Baked Spaghetti Casserole
Baked Spaghetti Casserole

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, baked spaghetti casserole. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Baked Spaghetti Casserole is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look fantastic. Baked Spaghetti Casserole is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

This baked spaghetti casserole has layers of pasta, cottage cheese, spaghetti sauce, and Nutritional Information. Why make baked spaghetti instead of regular ol' spaghetti with meat sauce ? Toss with spaghetti, then transfer to baking dish and top with mozzarella and Parmesan.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have baked spaghetti casserole using 18 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Spaghetti Casserole:
  1. Make ready Meat Sauce:
  2. Make ready 1 tbsp. olive oil
  3. Make ready 1 lb. ground beef
  4. Get 1/2 yellow onion, diced
  5. Take 3 cloves garlic, minced
  6. Prepare 1 can (28 oz.) no salt added crushed tomatoes
  7. Prepare 1 tsp. each brown sugar. dried basil
  8. Take 1/2 tsp salt
  9. Take 1/4 tsp. pepper
  10. Take Pasta & Cheesy Layers:
  11. Prepare 1 box (16 oz.) thin spaghetti pasta
  12. Take 2 large eggs
  13. Take 1/3 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
  14. Make ready 5 tbsp. salted butter, melted
  15. Get 2 cups ricotta cheese
  16. Take 2 cups freshly shredded mozzarella cheese
  17. Get 1 cup freshly shredded white cheddar
  18. Prepare 1/2 cup freshly shredded parmesan cheese

This Baked Spaghetti Casserole is the way comfort food should be. It's hearty and rich but you won't feel lethargic after. Or maybe you will if you eat the whole pan. Baked Spaghetti Casserole - a simple weeknight dinner, all the classic Italian flavors we love.

Steps to make Baked Spaghetti Casserole:
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

Easy to put together and always a crowd favorite. Learn how to make Baked Spaghetti Casserole. Easy Baked Spaghetti Casserole with a meaty sauce layered between spaghetti and cheese….like a spaghetti Lasagna only easier to make! This delicious casserole feeds a crowd and then some. I have been making Baked Spaghetti Casserole for years, each time playing with the recipe until it has become absolutely PERFECT!

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