TikTok Spaghetti Alfredo Recipe – our favorite baked spaghetti casserole! Pasta tossed with a creamy homemade alfredo sauce, topped with a quick meat sauce and mozzarella cheese. This is amazing! Italian sausage, spaghetti sauce, heavy whipping cream, butter, garlic, parmesan cheese, spaghetti, and mozzarella cheese. Serve with a salad and garlic bread for a restaurant-quality meal.
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Stop what you are doing and add this Spaghetti Alfredo to your menu. It is to die for delicious! Pasta tossed with a creamy homemade alfredo sauce, topped with a quick meat sauce and mozzarella cheese, and baked. This recipe is all the rage on TikTok and I know why. It is AMAZING! Whip up a salad and some garlic bread for a meal better than any restaurant!
How To Make TikTok Spaghetti Alfredo
This baked pasta recipe is very easy to make with only a few simple ingredients. Bring a large pot of water to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook spaghetti noodles according to package instructions for al dente. Reserve at least ¼ cup of the pasta water. Drain the remaining water and set aside.
To make the homemade alfredo sauce, melt a stick of butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic cloves and cook for 30 seconds. Whisk in heavy cream. Cook, stirring frequently, until the sauce has thickened. Remove the skillet from the heat. Season with salt and black pepper. Add parmesan cheese to the cream mixture and stir until the cheese melts. If the sauce is too thick, add a splash of pasta water to reach the desired consistency.
Toss cooked spaghetti with the alfredo sauce. Use tongs to spread spaghetti into the bottom of a 9×13-inch baking dish.
In a large skillet, cook Italian sausage or ground beef over medium heat until browned and no longer pink. Drain excess grease. Stir in a jar of your favorite marinara sauce. Spread sauce over the alfredo layer. Top casserole with mozzarella cheese. Bake in a preheated oven until bubbly and the cheese has melted. Garnish with fresh basil or parsley.
Helpful Tips & Frequently Asked Questions
- Can substitute ground turkey or turkey sausage for reduced calories.
- What can I add to the pasta casserole?
- Sauteéd onion
- Chopped bell peppers
- Sliced mushrooms
- Fresh spinach
- Use hot Italian sausage and add a pinch of red pepper flakes to spice up the dish.
- My favorite store-bought spaghetti sauces are Trader Joe’s Roasted Garlic Marinara (green label), Carbone, Rao’s, and La Famiglia DelGrosso.
- I use spaghetti noodles. Can substitute linguine or fettuccine.
- Can Spaghetti Alfredo be made in advance? Yes! Assemble the casserole and cover the panwith plastic wrap. Place in the refrigerator until ready to bake.
- If baking cold straight from the fridge, you will need to add 15 to 20 minutes to the cooking time.
- Can I freeze Baked Spaghetti? Absolutely! Assemble the casserole and cool completely. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and aluminum foil. Store in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- When ready to bake, thaw completely and bake as directed below.
- This makes a lot of food. You can split the recipe into two 8×8 foil pans – bake one now and freeze one unbaked for later.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- Reheat leftovers in the microwave.
Baked Spaghetti Alfredo for a Crowd
This pasta has quickly earned a spot in our dinner rotation. We serve this with our favorite Copycat Olive Garden Salad and some garlic bread with olive oil dip. I will take this over a restaurant any day! This makes a ton of food. It would be great for a potluck. You can serve 8 to 10 people with this casserole. If you have a larger crowd, just double or triple the recipe. You can make this in advance, so it is great for parties! I hope you enjoy this as much as we do!
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TikTok Spaghetti Alfredo
Ingredients:
- 1 (16-oz) package spaghetti noodles
- 1 stick butter
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
- 1 lb Italian sausage casings removed
- 1 (24-oz) jar spaghetti sauce
- 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
- Bring a large pot of water to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook spaghetti noodles according to package instructions for al dente. Reserve at least ¼ cup of the pasta water. Drain the remaining water and set aside.
- To make the homemade alfredo sauce, melt a stick of butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic cloves and cook for 30 seconds. Whisk in heavy cream. Cook, stirring frequently, until the sauce has thickened. Remove the skillet from the heat. Season with salt and black pepper. Add parmesan cheese to the cream mixture and stir until the cheese melts. If the sauce is too thick, add a splash of pasta water to reach the desired consistency.
- Toss cooked spaghetti with the alfredo sauce. Use tongs to spread spaghetti into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
- In a large skillet, cook Italian sausage or ground beef over medium heat until browned and no longer pink. Drain excess grease. Stir in a jar of your favorite marinara sauce. Spread meat sauce over the alfredo layer. Top casserole with mozzarella cheese.
- Bake for 25 to 30 minutes until bubbly and the cheese has melted. Garnish with fresh basil or parsley.
Notes:
- Can substitute ground turkey or turkey sausage for reduced calories.
- My favorite store-bought spaghetti sauces are Trader Joe’s Roasted Garlic Marinara (green label), Carbone, Rao’s, and La Famiglia DelGrosso.
- I use spaghetti noodles. Can substitute linguine or fettuccine.
- Can Spaghetti Alfredo be made in advance? Yes! Assemble the casserole and cover the panwith plastic wrap. Place in the refrigerator until ready to bake.
- If baking cold straight from the fridge, you will need to add 15 to 20 minutes to the cooking time.
- Can I freeze Baked Spaghetti? Absolutely! Assemble the casserole and cool completely. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and aluminum foil. Store in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- When ready to bake, thaw completely and bake as directed below.
- This makes a lot of food. You can split the recipe into two 8×8 foil pans – bake one now and freeze one unbaked for later.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
- Reheat leftovers in the microwave.
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If you were to add spinach, mushrooms and onions, or do you sauté them with the sausage and mix in with the red sauce
I feel like the spinach should be mixed through in the pasta.
How would you do it?
Thank you sounds great and I can’t wait to try
It would totally be up to you. I would probably add spinach to the pasta and mushrooms and onions to the sauce.
We love this spaghetti! I could eat it every day
Me too! SO good!
I made this and used penne noodles! Everyone loved it.
Looking forward to trying this recipe. For the grated parmesan cheese, do you use it out of the green container for this recipe?
Sure
Do you use the green can when you make it?
You can. You can also use freshly grated parmesan cheese. Either is fine.