This Easy Ground Beef Pasta Bake Recipe lets you make weeknight dinner in a hurry! Start with hamburger, pasta, sauce and cheese for a delicious casserole.
This Ground Beef Pasta Bake is quick to make, and I think the whole family prefers it over a classic Spaghetti!
You are welcome to substitute the pasta for a gluten-free and the recipe will still work well. When I first started making this recipe was when I was gluten free, and I never loved the taste of the pasta so this helped hide its flavor!
You can also experiment with this hamburger pasta casserole by switching up the type of pasta sauce you use. I like the Ragu Garden Combination, but you can use whatever type you like.
If you want to make this a more “from scratch” recipe, you can use our Copycat Olive Garden Spaghetti Sauce Recipe and make your own sauce to use in this pasta bake.
You can also play around with the shape of the pasta. Whatever you choose, your family is sure to love it and you are sure to love that it is so quick and easy to make for any weeknight dinner.
Easy Ground Beef Pasta Bake Recipe
Ingredients:
1 lb. Ground Beef or Ground Turkey
1 Jar of Spaghetti Sauce ( I use Ragu Garden Combination)
1 box 16 oz. Rigatoni Pasta Noodles
1 cup. Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1 cup. Mozzarella Shredded Cheese
Ragu Chunky Garden Combination Pasta Sauce
Lawry’s Garlic Salt W/ ParsleyDe Cecco Rigatoni
Directions:
Cook your hamburger in a skillet till browned evenly. Also cook pasta like it says on the box.
Once your hamburger is browned pour the pasta sauce over the hamburger and cook on low until your pasta noodles are cooked.
Once pasta noodles are cooked, drain and pour back into pan, then add the Hamburger and Spaghetti sauce in the noodle pan and mix it together.
Pour it into a pan, and the add the mixed cheeses over the top covering it. If you like extra cheese add more!
Then once you have the pasta bake spread evenly over pan, sprinkle with a little garlic salt with parsley to add some extra flavor!
Pop into a 350 degree oven for about 15-20 minutes, or until the cheese has been cooked and its light brown, as seen in picture above!
Then take out of oven and serve!!
Yield: 9 Servings
Easy Ground Beef Pasta Bake Recipe
This Easy Ground Beef Pasta Bake Recipe lets you make weeknight dinner in a hurry! Start with hamburger, pasta, sauce and cheese for a delicious casserole.
Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
30 minutes
Total Time
35 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 lb. Ground Beef or Ground Turkey
- 1 Jar of Spaghetti Sauce ( I use Ragu Garden Combination)
- 1 box 16 oz. Rigatoni Pasta
- 1 cup. Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- 1 cup. Mozzarella Shredded Cheese
- Garlic Salt With Parsley
Instructions
- Brown hamburger in a skillet till browned evenly. Also cook pasta like it says on the box.
- Once hamburger is browned, pour the pasta sauce over the hamburger and cook on low until your pasta noodles are cooked.
- Once pasta noodles are cooked, drain and pour back into pan, then add the Hamburger and Spaghetti sauce in the noodle pan and mix it together.
- Pour it into a pan, and the add the mixed cheeses over the top covering it. If you like extra cheese add more!
- Then once you have the pasta bake spread evenly over pan, sprinkle with a little garlic salt with parsley to add some extra flavor!
- Pop into a 350 degree oven for about 15-20 minutes, or until the cheese has been cooked and its light brown, as seen in picture above!
- Remove from oven and serve!!
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
9Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 350Total Fat: 17gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 1gUnsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 74mgSodium: 310mgCarbohydrates: 22gFiber: 1gSugar: 1gProtein: 25g
Tiffany says
That looks great. I’m making something similar tonight. Pasta is always a hit!
admin says
It is always a hit here! I agree Pasta is a great item to have 🙂
Mizzboo says
It came out great. I added spicy cheese for a Lil kick and used brown penne pasta
Kelsey says
Great to hear!! I’m glad you liked it and thanks for letting me know!
tracy says
Making this tonite .dont have garlic salt so iam going to use garlic powder instead
Lucy Schultz says
For newer cooks, important, imho, to suggest draining the fat/water from the ground meat before moving ahead.
Britch says
Yessss!!!
Tony Platz says
My kuds will love this thanks .
Eileen says
I am making this tonite, praying my hubby likes it, he doesnt really like trying new stuff
Marcia says
Doesn’t say what size Ragu.