beef stuffed shells

How To Make beef stuffed shells

• 1

  Brown ground meat, onion and garlic.
• 2

  Drain and cool.
• 3

  Cook shells in boiling water about 15 minutes, drain.
• 4

  Into meat mixture, stir in mozzarella cheese, bread crumbs, egg and seasonings.
• 5

  Spread 1/4 of the jar of sauce into a 13x9 baking dish.
• 6

  Stuff the shells with the meat mixture and place in dish on top of sauce.
• 7

  Pour remaining sauce over the stuffed shells and sprinkle with the parmesan cheese.
• 8

  Cover with foil and bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes.
• 9

  Freezing instructions: I have frozen this dish several times with success.
• 10

  Use the foil pans for this or put foil in your baking dish before the sauce and assembling shells.
• 11

  You can cook the shells then cool and freeze; thaw and reheat at 350 degrees until heated through.
• 12

  You can also freeze the stuffed shells before cooking, then thaw and cook as directed.
• 13

  The only thing I have noticed when freezing is that you may need to add more sauce over the top.
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