Hamburger Casserole
- Ready In:
- 1hr 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
directions
- Cook all meat until browned; drain fat.
- Place remaining ingredients in alternate layers in a casserole and top with bread crumbs.
- Drizzle with 2 teaspoons melted butter and bake 1 hour at 350°F.
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Reviews
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Tried this tonight - very good. I have a couple of things I'll do next time. First, I read tomato sauce and used chopped tomatoes, which do not add enough flavor. You really need a prepared pasta sauce for the tomato sauce. Second, next time I will add the bacon at the end on the top. I really like my bacon crunchy, and although I cooked it that way, it softened inside the casserole. I do think the spices from the marinara sauce might be good. My daughter used ketchup, and that was nice as well.
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Prep-wise, there are a lot of elements here (the rice, the bacon, the buttered breadcrumbs, etc.) but the bulk of it can be streamlined using one skillet. I fried the bacon first. Using the same skillet, I then melted butter in a tiny bit of leftover bacon fat and tossed the bread cubes in that, then used the same skillet to brown the hamburger. I mixed the tomatoes and vegetables (frozen corn and black beans) right in the skillet after draining the hamburger fat, then began layering in a casserole dish: meat, rice, crumbled bacon, grated cheddar. Two layers. (No breadcrumbs yet.) Covered with foil and baked at 350 for 30 minutes. Uncovered, put on bread and passed under the broiler until the topping was golden and crunchy. The result was a really lovely casserole - and I mean that literally - very pretty presentation! It tasted so good; there isn't a bit left over. The bacon adds a lot, and the crispy bread cubes are great. The only suggestion at the table was from my husband who likes things a little spicier. (Of course, this did not stop him from having three helpings.) I enjoyed putting this together (took about a half hour to prepare, plus baking time) and will certainly make it again. Thanks!