Recipe: Yummy Baked Spaghetti

Baked Spaghetti. A comforting baked spaghetti casserole with plenty of melted cheese is the perfect dish for potlucks, family gatherings, or a week-night dinner. This baked spaghetti casserole recipe is a quick and easy version of the classic pasta dinner made with beef, red sauce, and thin spaghetti noodles. Let your oven do all the work with Trisha Yearwood's Baked Spaghetti for Food Network.

Here are some cheesy and easy baked spaghetti recipes to get you started. In a large skillet, cook the bacon until slightly crisp. Toss with spaghetti, then transfer to baking dish and top with mozzarella and Parmesan. You can cook Baked Spaghetti using 14 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Baked Spaghetti

1. It's of Spaghetti or Angel Hair pasta.
2. You need 1 lb of ground beef or turkey.
3. It's 1 of onion.
4. It's 1-2 of tomatoes.
5. You need 1 can of pasta sauce.
6. Prepare 1 block of cream cheese.
7. Prepare 1 package of mozzarella cheese.
8. It's of Seasonings for meat/sauce.
9. You need of Oregano.
10. You need of Garlic salt or garlic powder.
11. You need of Basil.
12. It's of Salt.
13. You need of Pepper.
14. You need of Cinnamon.

This baked spaghetti will keep in the fridge for at least five days. For more information on reheating this casserole, see the freezing and reheating instructions in our Lasagna recipe. Angel hair pasta baked with homemade sauce and cheese. In a stockpot, combine the tomatoes, tomato sauce, water, onions, peppers, garlic, parsley, seasoning mixtures, sugar and bay leaves.

Baked Spaghetti step by step

1. Dice onion. Oil skillet and cook onion on medium until nicely browned..
2. Add ground beef and seasonings to skillet and increase heat to medium high. Cook until meat is browned..
3. Add diced tomato and pasta sauce to skillet, add seasonings, and reduce heat to low/simmer. Stir occasionally. At this time, start boiling pasta water with a little bit of oil and salt..
4. Once water is boiling, add pasta, and cook until done. Drain pasta, leaving some of the pasta water behind. Return pasta to stove with burner on low..
5. Season pasta and add in block of cream cheese. Stir until well mixed without lumps, add more water if needed. Preheat oven to 400 degrees..
6. Grease baking dish with oil or cooking spray and begin layers of sauce and pasta, and then add cheese on top. Cover dish with lid or foil..
7. Bake for 20-30 minutes or until cheese on top is browned/melted..

A quick zesty meat sauce is combined with tomatoes and spaghetti and topped with cheese. This spaghetti casserole is baked in the oven until hot and bubbly. Just like stuffed shells, this easy recipe is perfect served with crusty bread, homemade Garlic Butter and a Caesar Salad. Easy Baked Spaghetti Every time that I make this cheesy baked spaghetti, I get requests for the recipe. It puts a different spin on pasta and is great for any meal.