Grandma’s Ground Beef Casserole

Description

As the title suggests, this was my Grandmother’s recipe. I’ve tweaked the amount of cheese and sour cream depending on what I’ve got in the fridge and it always turns out great! My mother has suggested this was made up as a way to use up ingredients in the fridge.

Ingredients

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 1 teaspoon white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon garlic salt
  • 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
  • 1 (8 ounce) package egg noodles
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 (3 ounce) package cream cheese
  • 1 large white onion, diced
  • ½ cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese, or more to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly
  2. 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
  3. Mix tomato sauce
  4. sugar
  5. garlic salt
  6. and salt into the ground beef; simmer until flavors blend
  7. about 20 minutes. Remove from the heat
  8. cover the skillet
  9. and cool to room temperature.
  10. While the sauce is cooking
  11. bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook egg noodles in the boiling water
  12. stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite
  13. 7 to 9 minutes. Drain.
  14. While the egg noodles are cooking
  15. preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch casserole dish.
  16. Mix sour cream
  17. cream cheese
  18. and onion together in a bowl.
  19. Layer 1/2 of the egg noodles into the prepared casserole dish. Top with 1/2 of the sour cream mixture
  20. then 1/2 of the ground beef mixture. Repeat layers once more. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese over top.
  21. Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and golden brown
  22. 25 to 30 minutes.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 55 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Servings: 6

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