PINOY LASAGNA

INGREDIENTS 

• 250 gram of Lasagna Sheet
• 500 gram of Ground Beef
• 250 gram of chopped hot dog
• 1.5 cup of Grated Cheddar Cheese
• 1.5 cup of grated Mozzarella Cheese
• Chopped Onion
• Chopped Garlic
• 1 cup Tomato Ketchup
• 1 cup Filipino Sweet Pasta Sauce or Tomato Sauce
• 3 tablespoon Vegetable Cooking Oil
• 1 tablespoon Oyster Sauce
• 1 Tablespoon Brown Sugar
• Salt and Black Pepper for Taste

Ingredients of Bechamel Sauce

• 1 tablespoon of unsalted butter
• 1.5 cup of low fat milk
• 3 tablespoon of grated cheddar cheese

INSTRUCTIONS 

Cooking the Red Meat Sauce

1. Turn on the fire in medium heat and add vegetable cooking oil in a large pot.
2. Once the oil is hot, add chopped onion and then garlic. Stir for few minutes till it is almost cook
3. Add a chopped hot dog and give a quick stir for a few minutes.
4. Once the hot dogs look cooked, add ground beef and stir to mix.
5. Cover with the lid and let it simmer for few minutes till the juices of the ground beef fully evaporate.
6. Add the tomato ketchup, Filipino pasta sauce, and oyster sauce and stir to mix.
7. Lower the fire to low heat, and let it simmer for 5 minutes. Add ½ cup of water if the sauce looks thick.
8. Season with salt and black pepper for a taste before turning off the fire

Cooking the Bechamel Sauce

1. Add unsalted butter in the separate pan.
2. Once the butter fully melted, add milk followed by cheese.
3. Slowly stir the white sauce for 1 to 2 minutes or until the cheese is fully melted.

Boiling the Lasagna Sheet

1. In a separate pot, fill it up with water and add salt and 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil.
2. When the water started to boil, add the lasagna sheet and slowly stir till the sheet is fully soaked in the water.
3. Lower the fire and let it cook for 6 minutes or based on the instruction mentioned in the item
4. Turn off the heat, and transfer the lasagna sheet into the colander to drain the water.
5. After that, rinse or soaked it in cold water to prevent sticking with each other.

Assembling and Baking the Lasagna

1. For the first layer, spread first with red sauce, followed by the lasagna sheet and then the white béchamel sauce in a lasagna sheet
2. For the second and third layer, repeat the process until you fill-up the pan.
3. Add the red meat sauce above the layer of the lasagna sheet and then topped it with cheddar and mozzarella cheese.
4. Preheat the oven in 190 C or 375 F. While waiting for it to become hot, cover the pan with foil
5. Once the oven is hot, transfer the pan there and let it baked for 30 minutes.
6. Once done, remove the foil and bake for another 10 minutes to let the cheese fully melted.
7. Remove from the oven, and let it cool down before serving. Bon Appetite!