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Buffalo Wing Lasagna

Buffalo Wing Style Ground Beef Lasagna by Virginia Sweet Pea

I’m always on the lookout for a new recipe to try.  A friend at school had a copy of Taste of Home magazine and recommended that I try Buffalo Chicken Lasagna.  It looked delicious, but I changed the recipe a bit to suit my personal taste.

The original recipe calls for ground chicken and since I have a freezer full of local beef, I decided to try the recipe with beef instead of using ground chicken.  I also increased the amount of carrot and celery included in the original recipe.  We really enjoyed my version and I’ll bet that the original version is good, too.

Note the  chunks of celery and slivers of carrots mixed in with the ground beef.

Buffalo Wing Style Ground Beef Mixture

My version of the recipe goes together very quickly.  The TOH version requires cooking the sauce for one hour prior to assembling the lasagna.  I did not find this to be necessary.  I also saved time in my version by using no cook noodles.

The lasagna has three layers of sauce, noodles, a ricotta mixture, cheddar cheese, blue cheese, and mozzarella cheese.

Buffalo Wing Style Lasagna before baking

 

After baking 20 minutes covered, it bakes 25 minutes uncovered and then sits for 10 minutes.  When it came out of the oven I could hardly wait to try it.

Buffalo Wing Style Lasagna Cheese

Yield: 12

Buffalo Wing Lasagna

Buffalo Wing Lasagna

Ingredients

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 3 celery ribs, finely chopped
  • 2 large carrots, grated
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 (14.5 oz) can diced tomatoes
  • 1 (12 oz) bottle buffalo wing sauce
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 9 no-cook lasagna noodles
  • 1 carton (15 oz) ricotta cheese
  • 1 3/4 cups crumbled blue cheese
  • 2 T parsley
  • 1 egg
  • 3 cups shredded mozarella
  • 2 cups shredded white cheddar

Instructions

  • Cook ground beef, onion, carrot, and garlic until meat in no longer pink and veggies are tender. Stir in tomatoes, wing sauce, water, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Bring to a boil and then turn off the heat.
  • In a bowl, mix ricotta, 3/4 cup blue cheese, parsley, and egg.
  • Spread 1 1/2 cups sauce into a greased 13 x 9" baking dish. Lyer with three noodles, 1 1/2 cups sauce, 2/3 cup ricotta mixture, 1 cup mozarrella cheese, 2/3 cup cheddar cheese and 1/3 cup blue cheese. Repeat layers twice.
  • Bake, covered at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Uncover; bake 20 - 25 minutes longer or until bubbly and cheese is melted. Let stand for 10 minutes before serving.
    • © Adapted from Taste of Home Magazine

     

    If you are looking for a hearty and different recipe, give this lasagna a try.  It won’t be the last time that I make it!

    Buffalo Wing Style Ground Beef Lasagna

     

    8 Comments

    6. Whaaaattt??? Wow – this recipe rocks Paula!! And so do you 😉 Thanks for sharing – definitely pinning this and making this recipe this week! My boys will love this!

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    8. This sounds really good! I really LOVE the idea of including blue cheese! I’m going to try this! We have a lot in common, I’m a 4th grade teacher, and spend time at the gym. Hopefully someday I will end up falling in love with it like you. Going to check out your workout section. I am currently circuit training and I like it. Glad you found me so I found you!

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