Frozen Ravioli Lasagna

Baked frozen ravioli lasagna is the best family favorite comfort food dinner! NO need to defrost first, just layer with sauce and cheeses. Easier than How to Make Lasagna Step by Step with large floppy noodles boiled ahead of time.

Frozen ravioli bake is so good. I mean you can see the end result here which you may mistake for lasagna but SO much easier to make. NO boil required ahead of time which not only cuts down on the cooking time but less prep for a busy day too.

So this is a totally different texture than frozen ravioli in air fryer. Those babies turn out crispy and crunchy like a snack. With this creation they come out tender like lasagna noodles but filled with cheese or beef. Layer them with sauce and cheeses and you have yourself a sort of layered casserole.

I mean regular lasagna noodles are just BORING! You can use our own homemade sauce blend, or use a bottle of spaghetti sauce, whatever you have time for. This is the best way of how to cook frozen ravioli though into something more than just in sauce.

Ingredient Notes

You are going to want a large bag of frozen ravioli, the large ones, and they can be filled with ground beef like our Ravioli Casserole or cheese. Sometimes you can find vegetarian options with spinach, any will do.

Could you use frozen pierogis instead?

If you cannot find these there is one alternative that is very similar except the insides are filled with mashed potatoes which doesn’t go as well as with cheese or meat but yes frozen pierogis would work.

Should you thaw frozen ravioli before baking?

NO, don’t do that. The bake time accounts for the fact that they are frozen and need extra time to thaw out and then bake to warmed all the way thru to the middle of each of them so that is not necessary.

We love lots of cheese and a mix of mozzarella and cheddar is probably our favorite but really go with your favorites. For a bit of spicy you could use Jack.

To make it heartier I will add ground beef, a layer of it in between the others. It isn’t necessary but will feed more if you do add this. It needs to be precooked before adding. If you like spicy go for HOT Jimmy Dean ground sausage instead.

We used spaghetti sauce jarred but you could use a white more of an alfredo type sauce like we did with our vegetable lasagna with white sauce if you’d rather. My husband needs dairy free dishes so in our case I will make it with spaghetti style sauce, lactose free shredded cheese and beef filled noodles.

How do you make ravioli lasagna dairy free?

Ok so with all other family recipe ideas there are always alterations you can make, add to, or substitute into the mix if you like. Let’s talk about a few of them you can use if you prefer.

You could use parmesan cheese, or in addition to the other shreds. Dairy free cheese works as we have used it in our household, Daiya has great choices. Feel free to brown some meat and add that into the sauce or in another layer entirely.

Variations

For the easiest put together just use a jar of Ragu, but you could use our homemade sauce below or one of your own instead. As far as the stuffed noodles you can choose smaller or larger really. When you layer the ravioli you want it to cover from end to end if you can.

If yours are much smaller you could clearly need more than the 9 pieces you see here in each layer, so that is just an estimate as far as the 2 cups go. Cheese or meat filled work, either way.

Now we have made lazy lasagna casserole before using penne pasta. Instead you could use the small versions of raviolis or tortellinis instead to make it that way instead. The only real difference is the prep. Instead of layering everything is just kind’ thrown together, warmed, poured into a dish with cheese on top and baked. It’s more of a scoop out and serve dish.

How Long to Bake Lasagna with Frozen Ravioli

You will need about 10 minutes to brown your meat first, if adding that. Then when you layer all ingredients and cover dish with foil you will want to place the baking dish in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes. During the last 10 minutes I like to remove foil so top of cheese can brown the rest of the time.

Can you make this ahead of time?

If you wanted to prep ahead of time you could too. Just prep, cover with wrap, refrigerate for a few hours, then let sit on the counter for 20 minutes before you throw it into the oven. If you made the night before it would work, but the noodles will become rather soft so the texture may be off for you when baked.

How to save leftovers

You need to let this cool before covering and refrigerating. This is How long to cook frozen lasagna if you choose to save it this way depends on whether it’s in pieces or whole. When you heat it up again I would add moisture wit a bit of sauce.

FAQ

That is right. My kids figured this second goodie out when they were experimenting in the kitchen and threw them into our Cosori. Sprayed with olive oil and some garlic salt they cooked the insides (which are already precooked) and made the pasta crunchy! Follow our frozen ravioli in air fryer for that goodie bite too.