12 Best Easy Italian Spaghetti Sauce Ideas For Everyone!

easy Italian spaghetti sauce ideas for everyone

Italian pasta, also known as Spaghetti, is a delicious and popular dish in Italia, which is served with tomato sauce and mixed with minced beef. This dish is easy to make, and even your kids will love. It is also very suitable for the daily family meals as it provides sufficient energy as a normal full meal. There are many sauces which can be prepared to serve with spaghetti, including many different flavors.

Best Italian Spaghetti Sauce – Easy To Make Spaghetti Dishes:

Spaghetti is a type of pasta with small circular fibers, made from semolina flour and water. There are many Italian spaghetti dishes, from spaghetti with cheese and pepper or garlic and oil to the spaghetti dish with tomato, meat, and other types of sauces. Spaghetti noodles are boiled in water with a little salt and a little oil added.

In Italian’s cuisine, spaghetti noodles are often served with tomato sauce. The sauces can contain many kinds of herbs (especially oregano and basil, olive oil, meat, or vegetables). People also often sprinkle some kinds of ground cheese, such as Pecorino Romano, Parmesan, and Asiago cheeses. Besides, there are many spaghetti recipes such as seafood spaghetti, cream sauce spaghetti…

In this article, I would like to introduce some types of spaghetti sauces that many people in the world love.

1. Spaghetti Carbonara II:

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The first out of the best Italian spaghetti sauce ideas I would like to show you and my readers is the spaghetti carbonara II. This is actually a super-rich classic “egg and bacon” spaghetti dish. This dish is perfect for a romantic dinner of couples. This recipe also makes a “new” brunch offering. This dish can be a delicious and nutritious breakfast that everyone loves!

Ingredients:

  • 2 tbsps grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 tbsps chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 pinch salt and black pepper to taste
  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 4 eggs
  • 1/4 cup dry white wine(optional)
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 8 slices bacon, diced
  • 1 pound spaghetti

Direction:

  • Cook spaghetti fibers in boiling water and salt and olive oil.
  • Cook chopped bacon until it becomes a little bit crispy, and then take it out and drain onto paper tissues. Take out 2 tbsp. of bacon fat; add remaining 1 tbsp. olive oil, and heat in reused large pan. Pour onion (chopped) in to the pan and stir fry it with medium heat until it becomes pellucid. Pour minced garlic into the pan and cook for another minute. If you want, you can add a little wine to the mixture and cook for one more minute.
  • Put the cooked bacon to the pan again with spaghetti which was also cooked and drained before. Add a little olive oil if the spaghetti fibers are sticking together or seem dry. Pour beaten eggs and cook, constantly tossing with a large fork or tongs until the eggs become barely set. Add 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese right away and toss again. Add pepper and salt to taste.

2. Jenn’s Out Of This World Spaghetti And Meatballs:

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You might have heard about the spaghetti served with meatballs because this dish is also one of the most popular Italian spaghetti sauce dishes that many people love. This authentic spaghetti and meatballs recipe will use fresh parsley and oregano. This recipe is perfect for people who love tender meatballs because the meatballs included in this dish are tender and tasty as they are cooked in the sauce. This dish is actually perfect for people who want to increase muscle because it provides a lot of protein.

Ingredients:

  • 1 (16 ounce) packageuncooked spaghetti
  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 1/2 cup Italian seasoned bread crumbs
  • 1 pound ground round
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 dried bay leaf
  • 1/4 cup chopped fresh oregano, divided
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 3 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste
  • 2 (16 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 3/4 cup chopped onion
  • 3 tbsps olive oil

Directions:

  • Cook olive oil in a large pan with medium fire, and heat the onion until it becomes brown lightly. Pour 2 cloves garlic to the pan and heat for one more minute. Stir in bay leaf, 1/2 the oregano, sugar, water, tomato paste, and crushed tomatoes. Season the mixture with pepper and salt. Simmer the mixture during the time you prepare meatballs.
  • Mix the cheese, eggs, parsley, remaining garlic, remaining oregano, bread crumbs, and ground round in a bowl. Season the mixture with pepper and salt. Roll the meat into 1-inch meatballs, and soak them in the sauce for 40 minutes cooking.
  • Stir in the spaghetti in a large pot of with water and a little salt, boil it. Cook eight – ten minutes.

3. Slow Cooker Italian Chicken Alfredo:

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Once you gave the following simple ingredients, think about making this dish first! You can even make it using low fat/sodium reduced/free fat materials and it still has a great taste! This is also one of the best Italian spaghetti sauce ideas you should try once! In fact, people who want to lose weight should not concern about this spaghetti dish because it will not make your fat.

Ingredients:

  • 1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 (8 ounce) package spaghetti
  • 1 (4.5 ounce) can chopped mushrooms
  • 1 can condensed cream of chicken soup (10.75 ounce)
  • 1 package cream cheese, softened (8 ounce)
  • 1 clove garlic, pressed
  • 1 package dry Italian-style salad dressing mix (7 ounce)
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves (4 ounce)
  • cooking spray

Direction:

  • Use a non-stick slow cooker. Put the chicken breasts in the cooker. Combine water and Italian dressing mix in a small bowl. Pour garlic over chicken and cook on Low four hours (covered).
  • After four hours, whisk cream of chicken soup and softened cream cheese together in a bowl. Pour it over the chicken and stir in mushrooms. Cook on Low for one more hour (covered).
  • Use water with a little salt to boil over high heat. When the water is boiling, pour the spaghetti to the pot of lightly salted water and cook. Cook the spaghetti without covering, stirring occasionally, until the spaghetti noodles have been cooked, but still firm (for about 12 minutes). Drain the noodles well in cool water.

4. Chicken Spaghetti II:

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This is actually one of my favorite spaghetti sauce dishes. It is very simple to make and it is great to serve to company. You should serve this dish with French salad and bread for a wonderful meal! Spaghetti and shredded chicken will be stirred into an entire mixture of red and green Chile peppers, tomatoes, green onion, melted cheese, and creamy mushroom soup. In fact, chicken spaghetti II is a wonderful and delicious last minute chicken recipe for your family, and your kids will definitely love it while they eat the dish with their little fingers. In addition, if you want, you can serve this dish with garlic bread. This dish also provides us with abundant amounts of energy.

Ingredients:

  • 1 pinch garlic powder
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 pound processed cheese food (eg. Velveeta)
  • 1 can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers (10 ounce)
  • 1 can condensed cream of chicken soup (10.75 ounce)
  • 1 package spaghetti (8 ounce)
  • 3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

Direction:

  • Boil chicken in a large water pot with a little salt. When chicken is cooked, take it out, and keep the chicken broth in a boil. Shred the chicken.
  • Put the spaghetti in boiling chicken broth and heat for eight to ten minutes. When the spaghetti pasta is cooked, drain the broth.
  • Return the pot with done pasta (spaghetti noodles) to stove, cook over low heat. Pour cheese, diced tomatoes with chile peppers soup, shredded chicken. Season the sauce with garlic powder, pepper, and salt to taste.

5. California Chicken Spaghetti:

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Angel hair pasta is tossed with Roma tomatoes and chicken in this simple but tasty spaghetti recipe. The crumbled feta cheese will be combined well with the blackened spicy meat seasoning in an entire and single dish. This dish is easy to make but wonderful your dinner on a date, and this is also one of the best Italian spaghetti sauce ideas you should try once!

Ingredients:

  • 2/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
  • 10 roma (plum) tomatoes, diced
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 tbsps. Cajun-style blackened seasoning
  • 2 tbsps. dried basil
  • 2 tbsps. chopped garlic
  • Cut into strips 4 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves
  • 3 tbsps. olive oil
  • 1 package uncooked angel hair pasta (16 ounce)

Direction:

  • Use a large water pot with a little salt and boil it over high heat. Cook the spaghetti noodles (pasta) for about five to eight minutes. Drain the pasta
  • Cook olive oil in a large skillet with medium heat. Pour chicken pieces into the pan, and cook, stirring until it becomes brown on the outside. Stir in the pepper, salt, Cajun seasoning, basil, and garlic, then mix with tomatoes. Cook until the tomatoes are relatively soft, and the chicken is done. Serve with cheese on top.

6. Spaghetti Pizza I:

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This is a recipe for children who are studying at preschool. In fact, this recipe is very good for health and good for the digestive system, so your kids will definitely love it!

Ingredients:

  • 4 ounces pepperoni sausage, sliced
  • 1/4 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 (16 ounce) jar spaghetti sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • Divide 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 package spaghetti, broken into 2-inch pieces (8 ounce)

Direction:

  • Preheat the oven to 220 degrees C (425 degrees F). Rub cooking oil onto a 9×13-inch dish (for baking)
  • Use a large-sized pot of boiling water with a little salt. Cook spaghetti in this pot for eight to ten minutes, and then drain and use cold water to rinse the spaghetti fibers.
  • Pour garlic, salt, 1/2 cup of the mozzarella cheese, milk, and egg into a large bowl. Stir the mixture in cooked spaghetti and mix them well.
  • Pour the mixture onto the baking dish that you have prepared before. Bake this spaghetti dish in preheated oven for about fifteen minutes. Take the spaghetti out and reduce the heat to 175 degrees C (350 degrees F).
  • Spread the sauce onto the spaghetti noodles. Sprinkle with basil, oregano, and the rest of mozzarella cheese (1 1/2 cups). Top the dish with pepperoni and continuously bake it in the oven until the cheese is bubbly and starts to get brown (for thirty minutes more).

7. Spaghetti Pizza Lasagna:

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This spaghetti sauce is very simple to make at home with just some simple to follow steps and easy to find and buy ingredients which are sold in any local food store or supermarket. This is also one of the best Italian spaghetti sauce ideas that you will definitely love. To make this dish, you will need:

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 1 (8 ounce) package sliced pepperoni sausage
  • 1 tbsp dried minced onion
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1 (32 ounce) jar pasta sauce
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 eggs, beaten
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 pound lean ground beef
  • 1 pound spaghetti

Ingredients:

  • Preheat oven to 175 degrees C (350 degrees F).
  • Use a large-sized pot of boiling water with a little salt. Cook spaghetti in this pot for eight to ten minutes, and then drain and use cold water to rinse the spaghetti fibers.
  • Cook beef over medium heat in a large skillet until brown, drain.
  • Whisk together eggs and milk until they are well mixed; season with pepper and salt. Place the spaghetti noodles in a baking dish with the size of 9×13-inch. Pour the egg – milk mixture evenly over the spaghetti noodles with pasta sauce. Evenly distribute beef over the sauce and sprinkle with pepperoni slices, minced onion, garlic powder, and oregano. Top the dish with cheese for greasy flavor (shredded)
  • Bake the spaghetti with sauce in the oven (preheated) until bubbly and hot (for about thirty minutes).

8. Quick And Easy Chicken Spaghetti:

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This is another quick and simple to make chicken spaghetti recipe that has a wonderful Southern snap but it is still hearty and smooth! It is actually a good way to use last night’s leftover chicken to make another delicious dish that everyone will love!

Ingredients:

  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/2 jar sliced mushrooms, drained (4 ounce)
  • 2 cups chopped cooked chicken breast
  • 3/4 package processed cheese, cubed (8 ounce)
  • 1 can condensed cream of chicken soup (10.75 ounce)
  • 1 can diced green Chile peppers with tomatoes (10 ounce)
  • 1 package angel hair pasta (12 ounce)

Direction:

  • Use a large-sized pot of boiling water with a little salt. Cook spaghetti in this pot for eight to ten minutes, and then drain and use cold water to rinse the spaghetti fibers. Return to the pot.
  • Add the pepper, salt, mushrooms, chopped chicken, processed cheese, cream of chicken soup, and diced tomatoes with green chile peppers to the spaghetti noodles. Cook the spaghetti over low heat until the mixture is heated through and the cheese is melted.

9. Mama Corleone’s Sausage And Peppers:

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This dish is also one of the best spaghetti sauce recipes you will ever taste. You can serve this spaghetti with a green salad, crusty bread, and a robust dry red wine for a full, healthy, and extremely delicious meal. The amount of garlic and oil can be adjusted depending on your own demand and taste.

Ingredients:

  • freshly grated Parmesan cheese to taste
  • 1/4 cup minced flat leaf parsley
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
  • 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • Seed and cut 5 assorted bell peppers into strips
  • 4 links sweet Italian sausage (4 ounce)
  • 1 package thin spaghetti (8 ounce)

Direction:

  • Use a large-sized pot of boiling water with a little salt. Cook spaghetti in this pot for eight to ten minutes, and then drain and use cold water to rinse the spaghetti fibers, and then set aside.
  • While the spaghetti noodles are getting started, remove the casings, and slice the sausages lengthwise. Pour the sausages into a large skillet to cook over medium high heat with olive oil. Remove the sausage to a plate, and use the oven to keep it warm. Pour the basil, oregano, garlic, and bell peppers into the skillet, and drizzle with the olive oil remained. Stir-fry the mixture over medium heat till the peppers become tender.
  • Toss the drained spaghetti noodles and the pepper mixture into a large pan to blend, and season with pepper and salt. Pour the spaghetti, the sauce, with sausage into a plate and garnish with Parmesan cheese and Italian parsley.

10. Monterey Spaghetti:

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You will need to use a slow cooker to make this easy to prepare dish. This dish is super good for health and also your digestion. It is actually one of the best Italian spaghetti sauce ideas that you will ever taste. In fact, this spaghetti can be a wonderful and nutritious breakfast for your kids before they go to school. This dish will provide them with abundant amount of energy which they will need for the day. In fact, this is one of the best Italian spaghetti sauce ideas people should try making at home once!

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 (6 ounce) can French fried onions
  • Thaw and drain 1 package frozen chopped spinach (10 ounce)
  • 3 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
  • 1/8 teaspoon crushed garlic
  • 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 egg
  • 4 ounces spaghetti, broken into pieces

Direction:

  • Use a large-sized pot of boiling water with a little salt. Cook spaghetti in this pot for eight to ten minutes, and then drain and use cold water to rinse the spaghetti fibers, and then set aside.
  • Mix together the minced garlic, grated Parmesan cheese, and sour cream in a large bowl. After beating the egg in a small bowl, take it to the large bowl and mix with the first mixture. Move the mixture to a slow cooker which is greased before.
  • Mix half of the French fried onions, thawed spinach, 2 cups grated Monterey Jack cheese, and spaghetti noodles which are cooked and drained to the slow cooker. Stir the content of the slow cooker until it is blended well.
  • Cover and cook the mixture over high heat for 3 to 4 hours or low heat for six to eight hours.
  • In the last thirty cooking minutes, turn the oven to high if you are cooking over low heat and add remainder of French fried onions and grated Monterey Jack cheese to top of casserole.

11. Chicken Chile Spaghetti:

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This dish is very delicious as everyone will love. For more flavor, you can top the spaghetti with shredded mozzarella before baking if you want. This recipe is also very easy to make. You just need to use butter and add a cup of canned chicken broth for greasy and savory taste. Enjoy!

Ingredients:

  • 2 cans sliced mushrooms (4.5 ounce)
  • 1 pound processed cheese, cubed
  • 2 cans green Chile peppers and diced tomatoes (10 ounce)
  • 1 green bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 4 stalks celery, chopped
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 12 ounces vermicelli pasta
  • 1 (2 to 3 pound) whole chicken

Direction:

  • Put the whole chicken into a Dutch oven or large pot and cover with water. Use a boil, reduce heat, and simmer the chicken for about forty to sixty minutes until it becomes tender. Take the chicken out; reserving broth; remove chicken’s bone and skin, take the flesh and put it aside.
  • Preheat oven to 175 degrees C (350 degrees F)
  • Pour the chicken broth to a boil, cook spaghetti in this pot for eight to ten minutes, and then drain and use cold water to rinse the spaghetti fibers, and then set aside.
  • Use a large skillet to melt butter over medium heat. Cook bell pepper, onion, garlic, and celery in butter until it becomes tender. Toss the celery mixture with chicken flesh, sliced mushrooms, processed cheese, diced tomatoes and green chiles, and spaghetti noodles. Place the spaghetti in a baking dish with the size of 9×13 inches. To moisten the mixture, pour reserved chicken broth in.
  • Bake the dish for about 20 minutes in a preheated oven until it becomes bubbly and hot.

12. Fideo (Mexican Spaghetti):

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The last but not least Italian spaghetti sauce you should try making at home that I would like to introduce in this article is the Fideo. This is a very “strange” but very tasty spaghetti sauce dish. This recipe is originated in Mexico but in Italia, it is also widely preferred.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
  • 1 1/2 cups water
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons chili powder’
  • 1/2 tbsp ground cumin
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 5 roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 package spaghetti noodles, broken in half (12 ounce)
  • 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
  • 2 tbsps vegetable oil

Direction:

  • Over medium heat in a large skillet, heat one tbsp. of vegetable oil. Cook chicken breasts in the oil until it becomes brown nicely on the outside. Take the chicken breasts out and put them aside.
  • Add the rest of the oil to the skillet, and pour the broken spaghetti in. Cook and stir the spaghetti constantly until it becomes brown. Drain the excessive oil off, and add onion and tomatoes. Dice the chicken breasts and put it into the skillet again. Season the chicken breasts with pepper, salt, chili powder, and cumin. Simmer over medium-low heat until the spaghetti noodles become tender, and the water will be absorbed (for about ten minutes). Add water if you need.
  • Garnish the dish with shredded cheese, spoon the chicken mixture into a bowl to enjoy.

This is the entire list which covers 12 simple yet tasty and quick to make Italian spaghetti sauce ideas that you and other readers of VKool.com who really love Italia’s cuisine in particular, love spaghetti dishes in general will definitely love and want to try. In fact, these spaghetti sauce ideas are the wonderful suggestion for those people who are looking for delicious dishes for dinner or for a small party.

If you think that the easy Italian spaghetti sauce ideas I listed in this article are really what you are looking for, and if one or more people you know also want this list, do not hesitate to share it with them and try the dishes and have fun together. Do not forget to let me see your feedbacks and comments! As an author, I really want to know your own opinions!

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