Cheesy Spaghetti Bake Recipe
This Cheesy Spaghetti Bake is filled with pasta, gooey mozzarella cheese, and an easy spaghetti meat sauce. You can use spaghetti, thin spaghetti, or angel hair pasta for this dish. You can also substitute the ground beef with ground chicken or turkey.
Ingredients
- 4 ounces spaghetti or angel hair pasta
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- ⅓ small onion
- ½ pound ground beef (or ground chicken, ground turkey)
- ¾ cup spaghetti sauce (divided use)
- 1 large egg
- ⅓ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
- ¾ cup shredded mozzarella (divided use)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Prepare the pasta according to the package directions.
- At the same time, dice the onion into small pieces.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large skillet over medium heat, cook and stir the olive oil and onions until soft, about 5 minutes.
- Add the ground beef and 1/2 cup of the spaghetti sauce. Cook and stir about 5 minutes.
- Sprinkle in the salt and pepper, to taste.
- Stir in the cooked spaghetti.
- In a small bowl, mix the egg, Parmesan cheese, and 1/2 cup of the mozzarella.
- Add the mixture to the pan with the meat sauce, stirring quickly to combine.
- Spray two 18.6 ounce oven safe baking dishes with non-stick spray.
- Spread the pasta and meat sauce mixture into the baking dishes, divided evenly.
- Top with 1/4 cup spaghetti sauce, divided evenly
- Sprinkle the remaining 1/4 cup mozzarella on top, divided evenly.
- Bake 20 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool 10 minutes.
- Serve the warm baking dishes on top of cork trivets to protect surfaces from heat.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1Calories: 812kcalCarbohydrates: 51gProtein: 46gFat: 47gSaturated Fat: 19gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 20gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 207mgSodium: 1077mgPotassium: 810mgFiber: 4gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 931IUVitamin C: 8mgCalcium: 471mgIron: 5mg
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