German Noodle Bake (Oven or Crock Pot)

Name: German Noodle Bake (Oven or Crock Pot)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs ground turkey or 1 1/2 lbs ground beef; 2 teaspoons salt; 2 teaspoons sugar; 1 (16 ounce) can tomatoes, diced; 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste; 2 garlic cloves, pressed; 1/4 teaspoon pepper; 1 (8 ounce) package angel hair pasta or 1 (8 ounce) package vermicelli; 1 cup sour cream; 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese; 6 green onions; 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, grated

Submitted by Sweet Diva MJ

"From the 1989 edition of our church cookbook. This is one of my favorite ground beef casseroles. I thought I had lost it forever and have been searching and racking my brain for months trying to remember all of the ingredients. I was at my mom's house the other day and was flipping through this cookbook - and look what I found! It freezes and reheats well; it's a good dish to prepare ahead of time since it can be refrigerated and then baked later. **Note** This also works great in the crock-pot. Simply layer the ingredients as you would in a casserole dish and cook on low for about 4 hours."

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Ready In:: 40mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 4-6

ingredients

1 ¹⁄₂ lbs ground turkey or 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons sugar
1 (16 ounce) can tomatoes, diced
1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
2 garlic cloves, pressed
¹⁄₄ teaspoon pepper
1 (8 ounce) package angel hair pasta or (8 ounce) package vermicelli
1 cup sour cream
1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
6 green onions
1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, grated

directions

Brown meat and drain.
Combine with next 6 ingredients.
Cook noodles and drain.
Combine sour cream, cream cheese and onions. Add hot noodles to this mixture.
In a greased casserole dish (recipe does not specify size - I have always made it in a 2 quart oval casserole dish - I did make it one time in a 13x9 baking dish but did not think it turned out as well; the layers of noodles vs. meat sauce were too thin for my preference, arrange alternate layers of meat and noodle mixture - 1/2 of meat sauce, noodles, 1/2 of meat sauce.
Top with grated cheese.
Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
Serves 4-6.

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I found this recipe when you were the "chef of the day" Am I ever so glad!! This is really a very tasty dinner. I feed picky eaters 3 of them to be exact. (which all cleaned their plates) When I asked my husband if this is something he'd want me to make again without hesitation he replied "Oh yeah" which is a feat all in itself. Not only is this easy to make but well worth what little effort it takes to make it. Nothing worse then a meal you slave over and it's less then desirable. Did not have that problem with this Noodle bake. I followed the recipe almost word for word except for, I used 4oz. of Neufchatel cheese instead of cream cheese, it's what I had in the fridge. I didn't measure my salt, pepper or sugar. the only size diced tomatoes I had was the 28oz can. so I used more diced tomatoes then called for, oh and I didn't have green onions so skipped those. Other then that made it are directed. And we loved it, thank you!

Camzmom
Spring PAC 2008: Yum - Comfort food at it's best!

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Tweaks

I found this recipe when you were the "chef of the day" Am I ever so glad!! This is really a very tasty dinner. I feed picky eaters 3 of them to be exact. (which all cleaned their plates) When I asked my husband if this is something he'd want me to make again without hesitation he replied "Oh yeah" which is a feat all in itself. Not only is this easy to make but well worth what little effort it takes to make it. Nothing worse then a meal you slave over and it's less then desirable. Did not have that problem with this Noodle bake. I followed the recipe almost word for word except for, I used 4oz. of Neufchatel cheese instead of cream cheese, it's what I had in the fridge. I didn't measure my salt, pepper or sugar. the only size diced tomatoes I had was the 28oz can. so I used more diced tomatoes then called for, oh and I didn't have green onions so skipped those. Other then that made it are directed. And we loved it, thank you!

Camzmom