Easy Skillet Lasagna ~ quick, 30 minute lasagna that cooks all in one skillet including the noodles! Ground beef, rich tomato sauce and three kinds of cheese. All the flavors of the classic recipe without the work!

There are meals I love that I just don’t make often because they’re labor intensive. Among them is lasagna with its tender noodles, rich meaty tomato sauce plenty of gooey cheese.

Enter: Easy Skillet Lasagna – way less time and every bit as delicious. A tasty way to satisfy your lasagna cravings without all the work.

This easy Skillet Lasagna comes together in 30 minutes making it just right for busy nights – or any night you don’t want to be in the kitchen for hours but still want a good comfort meal.

This recipe is a riff on classic lasagna but simpler to make with less time and even fewer pots and pans. If you’re lucky, you may even have a little leftover for lunch the next day.

It easily doubles for a bigger crowd and has plenty of variations I’ll tell you about below. It’s a take on my Slow Cooker Lasagna Soup – another simple comfort-food recipe that’s incredibly popular right now with the cooler temps settling in.

What’s in Easy Skillet Lasagna?

olive oil
ground beef
onion
grated garlic
dry Italian seasoning
jar marinara
canned diced tomatoes
box of oven-ready/no-boil lasagna sheet (you’ll only use half)
shredded mozzarella cheese
fresh Italian parsley

The topping:

ricotta cheese
parmesan cheese
parsley

How to make easy skillet lasagna:

In a small bowl, blend the ricotta, parmesan cheese, 2 tablespoons of parsley and a pinch of salt then refrigerate until the Skillet Lasagna is ready.

Add the olive oil to a large oven-safe skillet then crumble in the ground beef and season with salt and pepper. Add the chopped onions and grate in the garlic then cook until the beef is no longer pink.

Pour in the jar of marinara then add 1/2 cup of water to the marinara jar to get the last of it out, adding the water to the skillet. Fold in the can of diced tomatoes (and their juices) then stir to combine everything.

Break the lasagna sheets into pieces then add them to the sauce (only use 1/2 of the box of lasagna sheets). Cover and simmer over low heat stirring occasionally 10-14 minutes or until the noodles are tender.

Once the lasagna is finished cooking, blend half of the mozzarella cheese and the rest of the chopped parsley into the Skillet Lasagna.

Top with the remaining mozzarella cheese then transfer the skillet to the oven and broil 1-2 minutes or until the cheese is melted. Serve hot topped with a dollop of the ricotta blend – or – top each serving of Skillet Lasagna with a dollop of ricotta.

what to serve with easy skillet lasagna:

Bread always goes well with pasta and this focaccia bread is ready in under 30 minutes! It starts with refrigerated pizza dough and is light and airy topped with olive oil, fresh rosemary, a sprinkle of sea salt and parmesan cheese.

Variations to this recipe:

You can easily double this recipe to serve more.
Use ground turkey instead of ground beef.
Combine half ground beef and half Italian sausage.
Substitute leftover or rotisserie chicken for Chicken Lasagna.
Add sautéed mushrooms.
Wilt in a handful of fresh spinach.

Looking for other more ground beef recipes?

Salisbury Steak with rich mushroom gravy

Classic spicy Beef Chili

Cheeseburger Sliders with sautéed onions

Enjoy!

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