This Skillet Ziti recipe is my quick and easy one pan pasta creation! Whip it up in about 30 minutes and add a green salad and some crusty bread for a family friendly feast!
My one skillet baked Ziti is a meatless dish featuring a creamy tomato and parmesan sauce with a hint of spice. It is sure to leave your family asking for it again and again.
Here are more yummy skillet recipes! I love them because they are quick and easy meals!
What you will need to make This Ziti Recipe
To make this delicious tomato, cream, and parmesan based ziti recipe you will need:
- Olive oil
- Garlic cloves, minced
- Salt
- Red pepper flakes
- 2 – 14.5-ounce cans diced tomatoes with basil and oregano
- Water
- Uncooked ziti pasta
- Heavy cream, 1/2 cup
- Grated Parmesan cheese, 1/2 cup
- Grated mozzarella cheese
How to Make Quick and Easy Skillet Ziti
- To begin making this recipe you will sauté the garlic and red pepper flakes with the olive oil in an oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat for about 2 minutes to sweat out the flavors. Don’t let the garlic turn brown, doing so could make it taste bitter.
- The next step in the cooking process is to add the canned tomatoes, water, ziti, and salt and cook covered on medium-high heat for about 15-18 minutes or until the ziti is almost tender (aldonate). Cooking the ziti directly in the tomato mixture will allow the pasta to absorb all the delicious flavors from the garlic, red pepper flakes, and tomatoes.
- Then stir in the cream and parmesan cheese creating a creamy tomato-based sauce. Once you have the sauce mixed together add salt and pepper to taste.
- You can serve the pasta right out of the skillet sprinkling it with mozzarella cheese, but what makes this recipe even better is to bake it in the oven melting the mozzarella cheese on top of the ziti.
There’s nothing better than melted and slightly browned cheese on an oven-baked Italian dish. You are going to love this easy weeknight meal.
TIP: Want to add meat? Just brown one pound of ground beef or sausage, drain and continue on with the recipe.
SKILLET ZITI
Equipment
- Oven Proof Skillet
Ingredients
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- 6 garlic cloves minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- pinch of red pepper flakes
- 2 – 14.5- ounce cans diced tomatoes with basil and oregano
- 3 cups water
- 16 ounces uncooked ziti pasta
- ½ cup heavy cream
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup grated mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Saute oil, garlic, and red pepper flakes in a large oven-safe skillet over medium-high heat for about 2 minutes (do not brown garlic). Add canned tomatoes, water, ziti, and salt. Cover and cook over medium heat, stirring often (about every two minutes to keep the pasta from sticking to the bottom of the pan). Cook until ziti is almost tender about 15-18 minutes. Stir in cream, Parmesan. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add canned tomatoes, water, ziti, and salt.
- Cover and cook over medium heat, stirring often (about every two minutes to keep the pasta from sticking to the bottom of the pan).
- Cook until ziti is almost tender about 15-18 minutes. Stir in cream and Parmesan cheese.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Sprinkle mozzarella evenly over the pasta.
- Place skillet to oven and bake until cheese has melted and browned, about 10 minutes.
Notes
Nutrition
Here are more of my favorite One Pot Pasta Recipes!
- One-Pot Pepperoni Pasta -another favorite pasta dish
- Instant Pot Spaghetti– my family loves this one
- One-Pot Creamy Fettuccini Alfredo
- Skillet Lasagna
- One-Pot Beef Stroganoff
- Skillet Chili Mac-another tasty quick dinner
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VERY tasty and oh so easy! Perfect for an evening when you want something delicious & quick…and who doesn’t love pasta with cheese???
Made this last night and the whole family loved it, even my two picky children! Used my enamel coated cast iron skillet and worked perfectly. Looking forward to leftovers for lunch today! 🙂 Thanks for the recipe.
My husband has made this twice in the last week…so good!
Cat G…we set the oven to 350.
This is perfect for my dinner tonight. I have some leftover grilled chicken I’m going to cut up and stir in before it goes in the oven. Love your site! Thank you!
Drooling over here! This looks amazingly delicious and oh so simple!
This looks delicious! And I have everything on hand minus the ziti, but I do have other fun shaped pastas on hand. Thanks for the recipe.
We made this for dinner, and it was delicious! My husband said, “This is the best Italian dish we’ve made!”
That looks soooo good!
Just made this using leftover sweet pepper tomato sauce in place of the heavy cream. Still yummy!
Oven temperature?
This looks really good! TFS
I love all things garlic and ziti- cannot wait to try!
oh my goodness ~ that looks so yummy! Think I’m going to have to make it!
YUMMY!! This looks delicious and easy to make. Thanks very much for sharing this recipe.
Yummy!! I will be trying this one:)