Million Dollar Pasta Bake

Million Dollar Pasta Bake Recipe

This million dollar pasta bake is definitely comfort food at its best. I’m such a sucker for pasta and could eat it everyday. This cheesy pasta bake recipe is to die for. It’s creamy, cheesy and so tasty! Loaded with ground beef, elbow macaroni noodles, mozzarella cheese, sour cream, cream cheese and more, this is a delicious meal the whole family is going to love!

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The cream cheese added in this recipe makes the flavor of this dish amazing. Kind of reminds me of lasagna recipe. And that is one of my all time favorite pasta dishes.

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You can also add some hot Italian sausage, along with the ground beef, for a delicious mix of flavors. Who doesn’t love Italian sausage? You could even make this with only the sausage. That’d be amazing. I’ll have to do that next time. YUM.

Ingredients Needed To Make This Pasta Bake

• Ground beef
• Onion, garlic
• Spaghett sauce
• Elbow macaroni
• Cream cheese
• Sour cream
• Cottage cheese
• Mozzarella cheese
• Butter
• Salt, pepper

Just look at that cheese. So delicious. Packed full of flavor, cheesy delicious flavor. Try this delicious million dollar pasta bake the next time you are craving comfort food. It’s SO good!

How To Make Million Dollar Pasta Bake

• In a large skillet over medium heat, add ground beef, onions, garlic, salt and pepper and cook until meat is no longer pink.
• Drain grease and return to pan.
• Pour spaghetti sauce over meat and stir until well combined.
• In a large pot, boil water.
• Cook pasta according to package directions until pasta is “al dente”
• Drain and set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl, stir cream cheese, sour cream and cottage cheese until well combined. Set aside.
• In a 9 x 13 baking dish, add 1/2 of the butter, sliced, to the bottom of the baking dish.
• Spoon half the pasta into the dish.
• Add the cream cheese mixture and smooth over the top of the pasta.
• Spoon remaining pasta over cream cheese mixture.
• Add the remaining butter to the top of the pasta.
• Cover pasta with meat mixture.
• Bake uncovered for 40 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cover with mozzarella cheese.
• Return to oven and cook uncovered for an additional 20 minutes or until pasta bake is bubbling and cheese has started to brown.

Cheesy Million Dollar Pasta Recipe

I had posted a recipe for Million Dollar Spaghetti on my Facebook page but the recipe was never found. I searched Pinterest and found a delicious recipe from Sugarapron.com for the million dollar spaghetti which sounded delicious. I tweaked the recipe a bit and this is what I came up with, a delicious million dollar pasta bake. Make sure to check out Sugar Apron’s other recipes while you’re there. They all look amazing.

Here are a few more delicious pasta recipes that can be found on the blog: Classic Lasagna, Instant Pot Italian Sausage Pasta, Cheesy Hamburger Pasta, Chicken Curry Pasta Salad, plus many more delicious recipes.

Million Dollar Pasta Bake

Terri

4.46 from 37 votes

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Prep Time 20 mins

Cook Time 1 hr

Total Time 1 hr 20 mins

Course Casserole, Comfort Food, Main Meal

Cuisine American

Calories

Ingredients

  

• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 3 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 Tbs vegetable oil
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 32 oz jar spaghetti sauce
• 16 oz box elbow macaroni
• 1/2 cup butter
• 8 oz cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 1 1/4 cups cottage cheese
• 4 cups mozzarella cheese, grated

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350°
• In a large skillet over medium heat, add ground beef, onions, garlic, salt and pepper and cook until meat is no longer pink.
• Drain grease and return to pan.
• Pour spaghetti sauce over meat and stir until well combined.
• In a large pot, boil water.
• Cook pasta according to package directions until pasta is "al dente"
• Drain and set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl, stir cream cheese, sour cream and cottage cheese until well combined. Set aside.
• In a 9 x 13 baking dish, add 1/2 of the butter, sliced, to the bottom of the baking dish.
• Spoon half the pasta into the dish.
• Add the cream cheese mixture and smooth over the top of the pasta.
• Spoon remaining pasta over cream cheese mixture.
• Add the remaining butter to the top of the pasta.
• Cover pasta with meat mixture.
• Bake uncovered for 40 minutes.
• Remove from oven and cover with mozzarella cheese.
• Return to oven and cook uncovered for an additional 20 minutes or until pasta bake is bubbling and cheese has started to brown.
• Serve hot.

Notes

Recipe adapted from Sugarapron.com

Nutrition

Serving: 0gCarbohydrates: 0gProtein: 0gFat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0gMonounsaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 0mgPotassium: 0mgFiber: 0gSugar: 0gVitamin A: 0IUVitamin C: 0mgCalcium: 0mgIron: 0mg

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