Delepta

HomeMain DishesSpaghetti Casserole

Spaghetti Casserole

This Baked Spaghetti Casserole is a wonderful mixture of pasta, cheese, and an easy meat sauce. Always a family favorite!

  • Prep20 min
  • Cook50 min
  • Total1 hr 10 min
  • Serves10
Spaghetti Casserole

This Baked Spaghetti Casserole is a wonderful mixture of pasta, cheese, and an easy meat sauce. A couple of eggs get mixed in and they help the casserole hold it’s shape. Always a family favorite.

Slice of Spaghetti Casserole on a plate.

I love to serve this with a green salad with Creamy Italian Dressing and Pepperoncini Garlic Bread. A combination of Parmesan cheese, tons of mozzarella cheese, and cottage cheese makes this casserole so, so cheesy.

Spaghetti Casserole Recipe Tips

  • Add at least a few teaspoons of salt to the pasta water. Otherwise your pasta will taste bland and boring.
  • Don’t be turned off by the cottage cheese. It gives a wonderful creaminess but you won’t be able to tell there is cottage cheese in it. If you really object to cottage cheese, you can use ricotta cheese instead.
  • You can use Angel Hair pasta instead of spaghetti if you wish.
  • Depending on what else you are serving, you should get 8 to 12 servings.

Storage

This recipe makes a huge amount and leftovers reheat well. They will keep in the refrigerator for 3 to 5 days.

Spaghetti Casserole in a blue baking dish
  • This recipe freezes well so if you want you can divide it into 2 smaller portions in square baking dishes and freeze one.

How To Make This Dish Spicy?

If you want it spicy, add 1/2 a teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes.

Slice of Baked Spaghetti Casserole on a plate

Pin this now to find it later

Try These Other Amazing Pasta Dishes

Close-up of Spaghetti Casserole on a plate

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links.

Ingredients

Equipment 9x13-inch baking dish

Steps

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.

  2. 2

    Cook spaghetti to al dente in a large pot of salted water. Drain.

  3. 3

    In a large nonstick skillet, cook ground beef and onion, crumbling the ground beef as it cooks.

  4. 4

    When there is no more pink in the ground beef, add garlic and cook 1 minute. If there is a lot of grease, drain it off.

  5. 5

    Add seasoned salt and spaghetti sauce and stir. Set aside.

  6. 6

    In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, melted butter and Parmesan cheese. Add the pasta, Italian seasoning and black pepper and mix well.

  7. 7

    Place half the spaghetti mixture in the prepared baking dish. Top with half of the sauce, then half the cottage cheese and half the mozzarella.

  8. 8

    Repeat layers. Cover with foil. (Spray the underside of the foil with cooking spray so that the cheese will not stick to it.)

  9. 9

    Bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake 20 more minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes and then cut into squares.

Notes

Add at least a few teaspoons of salt to the pasta water. Otherwise your pasta will taste bland and boring.

Nutrition

  • Calories562
  • Carbs43
  • Protein32
  • Fat29
  • Sodium1131
  • Fiber3
  • Sugar7

More from this shelf