Quick Beef Casserole
"A quick Hamburger Helper type of recipe that is easy, fast to do and delicious."
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
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10
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 lbs ground beef
- 1⁄2 cup onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1⁄2 teaspoon oregano
- 1⁄8 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes, with juice
- 1 (8 ounce) package egg noodles, any type
- 10 green onions, chopped
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 cups sour cream
- 1⁄2 cup colby cheese, shredded
directions
- Melt the butter in a large skillet. Add the ground beef, onion and garlic. Brown, stirring until crumbly; stir in salt, pepper, sugar, oregano and tomato sauce and the diced tomatoes with its own juice. Simmer for 20 minutes.
- Fill a large saucepan with water, and bring to a boil. Add the noodles. Cook, uncovered until al dente; drain.
- Combine the green onions, cream cheese and sour cream in a bowl.
- Coat a large baking dish with cooking spray. Layer the noodles, sour cream mixture and ground beef mixture in the dish. Top with the cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes or until bubbling and heated through.
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I'm not giving stars because I made too many changes to rate the original recipe fairly. I had some ground turkey and wanted an easy casserole for lunch. I was not disapppointed. I cut the recipe in half (for the most part), using ground turkey instead of ground beef. I used onion powder and some pampered chef italian seasoning with the meat instead of the fresh ingredients. I used a pint jar of my home canned spaghetti sauce instead of the plain tomato sauce, so I omitted the herbs, salt, and sugar. I added some salt and pampered chef italian seasoning to the sour cream mixture, as it didn't seem like it would taste very interesting with only the green onions. I was out of egg noodles, so I used some whole wheat penne. I baked it in an 8 by 8 glass pan. It turned out very good. We did use at least 1/2 cup of cheese, even with cutting the recipe in half. My girls, even the one who doesn't normally eat anything tomatoey, ate this without a problem. One even asked for seconds. If I make it with penne again, I think I'll toss the hot pasta with the sour cream mixture rather than layering in the pan. The pasta that ended up filled with the creamy mixture was delicious! I'll also use fresh garlic in the first step. I'll stick to the onion powder, though, so I can have onion flavor without the kids whining or trying to pick out onions! 15 ounces of tomato sauce for the full recipe seems a little short, as I used that much for the half recipe, and it seemed just right. Thanks for a great lunch!
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I'm not giving stars because I made too many changes to rate the original recipe fairly. I had some ground turkey and wanted an easy casserole for lunch. I was not disapppointed. I cut the recipe in half (for the most part), using ground turkey instead of ground beef. I used onion powder and some pampered chef italian seasoning with the meat instead of the fresh ingredients. I used a pint jar of my home canned spaghetti sauce instead of the plain tomato sauce, so I omitted the herbs, salt, and sugar. I added some salt and pampered chef italian seasoning to the sour cream mixture, as it didn't seem like it would taste very interesting with only the green onions. I was out of egg noodles, so I used some whole wheat penne. I baked it in an 8 by 8 glass pan. It turned out very good. We did use at least 1/2 cup of cheese, even with cutting the recipe in half. My girls, even the one who doesn't normally eat anything tomatoey, ate this without a problem. One even asked for seconds. If I make it with penne again, I think I'll toss the hot pasta with the sour cream mixture rather than layering in the pan. The pasta that ended up filled with the creamy mixture was delicious! I'll also use fresh garlic in the first step. I'll stick to the onion powder, though, so I can have onion flavor without the kids whining or trying to pick out onions! 15 ounces of tomato sauce for the full recipe seems a little short, as I used that much for the half recipe, and it seemed just right. Thanks for a great lunch!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
mama smurf
boise, 51
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