Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, baked spaghetti casserole. One of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
This baked spaghetti casserole has layers of pasta, cottage cheese, spaghetti sauce, and mozzarella cheese. In large skillet, brown ground beef. In large pot cook pasta to al dente'.
Baked Spaghetti Casserole is one of the most well liked of current trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Baked Spaghetti Casserole is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have baked spaghetti casserole using 18 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Baked Spaghetti Casserole:
- Take Meat Sauce:
- Prepare 1 tbsp. olive oil
- Make ready 1 lb. ground beef
- Make ready 1/2 yellow onion, diced
- Make ready 3 cloves garlic, minced
- Make ready 1 can (28 oz.) no salt added crushed tomatoes
- Take 1 tsp. each brown sugar. dried basil
- Take 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/4 tsp. pepper
- Make ready Pasta & Cheesy Layers:
- Take 1 box (16 oz.) thin spaghetti pasta
- Get 2 large eggs
- Prepare 1/3 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- Prepare 5 tbsp. salted butter, melted
- Make ready 2 cups ricotta cheese
- Take 2 cups freshly shredded mozzarella cheese
- Prepare 1 cup freshly shredded white cheddar
- Take 1/2 cup freshly shredded parmesan cheese
Add to the spaghetti sauce mixture. Add the spaghetti; toss to coat. Baked Spaghetti Casserole is easy to make, simply prepare the meat sauce, toss with spaghetti and bake until bubbly. The prep can be done then night before and then baked before serving making this baked spaghetti the perfect potluck dish!
Instructions to make Baked Spaghetti Casserole:
- Heat the oil in a large, deep skillet over medium heat. Once it's hot, add the beef and cook, breaking it up, until it's browned throughout. Then drain any excess grease and add the onion to the skillet. Once the onion softens up, add the garlic and cook another minute or so, until fragrant. Stir in the crushed tomatoes, brown sugar, basil, salt and pepper, then lower the heat and let it simmer while you start cooking the pasta.
- Preheat the oven to 375°F. Grease a 9x13" baking pan and set it aside. Cook the spaghetti until al dente in a large pot of salted water. When it's ready, drain it and return it to the pot. In a small bowl, beat the eggs, melted butter and grated parmesan cheese together. Then pour it over the drained pasta and toss to fully coat. Place the shredded mozzarella, parmesan and white cheddar in a bowl and toss together to integrate it all together.
- Place half of the pasta into the prepared pan, then top with half of the ricotta and half of the meat sauce. Sprinkle half of the shredded cheese blend over that, then repeat the layers with the rest. Make sure to completely cover the pasta with the top layer of sauce. Cover the pan with foil and bake for 40 minutes. Then remove the foil, and bake another 15-20 minutes, until the cheese has started to brown. Let it cool for 10 or so minutes, then slice into squares and serve.
Add veggies and tomato sauce and simmer. Remove from heat, and stir in the pasta sauce and cream. Then add the mozzarella cheese in an even layer over top. Cook spaghetti according to package directions for al dente. Trisha's quick Baked Spaghetti Casserole makes a great busy-weeknight meal.
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