Looking for a delicious Italian Sausage Spaghetti Bake recipe? This spaghetti and Italian sausage bake is a cheesy pasta bake that is filling and easy to make. Loaded with Italian sausage, mozzarella cheese, cream cheese and more, then baked in the oven. This baked spaghetti recipe makes a great weeknight dinner when you want something more than just pasta.
Spaghetti is a very inexpensive dinner recipe. It is easy to make and works as a great dinner when you are short on time. When you make a spaghetti bake, it takes the pasta recipe to a new level. With this Italian Sausage Spaghetti Bake, you get an inexpensive dinner that tastes so good, you can easily serve it to guests. My family loves this recipe.
How to Store Leftover Baked Spaghetti
Once the baked spaghetti is cooled, you will want to store it in the refrigerator. Make sure it is stored in an airtight container. You can move the leftover into a container or you can use a lid if your casserole dish has a lid. You can also wrap the casserole dish well with plastic wrap or aluminum foil.
How Long Does Spaghetti with Italian Sausage Last
When the spaghetti with Italian Sausage meat sauce is stored properly in the refrigerator, it will last for up to 3 days. The great thing about leftover spaghetti with Italian sausage is that after it has sat overnight, the flavors taste even better. The down side of leftover spaghetti is that it can tend to taste dry. This is because the noodles absorb the sauce. If you find that the pasta tastes a little dry, you can add more sauce to it.
Is Baked Spaghetti Like Lasagna
While lasagna and baked spaghetti are both baked pasta recipes, the flavors are slightly different. When you are making lasagna, you are creating a layered pasta recipe. It also has ricotta or cottage cheese in the filling. This baked spaghetti has cream cheese in the filling. This gives the two baked pasta recipes a slightly different taste.
Can I Use Jarred Spaghetti Sauce
If you prefer to not make this Italian Sausage Spaghetti sauce from scratch, you can use a jarred version instead. I would look for a spaghetti sauce that is chunky since it gives you the same texture as the diced tomatoes in this recipe. This sauce is thicker than the typical jarred sauce. You can either play with the ratios to get the consistency you like or you can boil the sauce in a pot. By boiling the sauce, you will thicken it.
How to Reheat Spaghetti and Italian Sausage
When I reheat this spaghetti and Italian Sausage recipe I love to make sure there are leftovers. As I said, it always tastes even better the next day. To reheat it, I like to reheat it in the oven if I am reheating a lot. If it is just a small amount, about the size of a single portion, it is easier to reheat it in the
microwave. You can also reheat portions of this bake in a saucepan.
Ingredients in Italian Sausage Bake
- Hot Italian sausage
- Onion
- Garlic
- Oregano, basil
- Garlic salt, pepper
- Diced tomatoes
- Tomato sauce
- Tomato paste
- Rotel®
- Water
- Cream cheese
- Spaghetti noodles
- Butter
- Mozzarella cheese, freshly shredded
(Actual measurements are in the recipe card below.)
Cooking The Sausage for Italian Sausage Spaghetti Bake
- Add one tablespoon of butter, or olive oil, to a cast iron pan or large frying pan.
- Remove sausage from casing, add to pan, crumble and cook over medium heat.
- Once sausage has cooked, drain grease and leave in strainer.
How to Make Italian Sausage Spaghetti Bake
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Add the other tablespoon of butter to the pan and sauté onions and garlic scraping any brown bits off the bottom of pan. Cook until onions are translucent.
- Pour diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, Rotel and water into pan with onions and garlic. Stir.
- Sprinkle oregano, basil, garlic salt and pepper into pan, stir and simmer for about 10 minutes.
- Add sausage back into pan, add cream cheese, stir and simmer for an additional 15 minutes stirring occasionally.
- While preparing sausage mixture, cook pasta in a large pot according to package directions for al dente. Drain, rinse and return prepared spaghetti to pot.
- Add sausage mixture to spaghetti along with 3 cups of cheese. Toss to coat.
- Pour mixture into prepared baking dish and top with remaining cheese.
- Cover with foil (sprayed foil with non stick spray so cheese does not stick to the foil) and bake in the oven for 50 minutes or until cheese is melted. Remove foil and bake for 10 more minutes.
- Remove from oven and enjoy!
Try This Delicious Spaghetti Casserole Bake Today
Here are a few more delicious pasta recipes that can be found on the blog:
Italian Sausage Spaghetti Bake
Ingredients
- 1 lb hot Italian sausage
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1½ tsp oregano
- 1½ tsp basil
- 1 tsp garlic salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 15 oz can diced tomatoes
- 15 oz can tomato sauce
- 6 oz can tomato paste
- 10 oz can Rotel®
- 1½ cups water
- 4 oz cream cheese, cut into cubes
- 16 oz spaghetti pasta, broken into thirds
- 2 Tbsp butter, divided
- 4 cups mozzarella cheese, freshly shredded
Instructions
-
Preheat oven to 350° and spray a 3 quart baking dish with non stick spray. Set aside.
-
Add one tablespoon of butter to cast iron pan or large frying pan.
-
Remove sausage from casing, add to pan, crumble and cook over medium heat.
-
Once sausage has been cooked, drain grease and leave in strainer.
-
Add the other tablespoon of butter to pan and saute onions and garlic scraping any brown bits off the bottom of pan. Cook until onions are translucent.
-
Pour diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, Rotel and water into pan with onions and garlic. Stir.
-
Sprinkle oregano, basil, garlic salt and pepper into pan, stir and simmer for about 10 minutes.
-
Add sausage back into pan, add cream cheese, stir and simmer for an additional 15 minutes stirring occasionally.
-
While preparing sausage mixture, cook pasta in a large pot according to package directions for al dente. Drain, rinse and return to pot.
-
Add sausage mixture to spaghetti along with 3 cups of cheese. Stir to combine.
-
Pour mixture into prepared baking dish and top with remaining cheese.
-
Cover with foil (sprayed foil with non stick spray so cheese does not stick to foil) and bake in the oven for 40 minutes or until cheese is bubbly. Remove foil and bake for 10 more minutes.
-
Remove from oven and enjoy!
Here are a few pics that are enlarged to pin to Pinterest.
Enjoy, Terri
Copyright © Great Grub, Delicious Treats. All content and images are copyright protected. Do not use any images without prior permission. If you want to republish this recipe, make sure to re-write the recipe in your own words and only list ingredients making sure to link back to this post for the original recipe and directions.