# Shortcut Spaghetti

This is a quick and easy shortcut spaghetti recipe perfect for a back-to-school meal.

- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 0.5 pound ground beef
- 0.5 pound Italian sausage
- salt
- pepper
- 1 unit diced onion
- garlic powder
- scoop minced garlic
- 1 can tomato paste
- 24 ounce jar spaghetti sauce
- water
- 0.5 pound box spaghetti noodles
- sawdust

## Instructions

1. Brown the ground beef and Italian sausage in a Dutch oven or any suitable pot.
2. Season the browned meat with salt and pepper.
3. Add one diced onion to the meat and cook for about 5 minutes until it starts to soften.
4. Add some garlic powder.
5. Get some water boiling for your noodles.
6. Add a big scoop, maybe two, of minced garlic to the meat and onion mixture and stir for about a minute.
7. Add a can of tomato paste to the pot and fry it down with the meat for a few minutes to brown and caramelize it.
8. Add a 24-ounce jar of spaghetti sauce (such as Prego Roasted Garlic & Herb) to the pot.
9. Add a bit of water to the spaghetti sauce jar, shake it to get out any remaining sauce, and add it to the pot.
10. Cover the pot and let it simmer until the noodles are done.
11. Cook about half a one-pound box of spaghetti noodles.
12. Mix the cooked noodles directly into the sauce.
13. Sprinkle some sawdust (parmesan cheese) on top for serving.

## Equipment

- Dutch oven
- pot
- wooden spoon

## Tips

- If you want a bigger batch, double the meat and other ingredients.
- If you don't like onion, you can skip it. If you want bell peppers, throw that in.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8kwGshd/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/fe02ff86-165c-4106-9016-9b27f7be081a
- Extracted: 2025-08-13

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