Our Famous Skillet Dinner

Name: Our Famous Skillet Dinner
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 6 ounces vermicelli or 6 ounces angel hair pasta; 1 lb ground beef or 1 lb ground turkey; 2 garlic cloves, chopped; 1 large onion, chopped; 1/2 bell pepper, chopped; 2 celery ribs, chopped; 1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, undrained; 2 teaspoons salt or 2 teaspoons Tony Chachere's Seasoning; 1 teaspoon black pepper; 2 teaspoons chili powder; 1/2 cup water; 1 (15 ounce) can chopped tomatoes; 1/2 cup cheese (American, Velveeta, or Cheddar)

Submitted by Does diner

"This is a delicious, one-pan meal to change up the ordinary ground beef or ground turkey recipes. Although the dish is delicious the first day - the leftovers just might be a bit better!"

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Ready In:: 50mins
Ingredients:: 14
Serves:: 6

ingredients

2 tablespoons vegetable oil
6 ounces vermicelli or 6 ounces angel hair pasta
1 lb ground beef or 1 lb ground turkey
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1 large onion, chopped
¹⁄₂ bell pepper, chopped
2 celery ribs, chopped
1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, undrained
2 teaspoons salt or 2 teaspoons Tony Chachere's Seasoning
1 teaspoon black pepper
2 teaspoons chili powder
¹⁄₂ cup water
1 (15 ounce) can chopped tomatoes
¹⁄₂ cup cheese (American, Velveeta, or Cheddar)

directions

Heat oil in large skillet over medium heat until it ripples.
Break vermicelli in 1/2 and add to oil to brown. Careful, it doesn't take long!
Add ground meat, garlic, and onion. Brown until meat is no longer pink.
Spoon out grease from meat.
Add remaining ingredients except cheese. Stir until blended.
Reduce heat to simmer, Cover and cook about 35 minutes - stirring occasionally - until the liquid has been reduced.
Remove from heat, top with cheese, and allow to set for 5 minutes. American/Velveeta gives a creaminess while cheddar gives a great bite - either is really good.
Serve.

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Reviews

Excellent! I did add some mushrooms in place of peppers as that is what I had on hand. Next time I will use both. I did decrease the salt and pepper by half as a personal preference and I used frozen corn which worked fine. I had Velveeta that needed to be used so I thought this was a great way to do that. I will be making this one again. Thanks for sharing your recipe.

GaylaV
Very good, easy to make for a weeknight meal. My green pepper had gone bad, but I had some mushrooms so I added those instead. For the seasoning, I used Penzeys "Mural of Flavor" seasoning. The recipe didn't say whether to drain the corn or not, so I added it undrained. All the liquid was absorbed after 35 minutes, so I guess that was right.

Ginny Sue

Tweaks

Very good, easy to make for a weeknight meal. My green pepper had gone bad, but I had some mushrooms so I added those instead. For the seasoning, I used Penzeys "Mural of Flavor" seasoning. The recipe didn't say whether to drain the corn or not, so I added it undrained. All the liquid was absorbed after 35 minutes, so I guess that was right.

Ginny Sue