano
  • ¼ tsp garlic powder
  • 1 (24-oz) jar spaghetti sauce
  • 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
  • ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
  • Preheat oven to 350ºF. Spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.

  • Spread ½ cup spaghetti sauce in the bottom of the baking dish. Set aside.

  • In a large bowl, combine cottage cheese, uncooked Italian sausage, oregano, and garlic powder.

  • Spoon cheese mixture into a piping bag or ziplock bag. Stuff into uncooked manicoti shells.

  • Place stuffed shells into the baking dish. Top with remaining spaghetti sauce.

  • Bake uncovered for 50 – 55 minutes.

  • Sprinkle casserole with mozzarella and parmesan cheese. Bake an additional 5 minutes, until the cheese is melted.

  • Do NOT boil the manicotti noodles or cook the Italian Sausage.
    • You are going to mix the raw sausage with the cheese mixture. It bakes along with the pasta.
  • If you don’t have a piping bag, you can use a ziplock bag and cut the tip off of a corner. You can also just spoon the filling into the pasta shells.
  • Is Sausage Manicotti greasy? No. This baked pasta is not greasy.
    • Can substitute turkey sauce for a lower-calorie dish.
  • Can add spinach, mushrooms, and fresh herbs to the cheese mixture.
  • My favorite jars of store-bought spaghetti sauces are Trader Joe’s Roasted Garlic Marinara (green label), Rao’s, Carbone, and La Famiglia DelGrosso.
  • Can I use ricotta cheese? I haven’t made this recipe with ricotta, so I can not say with certainty how it turns out. My guess is that it would be fine.
  • Can I freeze manicotti? Yes. Cover the casserole dish with plastic wrap and aluminum foil and freeze. 
    • When ready to bake, thaw the pan in the refrigerator and bake as directed.
  • Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

Steph

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