Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, baked spaghetti casserole. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I will make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have baked spaghetti casserole using 18 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Baked Spaghetti Casserole:
Prepare Meat Sauce:
Get 1 tbsp. olive oil
Prepare 1 lb. ground beef
Make ready 1/2 yellow onion, diced
Prepare 3 cloves garlic, minced
Make ready 1 can (28 oz.) no salt added crushed tomatoes
Get 1 tsp. each brown sugar. dried basil
Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
Make ready 1/4 tsp. pepper
Take Pasta & Cheesy Layers:
Take 1 box (16 oz.) thin spaghetti pasta
Take 2 large eggs
Get 1/3 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
Make ready 5 tbsp. salted butter, melted
Make ready 2 cups ricotta cheese
Make ready 2 cups freshly shredded mozzarella cheese
Take 1 cup freshly shredded white cheddar
Prepare 1/2 cup freshly shredded parmesan cheese
Instructions to make Baked Spaghetti Casserole:
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.
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.
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.
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