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Million Dollar Baked Spaghetti
Spaghetti is layered with slow-simmered meat sauce, a sour cream and cheese filling, and mozzarella before being baked until golden.
Cook time
45 min
Yield
16
Ingredients
17
Steps
18
Filed under: beef, pork, pasta, pepper, tomato, cottage cheese.
Source channel: The Simple Way with Delilah
Key ingredients
white onion, diced, bell pepper, diced, green onion, chopped, garlic cloves, minced, pound ground beef.
Ingredients
- 1/4 white onion, diced
- 1/4 bell pepper, diced
- 1 green onion, chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 pound mild Italian sausage
- 36 ounces pasta sauce
- 8 ounces sour cream
- 5 ounces cottage cheese
- 4 ounces room temperature cream cheese
- 1 to 2 chopped green onions
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- 16 ounces spaghetti
- 16 ounces grated mozzarella cheese
- Grated Parmesan cheese
- Dried parsley
Method
- Dice a quarter of a white onion, a quarter of a bell pepper, one green onion, and four garlic cloves.
- Cook one pound of ground beef on high heat, breaking it down until crumbly, and strain the fat.
- Reduce heat to medium and add one pound of mild Italian sausage, cooking until mostly done.
- Add the chopped onions and bell peppers, cook until onions are translucent.
- Add the minced garlic and cook for an additional minute.
- Season the mixture with salt and pepper to taste.
- Add 36 ounces of pasta sauce and taste, adjusting with sugar as needed to balance acidity.
- Let the sauce simmer on low for 30 to 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Prepare spaghetti by adding salt to a pot of boiling water, then add 16 ounces of spaghetti, cooking until al dente (8 to 10 minutes).
- In a bowl, mix together 8 ounces of sour cream, 5 ounces of cottage cheese, 4 ounces of room temperature cream cheese, chopped green onions, salt and pepper to taste.
- Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Spread some meat sauce evenly over the bottom of a 9 by 13 inch casserole dish.
- Add all of the cooked spaghetti to the dish, spreading it out evenly.
- Pour all of the cheese sauce over the spaghetti and spread it evenly.
- Add the remaining meat sauce on top of the cheese sauce and spread gently.
- Cover with 16 ounces of grated mozzarella cheese and sprinkle with dried parsley.
- Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or until cheese is melted and golden brown.
- Optional: Add chopped green onions or fresh parsley as a garnish during the last 15 minutes of baking.