Slow Cooker Ravioli Casserole
This can be made from ground beef, pork, or chicken. Sounds good, but being a cheese dish, this is not a cheap meal but does sound very good indeed. Link to the shortcut is listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Equipment
- Slow Cooker
Ingredients
- 750 grams ground beef, or minced pork ground chicken, (1½ lb)
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 clove garlic, smashed and minced
- 1¾ cups tomato sauce, Shortcut
- 1 can whole peeled tomatoes, slightly chopped
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, Shortcut
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 300 grams spinach, frozen, thawed and drained, or fresh (10 oz)
- 500 grams bowtie pasta, or any bitesize pasta, (8 oz)
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese, grated
- 1½ cups Mozzarella Cheese, shredded
Instructions
- Brown ground meat in a non stick pan along with the onion and garlic, when browned (not needed to be cooked through) pour into your slow cooker, and add tomato sauce, chopped tomatoes with juice, and seasonings. Cover and cook on Low setting for 5 hours.
- Add the pasta, spinach, and cheeses and mix well, top with an additional ½ cup of Mozzarella to melt onto the top, cover cook on High setting for another 30 minutes, serve.
Notes
750 grams of beef would be about 125 to 150 Baht, pork would be about 80 Baht, chicken would be less. Cheese, however, is the major cost. Figure about 140 Baht for Parmesan, and about 180 Baht for the Mozzarella. This comes out to about (using beef), for 6 servings, to about $2.45 per serving, pork would be about $1.97 per serving. Chicken would be less. Over all, not bad, chicken would be a good choice when friends or family visits.
Shortcut: Tomato Sauce.
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