Cheesy Hamburger Casserole

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Cheesy Hamburger Casserole is full of ground beef, potatoes, pasta, tomato sauce and vegetables then topped with bacon and cheese. This is a complete meal baked in one dish.

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Ingredients

Boil pasta according to package directions, drain and set aside.

In a large fry pan cook ground beef, onion and celery.

Lightly spray a 3 quart casserole dish with cooking spray.

Add cooked ground beef mixture, salt and pepper.

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Layer potatoes on top of ground beef mixture.

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Layer pasta on top of potatoes.

In a small bowl, whisk soup and V-8 Juice (or tomato juice) until combined and smooth.

Pour on top of pasta spreading it out evenly. Cover with a lid and bake for 70 minutes.

Remove from the oven and sprinkle bacon on top.

Sprinkle with cheese and put back in the oven a few minutes to melt the cheese.

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Spoon out onto a plate and serve.

Cheesy Hamburger Casserole

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Ingredients

  • 1 lb. ground beef
  • 1 – 10.5 oz can cream of mushroom soup
  • 5 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
  • 1/2 cup uncooked pasta
  • 1 medium onion, peeled and diced
  • 2 celery stalks, diced
  • 2 medium potatoes, peeled and sliced
  • 1/2 tsp pepper
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 12 oz V-8 juice or tomato juice
  • 1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese (or more)
  • 1 green part of a green onion, for garnish
  • parsley, for garnish

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a small pot cook pasta according to the package directions. Drain and set aside.
  3. In a large fry pan cook ground beef, onion and celery until veggies are almost tender and ground beef has no pink left, drain fat.
  4. Lightly spray a 3 quart oven safe casserole dish with cooking spray.
  5. Add ground beef mixture to casserole dish. Add salt and pepper.
  6. Place potato slices layered on top of ground beef mixture.
  7. Place pasta on top of potatoes.
  8. In a small bowl, whisk V-8 juice (or tomato juice) with the soup until creamy with no lumps.
  9. Pour soup mixture on top of pasta spreading out evenly. Put a lid on and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
  10. Remove from the oven and sprinkle the bacon on top. Sprinkle the cheese on top of the bacon. Put back in the oven, without the lid, until the cheese melts.
  11. Garnish with green onion and parsley and serve.

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27 Comments »

  1. This is TOO much Diane, this looks delicious, my family is going to love me something fierce! Thank you Diane and by the way, what can I do with all this leftover ham? I’m sick of sandwiches! Hamming it up in Cali, C

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