This Creamy Crock Pot Spaghetti is so simple and even more delicious! It’s the perfect weeknight dinner dish for your family!
Easy Spaghetti Recipe
We all have a favorite spaghetti recipe, but let me introduce you to my Creamy Crockpot Spaghetti! Making crock pot recipes is such a great way to make dinner time easy. We’re all looking for that! No boiling the noodles, just throw it all into the crock pot and dinner is done a few hours later. I added a little secret ingredient to my spaghetti….some cream cheese that makes for a creamy dreamy sauce. Be sure to try it 🙂
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Here’s your line up. I actually used 3 jars of sauce so add one more to this picture….and a couple cups of chicken broth 🙂
How To Make The Best Spaghetti
For starters, brown up 1 pound of ground beef in a skillet.
I keep it simple, a little salt, pepper and garlic salt/or powder.
Now we are ready for the crock pot.
Start by pouring one jar of pasta sauce into the bottom of your crock pot.
Time for the noodles 🙂
Break them in half so they fit nicely into the crock pot.
Pour your ground beef over the noodles.
Sprinkle with some Parmesan Cheese.
Add some cubed cream cheese….my favorite part!
One more jar of pasta sauce over top.
Nice and even 🙂
Close the lid and you are good to go!
Creamy Crock Pot Spaghetti
Equipment
- Crock Pot
- Stove
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder or salt
- 3 jars 26 ounce pasta sauce
- 1 pound spaghetti noodles
- 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese
- 4 ounces cream cheese
- 1-2 cups chicken broth
Instructions
- Cook/brown beef into a medium skillet over medium heat until crumbled and browned Season with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Drain fat from pan if necessary.
- Pour one jar of pasta sauce into bottom of crock pot on high heat. Break spaghetti noodles in half and place noodles over sauce. Pour cooked beef over noodles, sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and top with cubes of cream cheese. Pour another jar of pasta over cream cheese, close lid and let cook on high for 3 hours.
- After 3 hours, give a good stir (will be thick) and add last jar of pasta sauce and 1-2 cups of chicken broth (more if you want a thinner sauce). Close lid and let cook another hour or until ready to serve.
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I made your Wild Rice Cheesy Chicken Casserole for dinner tonight and it was SO delicious!! I halved the recipe as I’m just cooking for my husband & I-it was plenty and we have leftovers. Also, I added some broccoli which we really liked. I will be making it again!
YUM, I made this tonight and it was delish! I used rotelle noodles instead because my boys aren’t big fans of spaghetti noodles. It was a HIT! Will be making this again and again!!! Thank you!
So glad to hear it Amy! Thanks for the feedback!
looks great! SO GREAT to see you this past weekend! Keep in touch! One day I am coming to visit! You are so sweet and such a breath of fresh air!
This is a great idea for a quick and simple meal! Love it!
Thanks so much!
Love seeing another crockpot recipe- thank you for posting! I hope to try your recipe soon. The crockpot is a great convenience for on-the-go mommas. It just makes me feel like I still “made” supper for my family without all the chaos after work.
I agree Meg 🙂 Thanks for the comment 🙂
Have you made this without the cream cheese? If so, how did it turn out?
Wendy, I haven’t tried it without the cream cheese but I think it would be just fine!!
So excited to try this! Will the noodles still cool if I leave it on low all day while I am at work or does it need to be cooked on high?
Hi Stephanie, not sure if I would let the noodles sit in the crock pot all day long. I think the noodles would get too mushy.
With such a recipe as this, I can see why you have over 27,000 likes on Facebook! It looks awesome. 🙂
Thank you Karen!
I was so looking forward to having this for dinner tonight, however it helps to turn on my crockpot! Grrrr. We will have it tomorrow. Looking forward to trying this.
Oh no Andrea!! Hate when that happens!
I am totally making this for dinner tomorrow night! My husband is pretty picky, but he has been trying to slowly branch out his palate; this is a good, tiny step up from the usual plain ol’ marinara spaghetti we make. Can’t wait, it looks delicious! 🙂
Hope you enjoy Lauren!
I should say hamburger is good, the texture/look isnt as large as when you fry it..
Looks so good, love the cream cheese add in… I boil the hamburger when I make spaghetti, tacos, gets all the grease out and hamburger is fine..
Oh cool, I haven’t tried boiling hamburger before.
I’ve never thought of that. I always rinse it off with HOT tap water while it’s draining in the colander.
This looks delish!!!
Ps. I love your etched silverware!!!!
xoxo
Jen
Thanks Jennifer!
This is making me so hungry! Looks delicious and simple too!
Ihave a 10 year old who would be all over this!!
What a great idea!
Only you could make a photo of raw ground beef look so beautiful! Your photography is always stunning 🙂
Lol! Thanks 🙂
I LOVE when I can invite my dinner into the crockpot to cook for me while we’re running the kids around. Thank you! Looks wonderful!
This is such a great idea, Jenny! I can’t believe I’ve never tried this. Sounds delicious!
I’ve been looking for a great crock pot spaghetti recipe and I think I’ve found it. You had me at cream cheese!!!:) YUM!
Yay! So glad to hear it Jana!
OMG looks amazing! so easy and yummy!I will have to try this too!
I think we’ll have this for dinner next Saturday, thanks! 🙂
Let me know how it goes!
looking forward to this soon !
O.M.G. I have to do this!
I am totally loving this – especially that addition of cream cheese!!
I never thought to make spaghetti in a crock pot. What an awesome idea! I can’t wait to give this a try. It was so nice meeting you at Food Blog Forum this weekend!
wow, this looks amazing!!!!!!!!! love it. i love the idea of adding cream cheese.
Do you think you could freeze this after it’s been cooked? That’s a lot of servings.
Looks divine but curious as to why it requires so much pasta sauce. For the everyday one jar of sauce is, for me, too much for one pound of pasta. and now that I’ve splurged on Whole Foods San Marzano pureed tomatoes I’m spoiled and like to make my own sauce. Will try this, though, esp because I just bought some parmagiano reggiano on sale. It looks very kid friendly, too-thanks!
The spaghetti noodles absorb it. It’s like how leftover spaghetti in the refrigerator absorbs the sauce, too.
My husband would go crazy for this!!! LOVE a good crockpot meal.
Creamy and delicious spaghetti. Yummy! =)
Thanks Raquel, I am excited to make it again soon 🙂
This sounds amazing! I am trying this for dinner tonight! Thanks for the recipe!
Ooo, let me know how you like it Amanda!
Wow, I had never even considered making spaghetti in a crock pot! This recipe looks delicious and relatively easy to make, which is just my kind of recipe 🙂 Can’t wait to try it, Thanks Jenny!
I know! Me either until that day a couple weeks ago. We ate the darn leftovers for a good 3 or 4 days, lol!
What a brilliant idea, Jenny! It reminds me of the absolutely delicious spaghetti I would get in the cafeteria that had been soaking up the tomato sauce all day. Yum!!!! 😀
Oh my gosh Caroline, it reminded me of that same thing, lol! It tastes better but had that same exact look. Too funny 🙂
I agree! This was my first thought when I saw the noodles it looks delicious I ran home on lunch and got it all in the crock pot for tonight!
Gosh, I had no idea you could make spaghetti in the crock pot – I thought it would go all mushy – but this looks perfect!
Isn’t it fun Kathryn, I kinda love it!
I totally just made spaghetti sauce with cream cheese too!! Woah 😉
Must try using a crock pot next time – brilliant, thanks!
I love creamy spaghetti! So yummy 🙂
Jenny it’s awesome looking and I honestly had NO idea you could make spaghetti in a crock pot, noodles and all, without even having to boil them. I really need to dust mine off!
I know, I go in phases with my crock pot 🙂