Easy Baked Spaghetti
This easy baked spaghetti recipe is sure to become a family favorite! It's kid-friendly, quick, and uses basic ingredients everyone will love.
Servings 6 people
Ingredients
- 1 - 1.5 lbs. ground beef
- 24 oz. jar of your favorite tomato/spaghetti sauce
- 12 oz. rotini pasta
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
- 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
- Fresh basil optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- In a large pot, cook the pasta according to package directions.
- (I always add salt and a little olive oil.)
- Drain pasta.
- In the same large pot, cook the ground beef until it is no longer pink.
- Add salt and pepper to taste. Drain or pat off any excess fat/grease.
- Pour the spaghetti sauce into the pot of ground beef.
- Stir and add chopped fresh basil if desired.
- A little at a time, add the cooked pasta to the sauce/beef mixture.
- (You want plenty of sauce because the pasta continues to cook as it bakes.)
- At this point you can put the pasta/sauce mixture into a casserole dish or
- keep it in the cooking pot.
- Top with mozzarella and parmesan cheeses.
- Bake for 20 - 25 minutes until bubbly around the edges.