# One Pan Pasta and Meatball Bake

A delicious one-pan creamy pasta and meatball bake that simplifies cooking and cleanup.

- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Sauce & Condiment
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- frozen fully cooked meatballs
- 1 box dry pasta
- 2 jars tomato sauce
- water
- whole milk
- fresh mozzarella cheese
- fresh parmesan
- parsley
- 6 leaves fresh basil leaves

## Instructions

1. Line the edge of a baking dish with frozen fully cooked meatballs.
2. Pour dry pasta into the center of the baking dish, filling it to about the top layer of the meatballs.
3. Add a second layer of meatballs all the way around the edge of the baking dish.
4. Pour tomato sauce directly over the dry pasta.
5. Spread the tomato sauce out to cover the dry pasta.
6. Add water to the dish until the pasta is covered in liquid.
7. Pour whole milk over the pasta and sauce.
8. Pour water into the empty sauce jar to get the remaining tomato goodness, then pour it over the pasta.
9. Sprinkle fresh mozzarella cheese over the sauce and pasta.
10. Sprinkle fresh parmesan cheese generously over the mozzarella.
11. Add a little bit of parsley.
12. Place fresh basil leaves on top of the dish.
13. Bake in the oven at 375°F for about 20 minutes.
14. Serve the one-pan pasta and meatball bake with a breadstick.

## Equipment

- baking dish
- spoon

## Tips

- This dish uses one dish for everything, making cleanup easy.
- You can use any type of cheese you like, such as cheddar cheese, if you don't have mozzarella.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMax39ys/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/31b20496-bfc0-4a6c-a62a-30c328510c8b
- Extracted: 2025-11-26

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