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If your family loves Italian food, you will not want to miss this easy recipe for Baked Spaghetti. It has the most amazing flavor ever.

I discovered this delicious casserole one day while searching for something new to cook. I knew after looking at the ingredients for this spaghetti bake, my family would fall in love with this great recipe as I did. My hubby said it was one of the best things he had ever eaten. It's a take on classic spaghetti but with a twist.

This dish tastes a lot like lasagna, but you use spaghetti noodles instead of lasagna noodles.

The ingredients are about the same – ground beef or Italian sausage, spaghetti sauce or marinara sauce, ricotta cheese, Parmesan Cheese, mozzarella cheese, and an egg. Can you just taste the cheesy goodness already? If you are feeling frisky, why not add a block of cream cheese to this recipe as well?

How to Assemble This Dish

Start by browning your ground beef in a large skillet. Once you get your ground beef all browned and drained, add in your pasta sauce. You could add a sprinkling of Italian seasoning in this step to enhance the flavor.

Set it aside and grab your other ingredients. In a large mixing bowl, add your egg, Parmesan cheese, and your butter (not pictured above). 

Take your spaghetti noodles and cook them al dente according to package directions in a large pot of water and then drain. Put them over medium heat so that the water does not boil over. Drain the pasta and set it aside.

In another bowl, combine your ricotta, Parmesan, eggs, sour cream, and chopped parsley. This cheese mixture is just like the lasagna cheese mixture.

Set that aside.

Now it's time to assemble your Baked Spaghetti Casserole. Start by layering 1/3 of your spaghetti noodles into the bottom of a 9×13 pan or a casserole dish.

Now add a layer of the cheese mixture.

Now, add a layer of your meaty sauce mixture. Then top with ooey-gooey mozzarella cheese!

Repeat all the layers until you run out of ingredients. Then cover the baking dish with aluminum foil and bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.

At the end of 35 minutes, remove the aluminum foil and bake for an additional 10 minutes so the cheese can get nice and bubbly. The baking time can be a little more or less depending on how browned you want the cheese.

Once it's done, serve this family favorite with crusty garlic bread and a Caesar salad for a delicious meal! I like to sprinkle on a little black pepper at the end. There is just something about pasta and black pepper!

Store the leftovers in the fridge in an airtight container or covered in plastic wrap. The leftovers the next day are amazing and make a great meal for lunchboxes or if you just need something quick to heat and eat.

Additions to this Easy Baked Spaghetti Recipe

You can spice up the flavor of this dish by adding some fresh basil to the top when you serve it to your family.

The next time you make this dish, switch out the ground beef for ground chicken or ground turkey for a lighter meal.

Check out these other delicious pasta dishes

• Butternut squash pasta
• Tik Tok Feta Pasta Bake
• Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese
• Mongolian Ground Beef Noodles