When my son was little, spaghetti pie was his most requested meal. As he got older and his appetite grew, I adapted that recipe to make baked spaghetti. A baked spaghetti casserole is just what you need when you have a house full of hungry teenagers.
One of the things I love about bakes spaghetti is how well it freezes. Assemble this dish in square foil pans and freeze for a ready-made dinner on a busy weeknight. Oh, how I love a good freezer meal recipe like this.
I have to warn you that this recipe makes A LOT of pasta. If you have a large family or enjoy leftovers, I say go for it. Otherwise, freeze half for later use. I sometimes freeze all of it for later use.
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Baked Spaghetti Recipe
Ingredients:
1 box spaghetti noodles
1 pound lean ground beef
1 pound Italian sausage
1 small onion, diced
2 jars marinara sauce
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 cup sour cream
1 egg
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
2 tablespoons milk
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a 9×13 baking dish set aside.
Bring a pot of well salted water to a boil. Cook noodles, stirring occasionally until cooked through and firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain. Place noodles into bottom of prepared pan.
Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium heat, cook and stir ground beef, sausage and onion until browned and onions are soft. Drain off any excess grease. Stir in marinara sauce and garlic powder.
In a bowl, combine the sour cream, egg and Parmesan cheese. Spread over the top of the spaghetti noodles. Sprinkle on 2 cups of mozzarella cheese.
Top with meat sauce and remaining cheese. Cover with foil. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 15 minutes, until cheese is melted and bubbly.
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To Freeze
When preparing this recipe for the freezer, I use (5) 8-inch foil pans. I follow the recipe above, dividing the ingredients equally between the pans. Once the pans are ready I wrap in foil and then twic in plastic wrap. Be sure to add a label with the name of the dish and cooking directions. Before serving, thaw overnight in the refrigerator and bake using the above directions. You might have to add on an additional 5-10 minutes.
My family just loves this recipe. This is my favorite way to make spaghetti. The sour cream and egg mixture seeps down into the spaghetti while baking, and binds the noodles for a creamy and delicious casserole.
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Baked Spaghetti
Baked Spaghetti Freezer Meal Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 box spaghetti noodles
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 pound Italian sausage
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 jars marinara sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and lightly grease a 9x13 baking dish set aside.
Bring a pot of well salted water to a boil. Cook noodles, stirring occasionally until cooked through and firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain. Place noodles into bottom of prepared pan.
Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium heat, cook and stir ground beef, sausage and onion until browned and onions are soft. Drain off any excess grease. Stir in marinara sauce and garlic powder.
In a bowl, combine the sour cream, egg and Parmesan cheese. Spread over the top of the spaghetti noodles. Sprinkle on 2 cups of mozzarella cheese.
Top with meat sauce and remaining cheese. Cover with foil. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes. Remove the foil and bake for an additional 15 minutes, until cheese is melted and bubbly.
To Freeze When preparing this recipe for the freezer, I use (5) 8-inch foil pans. I follow the recipe above, dividing the ingredients equally between the pans. Once the pans are ready I wrap in foil and then twice in plastic wrap. Be sure to add a label with the name of the dish and cooking directions. Before serving, thaw overnight in the refrigerator and bake using the above directions. You might have to add on an additional 5-10 minutes.
Aimee Smith says
February 22, 2015 at 5:16 PMI like baked spaghetti even more than the traditional kind! Great idea for a freezer meal!
Pam says
February 22, 2015 at 6:07 PMI love baked spaghetti, it’s such a hearty and filling meal. It’s even better to make ahead of time and freeze, because I love saving time on busy weeknights.
Lindsey @ Redhead Baby Mama says
February 22, 2015 at 6:17 PMI’ll be needing some freezer meals this summer. Thanks for the idea!
aimee fauci says
February 22, 2015 at 6:52 PMThis is my kind of meal. I’ve frozen a spaghetti dish before and it tasted so great months later.
Felissa @ Two Little Cavaliers says
February 22, 2015 at 6:55 PMThis looks delicious! I love all the cheese!
Stacey- Travel Blogger says
February 22, 2015 at 6:56 PMSome days, I don’t have time to cook dinner! A pre-prepared freezer meal would be a great idea!
Kiwi says
February 22, 2015 at 9:25 PMHa I knew thought to bake my spaghetti! This is an interesting way to do it thanks for the spin on it!
Felicia says
February 22, 2015 at 9:57 PMThis looks delicious. What a perfect meal idea for those busy week nights.
Ann Bacciaglia says
February 22, 2015 at 10:19 PMThis looks like a great recipe to have made up in advance. Some days you just do not have time to cook.
Debbie Denny says
February 22, 2015 at 10:23 PMThat id interesting. I have never tried to freeze spaghetti.
amanda says
February 23, 2015 at 10:54 AMI love freezer meals! We will have to try this one!
Rosey says
February 23, 2015 at 12:20 PMMy husband doesn’t like spaghetti, but he LOVES baked spaghetti. Weird, right? 🙂 I like both. 🙂
Jessica (Savory Experiments) says
February 23, 2015 at 2:53 PMGreat idea! I do this with lasagna, why not with spaghetti???
fancygrlnancy (Nancy Partin) says
February 23, 2015 at 9:04 PMThat looks really good. I will have to make this for my boys. I bet they would love it.
Katherine G says
February 24, 2015 at 9:30 PMThis looks so delicious! I’m going to have to try this.
Wanda Davis says
March 5, 2015 at 3:37 PMI used to make this for my boys and they loved it!!
Angela says
March 5, 2015 at 5:57 PMThis looks so Yummy, with all the kids, this would be wonderful to do and have ready. AWESOME!
MJ Dee says
March 6, 2015 at 10:21 AMCan’t wait to make this! I’ve always found that anything made with spaghetti sauce always tastes better after it’s been frozen! This will be a big hit in our house!
Jennifer Curtiss says
March 6, 2015 at 6:33 PMSpaghetti goes over well in my house, especially with my toddlers (the messier the better lol). On those busy weeknights this would be heaven sent as time always escapes me and if all I have to do is throw it in the oven it would allow me more time to get all those other household chores done around the house while it bakes in the oven!
Heather in VA says
March 6, 2015 at 8:06 PMWhat size box of pasta do you use for this recipe? I would love to try it.
Angela says
March 6, 2015 at 11:32 PMIt’s one 16 ounce box. I hope you enjoy!
Carol Agee says
September 14, 2015 at 10:17 AMWHAT SIZE BOX OF SPAGHETTI???
Carol Agee says
September 14, 2015 at 10:18 AMok just found it!! thanks
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penny harris says
March 6, 2015 at 11:04 PMSpaghetti is one my favorite food, I could it all time.
Gina H says
March 7, 2015 at 11:22 AMI’m always looking for new freezer meals! Thanks for the idea!
[email protected] says
March 8, 2015 at 8:47 AMThis looks really good! I love making recipes that I can freeze for later. I try to do most of my cooking for the week on my days off. So being able to mske a lot batch then freeze half would be great. Then we could eat the other half in a few weeks and it saved me from cooking a lot on one of my days because I had something prepared already. Thanks for sharing! Pinning!
amy williams says
March 9, 2015 at 9:50 AMThis is so amazing I have never tried this before but your right the bigger they get the more they eat and my littlest one is a picky eater but loves spaghetti and wow would he flip for this thanks so much I know what I will be making my next day off.
Tara O. says
March 9, 2015 at 11:30 AMThis looks delicious! I have a small family but love that this can be frozen. I’m always looking for meals to freeze so I can have a delicious and easy meal on busy nights!
Dawn Monroe says
March 12, 2015 at 4:29 PMI dont know why I never fooze meals when I was raising kids. I do now and its so convenient. I’m new at so excuse this question but do I cook it before freezing and recook per instructions or dont bake before freezing?
Evelyn says
September 13, 2015 at 4:33 PMI would like to make this but I’m confused about adding the cheese. Your instructions say to add the 2 cups of cheese. Then you add the meat sauce and the rest of the cheese? Please clarify for me!
Janet Schaffner says
October 12, 2015 at 10:50 PMI’m curious how many servings you figure for either the original recipe or for your freezer instructions – – and how you go from one 9 x 13 dish to 5 – 8″ dishes – since normally half a 9 x 13 recipe is a 9″ square
Angela says
October 13, 2015 at 9:34 AMSince the aluminum containers are not very deep, I was only able to fit two layers of lasagna in the freezer containers. I typically do 3 layers in a 9×13 pan, so I was able to do an additional square container with the additional ingredients. Depending on how large you like your servings, you can expect to get 3-4 servings from each freezer meal. I hope that helps.
Jessica L Fleming says
January 3, 2017 at 11:03 PMDo you bake the ‘baked spaghetti’ before freezing? I worry the noodles will absorb all the sauce. Does that happen?
Angela says
February 24, 2017 at 6:49 AMHi Jessica, thanks for the question. I never do since the noodles and sauce are already cooked. Just be sure that your pasta is cooked no more than al dente. With baked pastas I to to undercook the noodles a bit. I hope you enjoy!
Christina Nunn says
July 18, 2017 at 4:52 PMThis looks amazing!! Do you happen to have nutritional information for this?
rhonda miotke says
January 7, 2018 at 7:04 PMGeez does this look amazing and easy. I will be adding this to my menu.
karen says
March 20, 2018 at 2:02 PMHow much cheese to sprinkle on top? Recipe doesn’t say.
Angela says
March 20, 2018 at 3:57 PM1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese is the remaining cheese that you sprinkle on top.
Layne says
March 22, 2018 at 2:33 PMI made this and it was very good! I want to bake the freezer portion tonight but did not take out to thaw last night. Is that a problem?
Angela says
March 22, 2018 at 5:16 PMI’m glad you enjoyed it. While I haven’t baked it from completely frozen, I think it will be allright. You’ll need to adjust the cooking time and keep it in a little longer. Please let me know how it turns out.