How to Make Yummy No Boil Baked Pasta

No Boil Baked Pasta. Uncooked Pasta Baked Macaroni And Cheese Recipes. The pasta bake is going to come out seeming liquidy. This pasta bake is done in one pan and doesn't require you to even boil the pasta first.

How to Bake Pasta Without Boiling it First. When the weather outside is frightful, nothing is more delightful than a large amount of tomato-y, cheesy, baked pasta. You may think that this requires dirtying many dishes—a pot for boiling, a pot for making sauce, and then a baking. You can have No Boil Baked Pasta using 12 ingredients and 12 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of No Boil Baked Pasta

1. 🢂 1/2 pounds of dry pasta.
2. 🢂 of Sauce.
3. 🢂 1 1/2 cups of tomato sauce.
4. 🢂 1 1/2 cups of broth or water.
5. 🢂 3 oz. of Block of cream cheese (nice but optional).
6. 🢂 1-2 cloves of garlic (or powder).
7. 🢂 1 of salt to taste.
8. 🢂 1 of pepper to taste.
9. 🢂 1 of hot sauce to taste.
10. 🢂 1 tsp of Italian seasoning (optional).
11. 🢂 of Topping.
12. 🢂 1 1/2 cups of grated cheese.

You can't even boil a pot of water in that amount of time, but pasta is still your friend! It will take you five minutes to prep for the oven — no, I'm not exaggerating. Now that we got that out of the way, let's talk about this no-boil caprese pasta bake. It's hard to overstate how liberating no-boil pasta recipes can be on busy nights when you just can't handle the idea of toiling over a hot stove.

step by step No Boil Baked Pasta

1. Preheat oven to 425F.
2. Spray 8X8 baking pan, break long noodles in half if you need to, to make then fit inside your pan, place pasta in pan..
3. Warm cream cheese, i just microwave it for like 30 seconds. Then I cube it..
4. Mix all sauce ingredients in a bowl. Mince garlic if using fresh. Try to break up and mix the cream cheese in as best as you can..
5. Pour sauce over pasta, mix.
6. Cover with foil, bake 30 minutes.
7. Uncover, I like to stir it, just to break up any sticking to each other noodles, and mix in any liquid hanging out at the sides..
8. Put about a cup of shredded cheese of your choice on top, place back in oven, uncovered, to just melt the cheese, not going for browned at this point..
9. Remove from oven (but it's going back in).
10. Stir the melted cheese into the pasta, that's the goal here..
11. Add the rest of the cheese on top, place back in oven, uncovered, until melted and browned to your liking, about 13 minutes for me with this cheese..
12. Let sit for 2-5 minutes to solidify, than serve..

This no-boil pasta bake is the perfect weeknight dinner! Simply mix uncooked pasta, sauce, Italian sausage, and spinach together, then bake for a cozy, comforting dinner. No-boil pasta bakes are kind of a thing these days. After developing this recipe, I understand why. Cutting out the cooking of the pasta and just letting it.