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    Home » Recipes » Weeknight Dinner » One Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs

    One Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs

    Published: Sep 5, 2019 Modified: Jun 3, 2020 by GG

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    One Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs is an easy recipe that cooks pasta and homemade meatballs together in a delicious tomato sauce. Ground beef meatballs simmer in a quick homemade sauce and then uncooked spaghetti is added. Skillet spaghetti and meatballs finishes cooking together in one pot for a saucy pasta dinner!

    Spaghetti and meatballs in skillet

    One Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs Recipe

    Ever wish for a spaghetti and meatballs dinner on a busy weeknight but didn’t want to go through all the hassle of making and frying up the meatballs, boiling water and then cooking the pasta, heating up oil and spices and then adding tomato sauce for a homemade pasta sauce? Me too!

    Sounds like way too much work for a busy weeknight after a long day at work and dealing with kids, homework and busy after school schedules. Enter in my one pot supper recipe! 

    Bowl of spaghetti and meatballs

    Dinner is easy when everything cooks together quickly in just one pot. These are my favorite type of recipes and they have been since my four boys were little. Back then life was crazy busy and everyone was crazy hungry. Sound familiar?Step by step homemade meatballs

    But I’m not one for jarred pasta sauces that usually have lots of sugar in them. Or for frozen meatballs, when it’s so easy to make your own homemade meatballs.

    So here you go, here’s a recipe with spaghetti sauce that’s from scratch for a quick and easy spaghetti and meatballs recipe that you’re going to want to make over and over again on those oh-so-crazy busy evenings.

    Skillet dinner to the rescue. You’re welcome!Spaghetti and meatballs in skillet

    Ingredients you will need to make this recipe

    • ground beef
    • egg
    • seasoned breadcrumbs
    • Parmesan cheese
    • dried basil
    • garlic powder
    • kosher salt
    • crushed tomatoes
    • diced tomatoes with basil, garlic and oregano
    • water
    • spaghetti

    Oh and I must tell you that I had the best sous chef helping me with this recipe! My sweet granddaughter Brenda was my assistant in the kitchen making this recipe and also was "on set" painting on sauce when the meatballs got dry during our photo shoot. She actually thought it was quite funny that I asked her to "paint" on the tomato sauce! But she did an excellent job, don't you agree?

    Brenda helping to food style a recipe on set

    But her favorite part of being my assistant was taste testing the recipe! She approved....after her third bowlful! I'd say this recipe is a success!

    My sous chef tasting the recipe

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    Spaghetti and meatballs in skillet
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    One Pot Spaghetti And Meatballs

    One Pot Spaghetti and Meatballs is an easy recipe that cooks pasta and homemade meatballs together in a delicious tomato sauce. Ground beef meatballs simmer in a quick homemade sauce and then uncooked spaghetti is added. Skillet spaghetti and meatballs finishes cooking together in one pot for a saucy pasta dinner!
    Course Main Course, Pasta
    Cuisine Italian
    Keyword one pot spaghetti and meatballs, skillet spaghetti and meatballs, spaghetti and meatballs recipe
    Prep Time 15 minutes
    Cook Time 25 minutes
    Total Time 40 minutes
    Servings 4
    Calories 607kcal
    Author Gwynn Galvin

    Ingredients

    Meatballs:

    • 1 lb. ground beef
    • 1 egg
    • ½ cup seasoned breadcrumbs
    • ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
    • ½ tsp. dried basil
    • ½ tsp. garlic powder
    • ¼ tsp. kosher salt

    Spaghetti and Sauce:

    • 1 can (28 ounces) crushed tomatoes
    • 1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes with basil garlic and oregano
    • 2 ¼ cups water
    • 1 tsp. dried basil
    • ½ tsp. garlic powder
    • ½ tsp. kosher salt
    • 8 ounces uncooked spaghetti , broken in half

    Instructions

    • Meatballs:
    • Combine ground beef, egg, breadcrumbs, Parmesan, ½ tsp. dried basil. ½ tsp. garlic powder and ¼ tsp. kosher salt until blended.
    • Shape into 24 mini meatballs.
    • Spaghetti and Sauce:
    • In skillet with deep sides, bring crushed tomatoes, diced tomatoes with their juices, water, ½ tsp. dried basil, ½ tsp. garlic powder and ½ tsp. kosher salt to a boil over medium-high heat.
    • Carefully add mini meatballs to the boiling sauce and cook 10 minutes. Meatballs should be submerged in the sauce. If not, stir occasionally.
    • Add spaghetti and boil an additional 10 minutes or until meatballs are cooked through and spaghetti is al dente.
    • Serve with additional grated Parmesan, if desired.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 607kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 127mg | Sodium: 759mg | Potassium: 531mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 142IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 180mg | Iron: 6mg

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    About GG

    Gwynn Galvin, known to many as GG, is the creative and talented chef and nutritionist behind Swirls of Flavor. Gwynn is an award-winning culinary professional with over twenty five years of recipe development, food styling, test kitchen management and culinary innovation experience. Gwynn's passion is gathering people around the table with her simple real food recipes to savor the moments together.

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    1. beckandbulow

      February 10, 2021 at 6:50 am

      5 stars
      Delicious balls

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