Million Dollar Spaghetti Casserole Recipe 465 Food

MILLION DOLLAR SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Make Meat Sauce: In a large skillet cook and crumble the ground beef and Italian sausage and season with salt and pepper. Remove most of the grease. Add onions and garlic and cook for a few minutes until onion is translucent. Add all but 1/2 cup of the marinara sauce (reserve 1/2 cup for later) to the mixture and stir to combine. Set aside.
• Prepare noodles: Cook Spaghetti according to package instructions, just until "al dente". Drain, and place hot spaghetti in a large mixing bowl with butter and 1/2 cup reserved marinara sauce and toss to combine.
• Make Cheese layer: Combine cream cheese, sour cream and cottage cheese in a bowl and mix well. Smooth over noodles in the pan.
• Assemble: Pour HALF of the pasta into a 9x13'' pan. Smooth cheese layer on top. Top with remaining noodles. Add meat sauce on top and smooth into an even layer. Top with mozzarella cheese and parmesan cheese.
• Bake for 30-40 minutes or until hot and bubbly. Check it around 20 minutes and if the cheese is browning too quickly, tent a piece of tinfoil over it. Wait at least 15 minutes before cutting and serving, to allow it to set up. Enjoy!

MILLION DOLLAR SPAGHETTI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook pasta according to package, drain well and return pasta to original pot. Add 1 jar of prepared spaghetti sauce and combine. Set aside.
• In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and cook until they begin to soften, about 5 minutes. Add sausage and 2 teaspoons Italian Seasoning to skillet, and cook until no pink remains. Drain well. Add 1 jar of spaghetti sauce to skillet. Set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl, combine Cottage cheese or ricotta cheese, cream cheese, sour cream, 1 cup mozzarella, and 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning. Set aside.
• Place half the slices of butter in a 9x13 baking dish. Spread half the spaghetti in dish, then spread cheese mixture evenly over spaghetti. Spread remaining spaghetti over cheese mixture. Top with the remaining butter slices.Pour tomato meat sauce evenly over top layer of spaghetti.
• Top with remaining mozzarella and bake in preheated oven until casserole is heated through, about 35-45 minutes.

MILLION-DOLLAR SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook spaghetti in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, about 12 minutes. Drain.
• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Transfer to a bowl and mix spaghetti sauce into ground beef.
• Place half the slices of butter into the bottom of a 9x13-inch casserole dish. Spread half the spaghetti into the dish. Mix cottage cheese, cream cheese, and sour cream together in a bowl; spread mixture over spaghetti. Layer remaining spaghetti over creamy mixture. Top with remaining pats of butter.
• Pour ground beef mixture over spaghetti and spread to cover casserole.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Spread Cheddar cheese over casserole and continue baking until cheese has melted and is lightly browned, about 15 more minutes.

MILLION DOLLAR SPAGHETTI CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook 1 lb. elbow macaroni according to package directions. While the noodles cook prepare mixture.
• Mix together sour cream, cottage cheese, cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, half of the onions, garlic, and salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Brown the ground beef with 1/2 of the chopped onion. Season with salt and pepper. (if not using a lean meat of 93% fat free or better, DRAIN OFF THE FAT CAREFULLY into an aluminum lined, non plastic bowl.
• Pour 2/3 of the drained noodles into a 9x13 baker.
• Spoon meat sauce onto the noodles. Spread all of the cheese mixture over the meat sauce, cover with remaining noodles, then sauce, and cover in mozzarella cheese (up to 2 cups).
• Bake 350' for 45 minutes or until bubbly!
• Serve with Texas garlic toast and garden salad.

MILLION DOLLAR SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Cook and drain the spaghetti.
• Saute the ground beef in the butter till beef is brown.
• Add the 2 cans of tomato sauce, salt, and pepper--set aside.
• Combine all the ingredients for the filling.
• In a shallow 2 quart casserole, spread one-half of the cooked spaghetti.
• Cover with the cheese filling mixture.
• Add remaining spaghetti and drizzle the 2 tablespoons melted butter over this.
• Spread the tomato-meat sauce over this and chill (this can be put in the oven right away, but is a good prepare ahead dish).
• Remove from the refrigerator 30 minute before baking.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes or till hot and bubbly.

MILLION DOLLAR CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook 1 lb. elbow macaroni and lay half in a 9x13 baking dish.
• Spread the above mixture evenly over the macaroni.
• Layer on the rest of the pasta and pour on 28 oz. Ragu Traditional Spaghetti Sauce. Top with Mozzarella Cheese.
• Refrigerate overnight and take out 4 hours before baking at 350 for 45 minutes.

MILLION DOLLAR CASSEROLE (SPAGHETTI CASSEROLE) RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cook noodles as directed on the package.
• While your noodles are boiling, mix together the cream cheese, sour cream, and cottage cheese in a medium-sized bowl until smooth (there might be a couple of bumps from the cottage cheese, but make sure it's all mixed together well).
• Place ground beef in a large skillet and brown until completely cooked through. Drain grease well.
• Pour spaghetti sauce over the meat and mix well.
• Spray a 9 x 13 inch pan with cooking spray.
• Layer half of the cooked noodles in the bottom of the dish. Pour the creamy cheese mixture on top of the noodles and spread it around evenly. Next, add the rest of the noodles on top of the cheese mix layer and spread the noodles out to cover the pan. Then, slice up the butter and place it on top of the noodles throughout the pan.
• Once the noodle and cheese layers have been put together, pour the red meat sauce on top and cover the noodles completely.
• Cook it uncovered for 30 minutes at 350 degrees. Once the 30 minutes is up, take the casserole out of the oven and cover the whole thing with cheddar cheese. Then return it back to the oven to cook for another 15 minutes.