One-Dish Microwave Spaghetti

Name: One-Dish Microwave Spaghetti
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4-5 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 lb ground beef or 1 lb Italian sausage; 1 teaspoon garlic salt; 1 tablespoon dried onion; 1 (26 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce, plus; 19 1/2 ounces jars water; 4 ounces mushrooms; 1 teaspoon parsley flakes; 1 teaspoon oregano; 1/2 teaspoon dried basil; 1/2 teaspoon italian seasoning; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon pepper; 1/4 lb spaghetti, broken into 2 inch pieces (uncooked); 1/3 cup parmesan cheese, grated

Submitted by littleturtle

"Quick and easy comfort food. Complete meal on it's own, but garlic bread and a tossed salad make great additions."

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photo by Liza at Food.com

Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 14
Serves:: 4-5

ingredients

1 lb ground beef or 1 lb Italian sausage
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1 tablespoon dried onion
1 (26 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce, plus
19 ¹⁄₂ ounces jars water
4 ounces mushrooms
1 teaspoon parsley flakes
1 teaspoon oregano
¹⁄₂ teaspoon dried basil
¹⁄₂ teaspoon italian seasoning
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₄ teaspoon pepper
¹⁄₄ lb spaghetti, broken into 2 inch pieces (uncooked)
¹⁄₃ cup parmesan cheese, grated

directions

Crumble ground beef into a microwave-safe casserole; add garlic salt& onion.
Microwave on high until no longer pink (about 4 minutes); stirring once.
Drain; stir to break meat into smaller pieces.
Add tomato sauce, water, mushrooms, remaining seasonings and spaghetti.
Cover with casserole lid; microwave for 10-12 minutes or until spaghetti is tender, stirring twice.
Let stand 5 minutes, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and serve.

Questions & Replies

Are you really only using a quarter of a pound spaghetti for a full size jar of sauce and that’s supposed to feed four people? I think I’m going to have to pass on this recipe because there’s no way those measurements can be right. So who knows what else is wrong.

Emma A.

Reviews

Since I can't cook hamburger in my apartment without the smoke detector going off. My primary goal was to cook the hamburger with ingredients in the microwave oven. This was my first time doing such a thing. The time was nine minutes on the hamburger. But! I boiled the pasta on the stove. Cooked the sauce in the microwave along with the hamburger and everything fell into place for a good meal.

christopherkaya
ADJUST time and amount of pasta and YUM! After other reviews, used 1/2 # of thin spaghetti. Microwaved 10 minutes, covered, stirred, vented one side and cooked 10 minutes more. Allowed to sit for 5 minutes. GREAT!

AmericanLithuanianm
Easy peasy...loved it!

Liza at Food.com
Sorry, but I wasn't a fan. I went for convenience and time over flavor. I followed this recipe EXACTLY and it was like Spaghetti Soup. Why 19 1/2 ounces of water? I had to fish the meat, mushrooms and noodles out of the watery sauce. And I needed way more cooking time than the recipe asked for as well. I can say that after setting for a day, it was slightly better the next day--maybe the noodles had time to absorb some of the water? I won't make this again, and I recommend it only if you are in an extreme time crunch as I was.

utawkin2me
Was good. Not fantastic, but fast and I LOVE that. I hate to cook pasta, so anytime I can get away without having to boil the water & the whole 9 yards, I am happy. It was a little watery even afte microwaving for almost 20 minutes. It took that long for the spaghetti to soften up. Will use agian if in a time pinch.

LILTEXQT