Easy Spaghetti Recipes
Baked spaghetti, cheesy chicken spaghetti, and one-pot weeknight sauces the Pepper community twirls up when dinner needs to feed a full table for cheap.
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DinnerIngredients
- 12 oz spaghetti
- 2 cups cooked shredded chicken
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 10.5 oz can cream of chicken soup
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 oz packet ranch seasoning mix
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- ½ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 6 slices bacon
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
Instructions
- 1Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
- 2Cook spaghetti until just al dente. Drain and set aside.
- 3In a bowl, mix cream cheese, cream of chicken soup, sour cream, ranch seasoning mix, garlic powder, and black pepper until smooth.
- 4Fold in cooked chicken, 1½ cups cheddar cheese, Parmesan cheese, and cooked spaghetti.
- 5Pour mixture into the prepared baking dish. Top with remaining cheddar cheese and crumbled bacon.
- 6Cover with foil and bake for 25 minutes. Remove foil and bake an additional 10-15 minutes until bubbly and golden.
- 7Let rest for 5-10 minutes. Garnish with chopped parsley and serve warm.
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Open in Pepper →Why Spaghetti Is Still the Weeknight King
A pound of spaghetti feeds six people for under ten dollars — no other dinner scales that well on that little effort.
Cooks on Pepper save a mug of pasta water before draining — the starchy liquid emulsifies any sauce and turns it silky instead of gluey.
The recipes here are the community's most-repeated spaghetti nights — the ones that get requested by name and always leave leftovers for tomorrow's lunch.
Quick Tips
- 1
Salt the pasta water
A tablespoon per pot minimum — the noodles will never be seasoned again.
- 2
Save the pasta water
Reserve a mug before draining — starchy liquid emulsifies any sauce into something silky.
- 3
Undercook by two minutes
Finish the pasta in the sauce for the last two minutes — that's how the noodle actually absorbs flavor.
- 4
Cheese off the heat
Parm melts smooth off the burner — added to a bubbling pan, it seizes into rubber clumps.
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