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One Pot Spaghetti

This One Pot Spaghetti recipe has a flavorful meat sauce that you can make with a jar of sauce or my homemade marinara recipe! This recipe uses simple seasonings and a dab of cream cheese for a finishing touch!

Be sure to serve this with a side of Garlic Bread with Cheese!

A white plate topped with One Pot Spaghetti in meat sauce.

One Pot Spaghetti 

My favorite part about this recipe, other than the fact that there is just one pot to clean at the end, is that the spaghetti noodles cook in chicken or beef broth, which makes them so much more flavorful.

Onions and peppers add a classic homemade touch that reminds me of my grandmother’s spaghetti. The seasonings are simple and a dab of cream cheese at the end adds an amazing touch that sets this apart from the rest!

It also makes a great freezer meal, I love reheating this for easy lunches and dinners.

How to Make It

See recipe card below this post for ingredient quantities and full instructions.

Cook and crumble the ground beef and onions over medium-high heat. Add the diced peppers, garlic, and seasonings during the last 2-3 minutes. Set aside on a separate plate and drain any grease.

Add chicken broth to the pot and bring to a boil. Add the uncooked noodles and allow them to soften, then use kitchen tongs to twist them into the pot.

Cooked Ground beef, onions, and peppers in a skillet next to a skillet of spaghetti in chicken broth.

Add the undrained diced tomatoes, then the marinara sauce and cream cheese.

A pot with spaghetti noodles, diced tomatoes, marinara sauce, and cream cheese for one pot spaghetti.

Submerge the pasta underneath. Cover partially and simmer until cooked through, the pasta will take about 15-20 minutes total. Periodically run a silicone spatula along the bottom of the pot to ensure the pasta doesn’t stick.

Add the meat mixture back to the sauce and heat through. Serve with garlic bread with cheese.

Adding meat to sauce to finish making One Pot Spaghetti.

Pro Tips

  • Ground sausage or a combination of beef and sausage may be used.
  • Rao’s marinara sauce is my preferred store bought brand, or make my homemade marinara sauce.
  • This recipe is also Instant Pot friendly.
  • Mushrooms make a great addition to this meal as well.
  • If you plan on having leftovers, consider adding slightly more marinara sauce as the noodles will absorb more liquid during storage.
  • If it feels as though you need more liquid for the pasta to finish cooking, add a little more broth. Conversely, if your sauce feels too thin, let it simmer, uncovered, until the additional liquid has evaporated.

Storage

Store in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.

A pot filled with Spaghetti in meat sauce with bell peppers and diced tomatoes.

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One Pot Spaghetti in a tomato sauce with peppers and onions.

One Pot Spaghetti

5 from 41 ratings
This One Pot Spaghetti recipe has a flavorful meat sauce that you can make with a jar of sauce or my homemade marinara recipe! This recipe uses simple seasonings and a dab of cream cheese for a finishing touch!

Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground beef, I use 85% lean
  • 1 small onion, diced
  • 1 small bell pepper, diced
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • ½ teaspoon Italian Seasonings
  • Salt/pepper, to taste
  • 2 ½ cups chicken broth, or beef broth
  • 14.5 oz. diced tomatoes, undrained
  • ½ pound spaghetti, uncooked
  • 24 oz. marinara sauce
  • 2 Tablespoons cream cheese, softened (optional, but recommended!)

Instructions

  • Cook and crumble the ground beef and onions over medium-high heat until nearly cooked through. Add the diced peppers, garlic, and seasonings during the last 2-3 minutes. Set aside on a separate plate and drain any grease.
  • Add chicken broth to the pot and use a silicone spatula to “clean” the brown spots on the bottom. Bring the broth to a boil. Add the uncooked spaghetti noodles and use kitchen tongs to twist the noodles into the pot as they soften. Once softened, add the undrained diced tomatoes.
  • Add the marinara sauce and softened cream cheese. Submerge the pasta underneath. Cover partially and simmer until cooked through, the pasta will take about 15-20 minutes total. Periodically run a silicone spatula along the bottom of the pot to ensure the pasta doesn’t stick.
  • Add the meat back to the sauce and heat through. Serve with garlic bread with cheese.

Notes

  • Ground sausage or a combination of beef and sausage may be used.
  • Rao’s marinara sauce is my preferred store bought brand, or make my homemade marinara sauce.
  • This recipe is also Instant Pot friendly.
  • Mushrooms make a great addition to this meal as well.
  • If you plan on having leftovers, consider adding slightly more marinara sauce as the noodles will absorb more liquid during storage.
  • If it feels as though you need more liquid for the pasta to finish cooking, add a little more broth. Conversely, if your sauce feels too thin, let it simmer, uncovered, until the additional liquid has evaporated.

Storage
  • Store in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.

Nutritional information is an estimate and is per serving. There are 6 servings in this recipe.

Nutrition

Calories: 319kcal, Carbohydrates: 41g, Protein: 24g, Fat: 7g, Saturated Fat: 3g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 2g, Trans Fat: 1g, Cholesterol: 52mg, Sodium: 1029mg, Potassium: 1009mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 9g, Vitamin A: 715IU, Vitamin C: 39mg, Calcium: 74mg, Iron: 5mg
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101 comments on “One Pot Spaghetti”

  1. Delicious!  I had to throw together my own, very quick marinara sauce, and this turned out wonderful.  Saving it to our favorites!

  2. This was such a great recipe ❤️  I loved the fact that it was all in one pot – such an easy clean up!  And the sauce was fabulous.  I added the optional cream cheese and really glad I did, it added such a nice creamy touch to the sauce.  I used Rao’s (32 oz jar, since I think you can never have too much sauce lol) and served with bread.   Yummy.  Thank you Stephanie!!

    • Hi Jenny! I am so happy to hear that you enjoyed this recipe! I absolutely LOVE Rao’s and totally agree that you can’t ever have too much, I am a huge sauce lover! 🙂 Thank you so much for taking the time to leave this review, I really appreciate it! -Stephanie

  3. This was absolutely delicious! I used Italian sausage and added sliced Baby Bella mushrooms. I also added about a teaspoon of Italian seasoning and salt and pepper to the marinara once added to the cooking pasta.
    Soooo good! Another great recipe from The Cozy Cook!

    • I’m so jealous you got to add mushrooms Susie! My husband is a baby when it comes to mushrooms so I can’t add them to most dishes 😂. Thanks so much for the great comments and for taking the time to leave a review. I’m so happy you enjoyed it!

  4. Absolutely awesome dinner!!! This one is a keeper for me.  Slight tweak on my part had an extra shallot so I used in this recipe still added the garlic!

  5. So good! I have a very picky 13 year old who loved it. I will definitely be making this again.

  6. My husband absolutely loved this. Paired it with cheesy garlic bread. Thank you for thos awesome recipe.

  7. Outstanding! Save so much time and is our new favorite!! Try it-you’ll love it!

  8. My husband loved this spaghetti he told me is was the best me meal I made him in along time lol. I even l liked and I dont care for spaghetti. I really like the sauce and I don’t like red sauces but this red sauce was to die for

    • Hi Terri!! I am so happy to hear that you and your husband enjoyed this recipe, you made my day! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review!! 🙌🏻❤️

  9. Well, it’s been decided. Pasta night it is! I can never pass up something that looks this amazing!!!

  10. This was so easy and delicious. My kids ate it and I was able to save some leftover so I could enjoy the next day for lunch. I used a combination of ground sausage and beef sausage since I had some ground sausage left over. I think it added a great flavor. Thanks so much for the recipe!

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