This million dollar spaghetti recipe is spaghetti layered with a beef sauce and a cream-cheese filling, then cheese. It is not spaghetti and meatballs, or chicken spaghetti.
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Million Dollar Spaghetti
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
Description
Million Dollar Spaghetti. From Your Daily Hit.
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 ounces (340g) spaghetti
- 1 pound (450g) ground beef
- 1 jar (24 ounces) marinara
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 8 ounces (226g) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 2 cups shredded mozzarella
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Cook the spaghetti. Brown the beef, drain it, and stir in the marinara and salt.
- Beat cream cheese, sour cream, and parsley.
- In a 9×13 dish, layer half the pasta, all the cream cheese mix, the rest of the pasta, the meat sauce, and mozzarella. Bake 30 minutes.
Notes
Soften the cream cheese so the middle layer spreads instead of tearing the noodles.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Sauce
A jar is fine. The cream cheese layer is the point.
Beef
Drain the fat or the top looks greasy.
Cheese
Mozzarella on top. The cream cheese is the center.
Bake
30 minutes, until the cheese browns in spots.
Nutrition (estimated)
About 320 calories per serving. Estimate only, not a lab test.
FAQ
Cottage cheese?
You can swap it for the cream cheese. It will be looser.
Storage
Fridge, 3 days.
Make ahead
Assemble and refrigerate. Cover for the first 20 minutes.
Noodles
Spaghetti. A short pasta will not layer the same way.
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