Who doesn’t love a little garlic bread with their spaghetti? This easy Spaghetti Stuffed Garlic Bread makes sure you get a little of that crispy, savory, garlic goodness with each bite! A fun take on warm & cheesy baked spaghetti loaded with a seasoned beef & sausage meat sauce, these spaghetti boats will have you feeling like a kid again!
Everybody has memories as a kid of eating spaghetti piled high on your piece of garlic toast and relishing every bite. This grown up version of that delightful memory cuts out that middle step and just bakes all that yumminess up together. Lightly toasting the garlic bread first and keeping your meat sauce thick, keeps your “bread boat” from getting soggy as it bakes.
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What You Need To Make Spaghetti Stuffed Garlic Bread
- Italian bread loaf
- garlic powder
- butter
- ground beef
- ground sausage
- tomato sauce & paste
- spaghetti
- Mozzarella & Parmesan cheese
- onion
- minced garlic
- Italian seasoning
- salt & pepper
When your loaded garlic bread comes out of the oven, spaghetti bubbling and cheese melting down the sides, your inner kid will do cartwheels! Way better than pizza or Stromboli or anything else you can think of, this baked spaghetti in a zesty, garlicky bread bowl has the ability to turn a Tuesday night into Italian bistro night… clean your plate night… or simply your very favorite night of the week.
Serve Italian Green Bean Salad or Simple Green Salad with Creamy Mayo Vinaigrette with your Garlic Stuffed Spaghetti Bread for a complete, delicious meal!
Other Family Pasta Recipes You’ll Love
- Cheesy Beef Noodle Casserole
- Crowd Pleasing Lasagna
- Rotel Chicken & Spaghetti
- Pizza Stuffed Pasta Shells
- 3 Cheese Classic Manicotti
- Easy White Ravioli Casserole
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Spaghetti Stuffed Garlic Bread
Ingredients
- 16 ounce Italian bread loaf
- butter & garlic powder for bread
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 pound ground sausage
- 16 ounce tomato sauce
- 6 ounce tomato paste
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 7 ounce uncooked spaghetti
- ½ cup Parmesan cheese, divided in half
- ⅔ cup Mozzarella cheese, divided in half
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning, generous
- 1 teaspoon salt + a pinch
- ½ teaspoon minced garlic
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375° Fahrenheit.
- In a large sauce pan, boil spaghetti until al dente. Remove from heat and drain.
- While pasta is cooking, brown beef & sausage in a large skillet over medium heat. Add onion while browning meat. When brown, drain off any excess fat and return to skillet. Add tomato sauce, paste, Italian seasoning, garlic, salt & pepper. Mix well. Simmer for 5-8 minutes. Add cooked pasta. Mix well again and remove from heat.
- While meat sauce is simmering, cut the Italian bread loaf in half using a bread knife. Carve out the middle of each half of the loaf. Remove any remaining bread to create a large hollow in each half. Brush insides of the hollows and sides of the halves with butter. Sprinkle with garlic powder. Toast in oven.
- When bread is toasted, spoon the prepared spaghetti & meat sauce into the hollow of each half, filling the hollows completely. (You will have spaghetti & meat sauce left over). Top with cheeses- 1 of the divided halves of the cheeses for one loaf and one for the other.
- Bake at 375° for 15-20 or until cheese is melted and golden. Remove from oven and gently cut with a bread knife to serve.
Notes
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Thanks, Philip! So glad you are here. Hope you find some ideas and things that encourage you!
Where can I find the nutritional information at?
Hi, Mary!
I do not calculate & provide nutritional information, just delicious recipes meant to be shared with family and friends!
You should be able to figure out from the photo alone that this is not a nutritious meal, just a delicious one.
Has anyone tried this with zoodles instead? Afraid it would be soggy…
Hi, Jan! The zoodles will add extra moisture. It’s worth a try though!
If you try with Zoodles . Maybe try in the air fryer. That seems to dry food out more.
Hi, i am trying this out this evening & can’t wait… But I’m just wondering if the bread should be completely frozen until ready to cut & toast also how long should I toast it? It won’t burn baking that long especially after being toasted first!?
Hi, Andrea!
I use fresh bread. If your bread is frozen, it would need to be thawed before you can hollow it out to make a well for your spaghetti.
Also, there is a photo in the post to show how toasted my bread is. There is a nice crisp on the inside. There is no certain time since many broilers (and breads!) toast at different rates. The toasted insides (along with the thicker meat sauce) keeps the bread from getting soggy. So it is important that the bread be toasted.
And lastly, the bread doesn’t burn when baked. When baking, the heat radiates from the bottom of the oven (unlike the broiler, where the heat comes from the top), so the bread just gets nice and crusty all around. If you are worried about some parts of the bread over browning, just cover them with some foil until the bake time is finished!
Making this tonight just curious does the loaded loaf go in the oven on the rack or on a pan?
Hi, Jessica!
I bake mine on a pan, but a pizza stone works really well too for crisping up the bottom. I usually don’t do the rack just in case any of that cheese happens to melt over the edge of the bread. I don’t want it to drip in my oven! Love that you are making this for dinner!
How long do I toast the bread?
Hi, Mackenzie!
You just toast the bread until it is lightly toasted- just a little crisp on the edges and middle. This keeps your “bread boat” from getting soggy.
When you say toast in oven, you mean in the broiler correct?
Hi, Rosie! You sure can put it under the broiler or a toaster oven. It is the fastest way. Of course, you can also pop it in that oven that preheating to 375 and crisp it up in there.
OMG! Why didn’t I think of this? I can’t wait to try this for my family! Thanks for the inspiration you bring to our table daily!
You are so welcome, Marilyn! You made my day! I hope everyone loves it. ❤️
Made this vegetarian tonight and it was so good thanks for a great jumping off point for something new in my meal rotation!
Trista,
That’s so awesome! Every good cook makes a recipe their own. This is fantastic! You made my week. <3
Can you freeze this dish! I would love to make it, but I live on my own, so would be too much for me to eat in one sitting.
Hi, Robyn! You sure can! It should keep in the freezer for up to 2 months if wrapped tightly. Thaw overnight in the fridge and heat up or give it that final bake the next day. Enjoy!
Made this as my superbowl dinner meal tonight!!! Great recipe, very yummy. Thank you for sharing it.
Tiff, Thank you so much!! I am just tickled you made this for the Super Bowl. How awesome!!
You’ve made my day!
could this be baked off in an air fryer?
Hi, Sherril! I don’t know, but you could certainly try.
I’m planning to try it on the grill! I think it will work fine on the upper shelf!
I love this idea!
Made this for the kids. They loved it. Thanks!
Hi, Steve! That’s awesome! You made my day.
I can’t wait to make this recipe! The recipe reminds me of a Italian deli / pizza place near me that makes a meatball sandwich like this without the spaghetti and it’s loaded with cheese and baked like this! It the best meatball boat sandwich I’ve ever had!
Can I use crescent dough for the bread and wrap it around the spaghetti? I’ve made lasagna stuffed garlic bread like that before from another recipe and I’m wondering if it will work for this as well.
Hi, Melissa! I have no idea, but it sounds like it’s worth a try!
Making this tonight for a game night with friends. My hubby is helping. I will let you know what they think. I tube feed. So I won’t be enjoying But I will love making it.
Hi, Teresa! I can’t wait to hear about it!
This was so easy to make and my family loved it
Looks good going to try it
Hi, April! SUch a fun and delicious recipe. I can’t wait to hear about it!
Loved the taste is the sauce and spaghetti!! Delicious!! My family said they’d be happy eating the sauce and spaghetti with the bread topped with cheese in the side. I’m good with that too…simple!!
I used to make a variation of this when our kids were younger, a family favorite and now they make it for their kids. Wonderful.
Dear Connie,
How fun! There’s nothing better than garlic bread and spaghetti. I know you enjoy seeing your kids make it for their own children. Good family memories!
Can you freeze this?? Trying to make this for my husband so he can take it with him when he goes out of town and lives in a hotel.
Hi, Tammy! You sure can! It can be hard when a loved one has to work out of town; I know your husband is going to love having a bit of home for dinner each night.
Quick and easy to make. Delicious to eat! 😋
Hi, Kerrie! Thanks so much! I am just tickled you like this fun little recipe!
family loved it ! it was a great twist to spaghetti definitely will be making this again
everyone in my house loved it. when you can please 7 people it’s a 5⭐ meal for me.
Hi, Laura! Wow! That is so awesome. I am just so tickled that everyone loved it. Thank you!!