How to Prepare Perfect Baked Spaghetti Casserole

Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, baked spaghetti casserole. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Baked Spaghetti Casserole is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Baked Spaghetti Casserole is something that I have loved my whole life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

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. Today I wanna show you a quick an easy dish to make.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook baked spaghetti casserole using 18 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Baked Spaghetti Casserole:

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

We love the Market Day Spaghetti Pie casserole. This is my own version that the kids like even better and its cheaper! This Baked Spaghetti Casserole is the way comfort food should be. It's hearty and rich but you won't feel lethargic after.

Instructions 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.

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. Spoon the meat sauce on top of the spaghetti and cover with shredded cheese. This is a pretty quick and simple casserole.

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