| Preparation time | 30 min |
| Cooking Time | 50 min |
| Ready In | 1 h 30 min |
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
| Servings | 4 |
This recipe typically uses a tomato-based sauce and layers of noodles, cheese, and chouriço sausage.
To make Portuguese style chouriço lasagna, you will need to start by cooking the chouriço sausage until it is browned and crisp. Then, you can prepare the tomato sauce by sautéing onions and garlic in olive oil, adding canned tomatoes and herbs, and letting the mixture simmer for a while.
Next, you can assemble the lasagna by layering cooked lasagna noodles, tomato sauce, chouriço sausage, and shredded cheese. You can repeat this process until you have used up all of your ingredients, then bake the lasagna in the oven until it is heated through and the cheese is melted and bubbly.
The resulting dish is a savory and satisfying meal that is perfect for a cozy family dinner or a gathering with friends. It goes great with a glass of red wine and a side salad.
Ingredients
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375°F. Lasagna noodles should be cooked per the directions on the package, drained, and then left aside.
- Over medium heat, cook ground beef in a big skillet. Drain any excess fat.
- Add sliced chouriço to the skillet and cook until browned, about 5 minutes. Remove from skillet and set aside.
- In the same skillet, sauté onion and garlic until translucent, about 5 minutes.
- Add crushed tomatoes, paprika, oregano, basil, salt, black pepper, and red pepper flakes.Cook for 10 to 15 minutes after bringing to a simmer.
- Ricotta cheese and Parmesan cheese should be combined.
- To assemble the lasagna, cover the bottom of a 9x13-inch baking dish with a thin layer of tomato sauce.
- Arrange 3 lasagna noodles on top of the sauce, followed by 1/3 of the meat mixture and 1/3 of the cheese mixture.
- Repeat layers of sauce, noodles, meat mixture, and cheese mixture, ending with a layer of mozzarella cheese on top.
- Bake for 25 minutes while while covered with foil.
- Remove foil and bake for an additional 25 minutes or until cheese is golden brown and bubbly.
- Let cool for 10 minutes before serving.
