Million Dollar Spaghetti Casserole

If you lovel spaghetti try this million dollar spaghetti casserole. This is a hearty and filling comfort food. Loaded with a meaty sauce, pasta, cream cheese, shredded cheese and more all baked into one casserole.

Prep: 15 min
Cook: 55 min
Total time: 1 hr 10 min
Servings: 6 servings

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Ingredients

16 oz dried spaghetti
2 x 24 oz. jars pasta sauce divided
1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion peeled and diced
4 clove garlic peeled and finely diced or minced
1 lb Ground beef
3 tsp Italian seasoning
8 oz ricotta cheese
8 oz cream cheese softened
3 cup mozzarella cheese divided
1/4 cup fresh chopped parsley for serving optional

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°c. Cook the dried spaghetti according to packet directions. Drain, mix with one jar of the pasta sauce and set aside.

350°F
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over a medium-high heat. Add the diced onion and cook, stirring, until softened. Add the garlic and cook, stirring, for 1 minute or until fragrant.
Add the ground beef to the onion mixture. Cook, stirring and breaking up any lumps with the back of a spoon, until no longer pink. Add the Italian seasoning and the remaining jar of pasta sauce, and stir to combine. Bring to a simmer, then remove from the heat.
Make the cheese mixture by combining the ricotta cheese, softened cream cheese and 1 1/2 cups of mozzarella cheese in a mixing bowl. Set aside.
Spread 1/2 cup of the meat sauce over the base of a 9 x 13 inch baking dish. Top with 1/2 of the spaghetti mixture. Spoon over the cheese mixture and gently spread.
Top with cheese mixture with 1/2 of the remaining meat sauce, the remaining spaghetti and finally the remaining meat sauce. Sprinkle over the remaining 1 1/2 cups of mozzarella cheese.
Cover the baking dish with foil and bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove the foil, and bake for a further 10 minutes or until the cheese is golden. Allow to sit for 5 minutes before serving.