baked smoked sausage ziti

How To Make baked smoked sausage ziti

• 1

  Start by putting the ziti noodles to boil and drain.
• 2

  Slice smoked sausage into desired size pieces, the flatter and thinner the better and brown them in a skillet.
• 3

  Combine spaghetti sauce, mushrooms, garlic powder, onion powder, parsley flakes,and salt in a sauce pan and simmer for 5 minutes. (also add any other ingredients you like in your sauce, like peppers, at this time)
• 4

  Add browned smoked sausage to sauce and simmer an additional 5 minutes so that all ingredients flavors have time to combine.
• 5

  In a 9x9x2 glass baking dish start layering ingredients. First a small amount of spaghetti sauce on bottom of dish to keep noodles from sticking, then ziti noodles, then the rest of the spaghetti sauce, smother in the shredded cheddar cheese.
• 6

  Bake (uncovered) at 350 for 30 minutes or until cheese has began to bubble and turn golden brown.
• 7

  Remove from oven, let stand 5 minutes then serve.
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