BAKED SPAGHETTI – The Southern Girl Cooks

Baked Spaghetti is a household favourite! Scrumptious meat sauce, pasta and tacky goodness is an excellent mixture!

In case you love this scrumptious dish it is best to check out Stuffed Green Peppers. They’re one in all our hottest recipes and the meat combination they’re filled with is scrumptious.

❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS DELICIOUS DISH!

This dish mixture of pasta, meat sauce and cheese then baked collectively permits the flavors to essentially meld collectively and create an exquisite dish. This spaghetti is straightforward to make and it reheats very well. It’s also possible to be versatile with the meat sauce and add what you’re keen on.

This dish could be very handy as a result of it may be made upfront. You’ll be able to assemble the dish and bake it when prepared. It’s excellent for church gatherings, potlucks and even the vacations.

🍴KEY INGREDIENTS

SWAPS

In case you are on the lookout for a better protein decrease fats meal, you possibly can change it out with floor turkey or floor rooster. It’s also possible to add any greens you want and use totally different pasta, however that is the best way we get pleasure from this recipe.

🍽️HOW TO MAKE

This dish isn’t sophisticated to make; you can also make the pasta whilst you make the meat sauce.

PREPARATIONS

I like to chop up all my veggies and arrange my spices earlier than I get began.

COOKING STEPS

Step 1
Brown floor beef, inexperienced pepper, and onion in a big skillet on high of the range, drain. Add the oregano, black pepper, salt, minced garlic and Italian Spaghetti sauce to hamburger and stir to combine.

Step 2
Prepare dinner the spaghetti in accordance with bundle instructions, drain. Spray a 9 x 13 baking dish with cooking spray. Add the recent spaghetti and toss with the two tablespoons of butter and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese.

Step 3
Unfold spaghetti in backside of dish and canopy with whole container of cottage cheese or ricotta cheese. Unfold the hamburger combination over the cottage cheese. Prime with the opposite 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese and the two cups of mozzarella cheese.

Step 4
Bake in preheated 400 diploma oven coated for half-hour. Take away masking and cook dinner for 15 extra minutes.

Step 5
Let it relaxation a bit after which minimize and revel in!

⭐TIP

We cowl the baked spaghetti for the primary a part of cooking so the cheese doesn’t get overly brown. Then take away for the final half so it’s going to soften nicely and arrange a bit of.

RECIPE VARIATIONS

Cajun Baked Spaghetti
Mexican Baked Spaghetti
BBQ Baked Spaghetti

SERVE THIS WITH

These Garlic Herb Crescent rolls are only some components and tremendous simple to make! Add this simple Cucumber Tomato Salad for a fantastic meal.

❓FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

STORING AND REHEATING

Cowl with foil or in an air-tight container and retailer within the fridge. You’ll be able to freeze this dish. Let cooked baked spaghetti cool to room temperature, then divide into freezer containers and freeze. When thawing, let thaw in fridge over night time.

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SERVING SIZE

This recipe makes about 10 servings relying on the dimensions you narrow every portion. We like to make this for Sunday night time dinner after which get pleasure from it for a couple of days.

Baked Spaghetti

The Southern Girl Cooks

This baked spaghetti is the right consolation meals.

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Prepare dinner Time 45 minutes minutes

Complete Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes minutes

Course Principal Course

Delicacies Italian

• 1.5- 2 kilos floor beef
• 1 inexperienced pepper chopped
• 1 onion chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano or Italian seasoning
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1 24 ounce container Italian Spaghetti Sauce or pasta sauce of your selection
• 1 8 ounces of spaghetti
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup shredded Parmesan cheese divided
• 1 24 ounce container cottage cheese or ricotta cheese
• 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

• Brown floor beef, inexperienced pepper, and onion in a big skillet on high of the range, drain. Add the oregano, black pepper, salt, minced garlic and Italian Spaghetti sauce to hamburger and stir to combine.

• Prepare dinner the spaghetti in accordance with bundle instructions, drain. Spray a 9 x 13 baking dish with cooking spray. Add the recent spaghetti and toss with the two tablespoons of butter and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese. Unfold spaghetti in backside of dish and canopy with whole container of cottage cheese or ricotta cheese.

• Unfold the hamburger combination over the cottage cheese. Prime with the opposite 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese and the two cups of mozzarella cheese.

• Bake in preheated 400 diploma oven coated for half-hour. Take away masking and cook dinner for 15 extra minutes.

This makes about 10 to 12 servings and retains nice within the fridge for a number of days. It’s nice reheated within the range or microwave. You may additionally freeze a part of it or minimize the recipe in half.

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