Let’s talk million dollar spaghetti recipe. This is one of those recipes that is truly, CRAZY delicious. If it’s not in your regular dinner rotation, that should change stat! This dish is part spaghetti and part lasagna. It combines three different kinds of cheese, Italian sausage, and a half cup of butter. Hence the reason this is called million dollar spaghetti. Let me tell you, something happens when all the cheeses and sausage get melted together that is almost magical. I promise it will quickly become your family’s favorite baked spaghetti dish.
Million Dollar Spaghetti
Million Dollar Spaghetti brings the best of spaghetti to the best of lasagna and marries them together. Don't shy away from this crowd-pleasing casserole!
Prep Time: 30 minutes Cook Time: 45 minutes Total Time:1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 12 servings Calories: 616kcal
Ingredients
- 16 ounces dried spaghetti noodles
- 1 cup (1 Medium) yellow onion chopped
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 1/2 pounds sweet Italian sausage casing removed
- 6 cups homemade marinara sauce,-divided or 2 (24-ounce) jars marinara sauce
- 8 ounces cottage cheese or ricotta cheese
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 1/4 cup sour cream
- 3 teaspoons dried Italian seasoning
- 3 cups mozzarella shredded-divided
- salt
- pepper
- 1/2 cup butter cut into slices-divided
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Bring a large pot of water, with 1 tablespoon of salt, to a boil. Cook pasta according to the package. Drain well, then return pasta to the original pot, and add 3 cups or 1 jar of prepared marinara sauce and combine. Set aside.
- In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium heat until it shimmers. Add onion and garlic and cook until they begin to soften about 5 minutes. Add sausage to skillet, and brown, crumbling sausage with a wooden spoon. Cook until there is no longer any pink in sausage. Drain well. Add the remaining 3 cups or 1 jar marinara sauce to the skillet. Set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine Cottage cheese or ricotta cheese, cream cheese, sour cream, 1 cup mozzarella, and Italian seasoning. Set aside.
- Place half the sliced butter in the baking dish. Spread half the spaghetti in the dish, then spread the cheese mixture evenly over the spaghetti. Top with the remaining butter slices. Spread remaining spaghetti over cheese mixture. Pour tomato meat sauce evenly over the top layer of spaghetti.
- Top with remaining mozzarella and bake in the preheated oven until casserole is heated through about 35-45 minutes.
Nutrition
Serving: 1/12 of the recipe | Calories: 616kcal | Carbohydrates: 39g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 20g | Cholesterol: 112mg | Sodium: 1388mg | Potassium: 707mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 1235IU | Vitamin C: 10.4mg | Calcium: 229mg | Iron: 2.7mg
