For years, for a quick dinner, we would brown some meat, boil some noodles, open a sauce jar, add some cheese for a quick easy dinner. However, using those same basic components, adding pepperonis, fresh spices, and a few cheeses, you can really know a basic dish out of the park. Serve with some garlic bread, and vegetable of your choice for a flavorful full evening.
We once lived in Quincy, IL, they had a fast food italian restaurant named Fazoli’s and served a similar pepperoni pizza spaghetti dish, without all the cheese ofcourse. First, we just added pepperonis to liven up the boring spaghetti dish, then we started browning onion with the meat to really kick up the dish. Finally, came up with a blend of spices that really set the dish apart
Stuff you need:
- 1 1/2 LBS. Hamburger meat
- 1 Onion diced
- 22 oz spaghetti sauce of your choice
- 13 oz. Spaghetti
- 12 pepperoni
- 1 teaspoon Basil
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1 Cup Aged Smoked Chedder Cheese (Can substitute with Gouda Cheese
- 1 Cup Mozarella
- 1/2 Cup Parmesan Cheese
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Brown Hamburger meat
- Add Onion and sauté till translucent and tender
- Add Spaghetti sauce, Basil, and Italian seasoning
- Reduce heat to low and simmer
- In pot of salted boiling water add spaghetti and cook according to directions
- While spaghetti is cooking place sauce mixture in 9×13 Casserole dish
- Add pepperoni to pan that sauce was in and heat
- Drain spaghetti and mix in casserole dish with the sauce.
- Cover the top with the three cheeses
- Add pepperoni on top of cheese (Tip Place pepperoni on paper towel to remove excess grease)
- Place in oven till cheese is melted completely approximately 10 minutes.