One Pot Spaghetti with Meat Sauce is the perfect simple weeknight meal using only ONE pot! Everyone will rave about this easy dinner dish!
Guys, I am SO excited to share another delicious one pot pasta recipe with y’all! One Pot Spaghetti with meat sauce, is perfect for a quick weeknight meal, and what kid doesn’t love spaghetti?! Whipping this up is easy, fast, and it doesn’t break the bank either. Add this to your weekly meal plan, make a side salad or vegetable to accompany it, and you have the perfect dinner!
One Pot Spaghetti with Meat Sauce is also one of those recipes that is impossible to mess up. There are only a handful of ingredients in One Pot Spaghetti with meat sauce, and it comes together with little to no effort. My oldest son, Austin, is a super super picky eater, and he never would even eat pasta! For a while I joked that he must not be our kid, because me and my husband looove pasta. I mean, who doesn’t?! Well, finally when he was around 4 he watched Lady and the Tramp and he was really excited to try their slurping pasta kiss move. Naturally, I volunteered to reenact it with him. It was literally the only time he decided he liked pasta, and never wanted to eat it again since then. Ugh. However, if you don’t have a psycho picky eater like my kid, I am SURE your kids will love this!
For these one pot recipes, like this One Pot Spaghetti with meat sauce, you HAVE to get yourself a skillet/pot like the one I have – it’s amazing. No longer do I have to use a HUGE pot, and then worry about washing it, nor do I have to squeeze everything into my shallow sided skillet and have the sauce bubble over – this high side skillet is seriously made for these one pot pasta dishes. The cleanup is a breeze too – you can toss it in the dishwasher, but I really prefer to hand wash because it takes 15 seconds max, and then it doesn’t cramp up my dishwasher!
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 medium onion, chopped finely
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 14 ounces chicken or vegetable broth
- 2 cups water
- 6 ounces tomato paste
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1/2 tsp dried basil
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 12 ounces spaghetti
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
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In a large pot or skillet with tall sides, add onions, garlic, and ground beef; cook for 6-8 minutes, or until beef is cooked through; use a wooden spatula to break apart while cooking. Drain off fat.
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Add tomato paste, broth, water, oregano, basil, black pepper; whisk well to combine ingredients; bring to a boil.
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Add spaghetti, lightly pressing down so sauce comes over it. Lightly stir it every few seconds, so that spaghetti combines with sauce/meat. Simmer for 17-20 minutes or until spaghetti is cooked through and sauce has thickened.
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Serve immediately topped with fresh parmesan cheese.
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– Allyson
Elaine says
My husband and I loved the one pot spaghetti with meat sauce! I doubled the basil, added a bit of parsley and a pinch of sugar and seasoning salt. Will definitely be making this again. Thank you for an easy and delicious recipe!
Allyson says
You are SO welcome! Those sound like great additions and I am so happy y’all love it! Be sure to check out my other one pot dishes!
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Little Cooking Tips says
Never tried to cook spaghetti this way before, excellent idea Allyson! Did you break the spaghetti in half, in order to mix it easier? Thank you for the wonderful one-pot idea!
Panos and Mirella
Allyson says
Thanks! I don’t break it, but you could! I just kind of push it down into the sauce whole, but either way will work!
Huma says
Tried the one pot spaghetti. Really good. Thank you.
Kathy says
Hi I wanted to make this, and I was wondering if you have to add the oregano?
Allyson says
If you dont like it, it won’t make much a difference if you leave it out!
Kim Thibodeaux says
Made this tonight as written with a couple of changes – 16 oz spaghetti instead of 12, can of diced tomatoes, addition of small can of tomato sauce, red pepper flakes, mushrooms. Loved it. Will make again. Easy and tasty. Winner!
Allyson says
So glad you loved it!
Gerd says
I’m using a high side skillet for copking many things and just love the way you can add ingredients without the pan overspilling. But never even thought to do pasta and sauce in one go…. Have tried your recipe and will never cook my spaghetti first in water then add to the sauce. This is so convenient!
Sandra Jean says
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Allyson says
Hi! When you receive the newsletter, at the bottom there should be an unsubscribe button. I can go ahead and take your email off the list if this is the email you use?
Marie says
Hi! Do you know around how many people this recipe can feed? (Servings)
Allyson says
Should be 4-6 depending on how much you eat 🙂
Amanda says
This was super simple and yummy! After reading what others wrote, I only added about 7 oz of pasta. I’m glad I did because it was JUST right with the amount of sauce. We also added cottage cheese to our bowl when serving…it was perfect! Great recipe!
Suzanne says
Delicious!!! Thank you. I used einkorn wheat spaghetti and grated fontina cheese instead of parmesan. So good, it was hard to put the leftovers away, but I’ll eat it up tomorrow!
Elsie says
Made this for dinner tonight. I needed to add a little more broth as the sauce cooked down, but otherwise followed the recipe as written. It was delicious! Will definitely make again. Thanks so much!