Question about making baked ziti

[Anonymous]

Pretty much any casserole dish like this you cook the meat first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would cook it, but I agree with PP that making meat sauce with some ground meet of some kind would be tastier. Or meatballs.

Thanks! Meat sauce sounds like a great idea - I will do that instead of adding chicken.

Wegman's has ground turkey sausage that I really like. Brown that and add it into your sauce.

[Anonymous]

This sounds kinda gross, TBH. If you want the protein to be chicken, I would just make a meat sauce with ground chicken.

[Anonymous]

Grilled chicken will be boring in baked ziti... use Italian chicken sausage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would cook it, but I agree with PP that making meat sauce with some ground meet of some kind would be tastier. Or meatballs.

Thanks! Meat sauce sounds like a great idea - I will do that instead of adding chicken.

Not OP, but oh goodness this looks good.

[Anonymous]

I make a baked chicken rigatoni that is a crowd favorite. Includes chunks of sautéed chicken (thighs or breasts), red and green sweet peppers, onions and garlic in a tomato sauce layered with rigatoni, mozzarella and bechamel. It’s my own take on “chicken doggies” from central NY state in a baked version. I use sweet peppers instead of hot but you could do hot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I make a baked chicken rigatoni that is a crowd favorite. Includes chunks of sautéed chicken (thighs or breasts), red and green sweet peppers, onions and garlic in a tomato sauce layered with rigatoni, mozzarella and bechamel. It’s my own take on “chicken doggies” from central NY state in a baked version. I use sweet peppers instead of hot but you could do hot.

Sorry….Chicken Riggies.

[Anonymous]

https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chicken-riggies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would cook it, but I agree with PP that making meat sauce with some ground meet of some kind would be tastier. Or meatballs.

Ziti with meatballs is pretty traditional.