This recipe is absolutely delicious, and it is one we use over and over again! It is such a quick way to make a comforting dinner with simple ingredients that you probably already have at home. Your whole family is going to love it!
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Recipe:
Hamburger Casserole
Easy Hamburger Casserole is made with pasta, ground beef, a rich sauce, and gooey, melty cheese for a hearty weeknight dinner everyone loves.
CuisineAmerican
Prep Time10minutes minutes
Cook Time25minutes minutes
Total Time35minutes minutes
Servings8
Calories379kcal
AuthorBrandie Skibinski
Ingredients
12 ounces penne pasta (about 4 cups, measured dry)
1 pound lean ground beef
1 green bell pepper, diced
½ cup diced yellow onion
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon onion powder
24 ounce jar pasta sauce
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (divided use)
1 Tablespoon chopped parsley (or dried parsley, optional)
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350° F.
Cook 12 ounces penne pasta while you proceed with the recipe. Cook the pasta for 2 minutes less than what is on the packaging.
Drain and transfer the pasta to a 9×13-inch baking dish.
To a skillet, over medium heat, add 1 pound lean ground beef, 1 green bell pepper, diced and ½ cup diced yellow onion. Season with ½ teaspoon garlic powder and ½ teaspoon onion powder. Cook and crumble until the meat is fully cooked and no longer pink. Drain any excess grease.
Transfer the meat mixture to the baking dish with the cooked pasta.
Add contents of the 24 ounce jar pasta sauce and 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese to the baking dish.
Mix until combined.
Top the casserole with the remaining 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese.
Bake uncovered for about 15-20 minutes or until the cheese is melted.
Optional: sprinkle 1 Tablespoon chopped parsley on top.
Recipe courtesy of Brandie Skibinski at www.thecountrycook.net
30 Comments
You are absolutely right about grating your own cheese. They put wood pulp or otherwise known as sawdust and an anabiotic in it.
Aldi's, In My Opinion Is The Best Place To Save Money And They Have A LOT Of Different Healthy Options. I 💕 My Aldi's. You Won't Be Disappointed. Yes, I Use That Parmesan Cheese I Get The Parmesan Romano It Has A Red Top. Delicious 😋😋😋.
I Heard They Put Potato Starch In The Shredded Cheese So It Won't Stick Together. It's Good To Me Especially Aldi's Brand. All Of Their Cheese Is Delicious 😋😋😋
Aldi huh? Where do you usually shop? Just curious.
We have that cheese grater, my husband loves it
Looks great, I'm going to make it tonight.
But wait, there’s a video on YouTube that states RAGU is not safe to eat. So why are you still using it????
You are putting organic meat in pasta sauce that is on the bad list!
I wasn't thrilled with that beef…rather tasteless. I'd rather have a little more fat for flavor… it's easy to drain it.
Just use a box grater. So much faster.
Ragu makes a Ragu Simple which has no sugar. Once you season it you can’ t tell the difference
why add the water at the start you dont boil ground beef it takes the taste out of it
Water to brown the hamburger?? Wtf??
I use white sauce, garlic crackers, onion and mash that all together. Then in my insta pot I put a thin coating of coconut oil. Pack the un-browned mixture into the bottom and season with garlic powder, pepper, a few drops of oregano oil and tumeric with a thin coat of more white sauce over the top. I set the IP for chicken and let it go through it's process and instead of removing it at the end let the IP go on for 10 or so more minutes. It is freaking delicious.
This is the only ground beef I buy and have since Aldi first had it . I never added water to it but do add a little olive oil.Why use onion powder if you added an onion ?
2:50
This is what a cook does.
A so-called "Chef" doesn't hold a candle to a real cook.
" Waste not / Want not." ☆
There are no Aldi Stores where I live, not sure if there are any in my state so I can't help there but I won't buy parmesan cheese in the shaker type container at all because I don't like how it tastes. I do buy grated Parmesan cheese but the stuff I buy comes in a plastic tub with a plastic lid that pops off. You can usually find it in the deli section. Or sometimes I buy the wedges of Parmesan cheese and just grate it myself. Both ways taste completely different than that stuff in the shaker can.
The brand of already grated Parmesan cheese that I buy is BelGioioso. You can get it very finely grated or finely shredded. I get either or as they both melt down easily and taste really good.
I went to an Aldi's locator and it says there is one in Long Beach, Washington although when I specifically looked for Aldi Store in Long Beach Washington on Google maps, it can't find one. But even if there was one, that's over three hours away from my house so I wouldn't be shopping there anyway.
I was just curious. It doesn't matter to me that there isn't one near me.😊
I use closed captions and the ad for the grater blocks the captions.
literally measuring out 2 cups of pasta is mind blowing.
Looks great! Also, since I'm not very skilled at cooking, to put it mildly, it's something I'm going to try. 😀 In addition, I just bookmarked your website and I'll start browsing it later today. Finally, no Aldi's where I live but we do have cheap grocery stores like Grocery Outlet where I can get all the ingredients.
Your right about shredding fresh cheese, but then you put Parmasan cheese on from a can ? That cheese has Wood Pulp in it ?
Delicious!
Anything tomato-ee is not good for that beautiful cast iron skillet.
Too much acid.
You add water to your ground beef to fry it? Interesting. Ground beef already has water in it
AWESOME AND SOOO EASY. DEFINITELY MAKING THAT
Looks delicious 😋
Wow, Last week U Tube slammed Ragu as Not Even Tomatoes, Said its all Sugar, Like this week your Television you Buy is Junk, companies buying horrible Funai junk parts to screw you Over except for Samsung and Lg which I have 6 in the House!!!
Absolutely cannot afford… I feel like the starving peasant, pressing my nose to the restaurant glass and people are just shoving the good food in their mouth, making fun of me for being hungry whenever I watch this
I make this kind of pasta bake every week. I add some tomato paste, chopped red pepper, and sun dried tomatoes. AND some pickled eggplant. I usually mix in some cheddar cheese as well as mozzarella.
Man this comment section is kind of abusive
Looks delicious!!!!!!❤❤❤