Pioneer Woman Million Dollar Spaghetti 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 DIP

Steps:

• Place the almonds in a dry, small skillet over medium-low heat. Toast them until golden brown and toasted, shaking the pan, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove from the pan, set aside and cool to room temperature.
• Add the cream cheese and mayonnaise to a large bowl and stir until smooth. Add the three types of cheeses and stir again until well combined. Add the bacon, toasted almond slivers, 3/4 of the sliced green onions, salt, pepper, garlic powder and cayenne. Stir together with a rubber spatula until evenly combined.
• Transfer to a serving dish, cover with plastic wrap and chill for at least 4 hours.
• Garnish with the remaining green onions and serve with crackers and corn chips.

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.

CHICKEN SPAGHETTI

Steps:

• Place the chicken into a medium pot of water and bring to a rolling boil over medium-high heat. Boil for a few minutes, then turn to a medium-low heat and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes. Take the chicken out of the pot (leave the liquid for cooking the spaghetti) and let cool slightly. Pick out the meat to make 2 generous cups.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Cook the spaghetti in the broth from the chicken until al dente. Do not overcook. Drain the spaghetti, reserving about 2 cups of the cooking liquid.
• Add the spaghetti to a large bowl and combine with the chicken, mushroom soup, 1 1/2 cups of the Cheddar, the green and red peppers, seasoned salt, cayenne, onions and salt and pepper to taste. Mix in 1 cup of the reserved liquid at first, adding an additional cup if needed.
• Place the mixture in a casserole pan and top with the remaining 1 cup Cheddar. Bake until bubbly, about 45 minutes. (If the cheese on top starts to get too cooked, cover the casserole with foil.)

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.