This Easy One Pan Lasagna is a quick and easy skillet version of everyone's favorite dish. Made in just 30 minutes with Italian sausage, delicious sauce, lasagna noodles and topped with cheese!
Serve this lazy Lasagna on a busy weekday, with a side of Easy Garlic Bread of Garlic Butter Breadsticks made with crescent dough.
EASY ONE PAN LASAGNA
This one pan lasagna couldn't be easier to make. Thanks to oven-ready noodles, it really cooks fast. That's my secret to it's success! The sauce is a simple combination of crushed tomatoes, chicken or vegetable stock and Italian seasoning. The noodles will absorb as much liquid as they need and the rest will turn into a delicious tomato sauce. Use hot sausage for added kick to the dish or top with crushed red pepper flakes for the heat.
Quick and easy weeknight meal full of comfort goodness? Yes, please! I'll take a big plate of this lasagna after a busy day or even for a low-key weekend meal. This dinner is always a big success with my family!
How to Make Lazy Lasagna in One Pan?
- Start by sauteeing garlic and shredded carrot in a deep skillet.
- Add sausage and cook until done.
- Add chicken stock, crushed tomatoes and broken up lasagna noodles. Make sure no pieces of noodles are stuck to each other.
- Bring the mixture to boil. Stir well.
- Simmer, covered, for 15 minutes or so. Stir in spinach.
- When noodles are done, top the dish with mozzarella and spoonfuls of ricotta and Parmesan cheese mixture and cover with the lid. In just a few minutes, the cheese will melt into gooey deliciousness!
Note: The ricotta and Parmesan mixture is completely optional but highly recommended. In my opinion, there is no lasagna without ricotta!
Ingredients:
- Italian sausage
- oven-ready lasagna noodles
- crushed tomatoes
- chicken or vegetable stock
- olive oil
- garlic
- carrot
- mozzarella cheese
- ricotta cheese
- Parmesan cheese
- fresh baby spinach
- Italian seasoning
- crushed red pepper flakes (optional)
What to serve with lasagna?
The most common side to serve with lasagna is garlic bread or breadsticks. You can dip them in the tomato sauce to soak up every last bit of it.
Can I make this One Pan Lasagna Ahead of Time?
Yes, you can make this dish up to 2 days in advance. Keep it covered in the fridge, bring to room temperature. Bake in 350 degrees F oven until bubbly. Add cheese just before baking.
One Pan Lasagna Variations:
- vegetarian: add onions and mushrooms to make this dish meat-free.
- gluten-free: use GF lasagna noodles
- low-carb: skip noodles and use wide-cut zucchini strips
More Easy Pasta Recipes:
- Spinach and Ricotta Stuffed Pasta Shells
- One Pan Tortellini and Meatballs
- Instant Pot Baked Ziti
- Eggplant Lasagna
- Baked Gnocchi with Sausage
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Easy One Pan Lasagna
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 1 medium carrot shredded (or 5 baby carrots, shredded)
- 4 Italian sausage links casings removed
- 1 and 1/2 cups chicken or vegetable stock see note
- 1 and 1/2 cups crushed tomatoes
- 1 tsp Italian seasoning
- 12 oven-ready lasagna noodles
- 3/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup loosely packed baby spinach
Instructions
- Heat up oil in pan. Add garlic and shredded carrots. Saute until fragrant.
- Add sausage links. Cook, breaking it apart, until done.
- Add stock, crushed tomatoes, Italian seasoning and broken up lasagna noodles. Stir well. Bring mixture to boil. Lower heat to simmer, cover pan with lid and cook for about 15 minutes OR until the noodles are done. Stir few times.
- Add spinach, stir well. Top with shredded mozzarella cheese. Mix together ricotta and Parmesan cheese and drop spoonfuls on top of mozzarella. Cover dish and let stand until cheese is melted.
- Garnish with crushed red pepper flakes, more Parmesan, chopped parsley or basil and serve.
Notes
Nutrition
This post was originally published on March 3rd, 2017 and updated on May 28th, 2019.
Bri says
I did not love this recipe and just wanted to provide some feedback in case it might help anyone else. Once I put the pasta in, it kept sticking to the bottom of the pan. Also the amount of food it made was so much less than I thought! If you want to feed 5 or 6 people and maybe have leftovers I would double or triple this recipe.
Bri says
It also would have been so much easier to just use a box of some other type of pasta that you don't have to break up. Rotini or farfalle or penne would be great!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Any pasta works for sure. Thanks, Bri!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Hi Bri! If you make sure to stir well after adding the pasta, and make sure no pieces are stuck together, you should not have any problems. Also, as with any one-pot pasta dish, stirring often is helpful. Enjoy!
Jenny Ham says
I would make chili
Rajee says
I will make veggie pasta
Wendy says
The pans are beautiful!! Thank yo7 for the opportunity to win!! Either way, I will make this lasagna recipe. It looks delicious
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thank you so much, Wendy!
Brandon Sparks says
If I was lucky enough to win this pan the first thing I would make in it is lasagna.
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thanks so much, Brandon!
Blair says
Definitely making your lasagna if I win! Maybe also a chicken pot pie? Those tall sides would let you get so much filling in!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thank you, Blair! I make my Chicken Pot Pie Pasta in this pan too and it's perfect. 😀
Melissa Little says
If I win the first thing I am going to cook is your One Pan Lasagna! It looks so good and easy to make.
Kat says
Hmm, either this lasagna or Tuna Casserole.
Lauren Hall says
I have been dying to try a one pan Lasagna!!
Lauren says
Looks delish! Would love to get one of these pans to make it!
Becky says
I think Shepherd's pie would be great in this pan!
Cathy says
What an insanely delicious looking lasagna!!
Kimberly says
I wish that skillet were on my table right now - my stomach is growling just looking at it!
Ellie says
Besides lasagna I would use this for chicken enchilada casserole.
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Sounds fantastic! Thank you, Ellie!
Stephanie Phelps says
Oh I would love to make that lasagna but I would also make some enchiladas in it as well!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Fantastic idea, Stephanie! Thank you!
Maryanne says
I can't say no to lasagna! If I win this pan, I'm definitely making a batch of your lasagna!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Yay! Thanks, Maryanne!
Dorothy says
I would try this recipe! That pan looks great!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thanks, Dorothy!
Michelle says
I want to make your lasagna! Really, I could use this pan for so many things...I make lots of one pot chicken dishes and pastas!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Right? It's just so practical! 😀 Thanks, Michelle!
Stacey Roberson says
I would first make Creamy Au Gratin Potatoes.
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Delicious idea! Thank you, Stacey!
Carly Williams says
I will definitely make lasagna!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thank you, Carly!
Kayley says
I would try out some new vegan dishes.
Patrick says
This looks so good! Lasagna is definitely not lasagna without the ricotta!