This cheesy slow-cooker baked ziti recipe couldn't be any easier. Simply toss the ingredients into your slow cooker and sit back while it creates delicious, irresistible flavors.

Slow-Cooker Baked Ziti

container (15 ounces) whole-milk ricotta cheese

egg,

basil

red pepper flakes, optional

(24 ounces) meatless pasta sauce

ziti

water

mozzarella cheese

Parmesan cheese, optional

Layer the baked ziti in the slow cooker

In a small bowl, stir together the ricotta cheese, egg, basil and red pepper flakes (if using). Pour the pasta sauce into a 5-quart slow cooker. Evenly top the sauce with uncooked ziti, and pour water over the top. Drop heaping tablespoons of the ricotta cheese mixture over the pasta. Sprinkle the dish with mozzarella cheese.

Slow-cook on high

Cook, covered, on high until heated through and the pasta is tender, 2 hours to 2 hours and 30 minutes. Top the dish with fresh basil and, if desired, Parmesan cheese and additional red pepper flakes. Serve immediately.

This was SO easy and surprisingly delicious!  Great summer meal idea when you want baked ziti but don't want to turn the oven on.  This is a keeper!

A great, delicious recipe. Put it together, set the slow cook to delayed start, go play nine holes of golf, have a post round beer with the crew and get home to a ready meal. When my wife goes back for seconds I know it gets five stars. 

My input, use a good quality sauce, your fav sauce, you will not regret it.

This is a great recipe! I had my doubts that this would work, but it was great! Sometimes I add meat and mushrooms. Easy!

I made this for the first time today...it is quick to make, and absolutely delicious!

I didnt think this would work..i was afraid the pasta would be gummy and overcooked. its not!!! The only changes i made were no red pepper..i dont care for spicy. and i make my own sauce and freeze it, and it has meat...but still the same amount of sauce and all. it was wonderful and everyone raved about it!! its quick and easy and doesnt heat up the kitchen!! excellent recipe!!

I made this as an addition to our July 4 menu this year.  The only change I made was to use cottage cheese instead of ricotta, as that is what we prefer.  It turned out GREAT and was well received by all!  I have told several people about it.

I love this recipe.  My family does as well.  So easy to prepare especially if you use jar sauce.  I usually use one jar of store bought sauce then doctor that up with a large can of tomato sauce or puree, beginning with sauteing  onions and garlic, adding oregano.  Today I added fresh mushrooms and fresh spinach.  Delicious!  Add a salad and bread, yum!

This was very good. I did add a little extra water as others had mentioned. Other than that, made it exactly as written. It was so nice putting it all in the crockpot and then forgetting about it for 2 hours. So nice to not having to cook the pasta ahead of time. Just served it with a side salad and dinner was ready.

Yummy! So easy and fast…mine cooked in under 2 hours and the ziti was tender. I just thought that there wasn’t enough. Would it work if the recipe was doubled? Is that a stupid question?

I added Italian sausage and mushrooms on top of pasta and then added the mozzarella cheese

This was really easy to throw together. I followed the directions exactly and it came out great! The only thing is it ended up soaking up most of the sauce so I added a little to the top and served it that way.

After reading reviews I cut back on the ricotta, just used one cup. Also, others mentioned the dish needing more water, so I added a cup of wine - why not? Minor changes made perfect!

This was a very tasty dish. Although I would add more water , probably one cup next time. The pasta was very chewy.

Way too much ricotta and too little pasta and sauce. It was almost inedible.

slow-cooker baked ziti

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 2 hours

Total: 2 hours, 10 minutes

Servings: 6

Author : Ashia Aubourg

Ingredients

Instructions

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