Description
This is as good as comfort food gets. My family would have this every night of the week if I let them!
Ingredients
- 3 cups elbow macaroni
- cooking spray
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup cubed ham
- 1 cup chopped onion
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 2 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
- 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of celery soup
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup sour cream
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 (6 ounce) can French-fried onions, crushed
Instructions
- Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Stir in the macaroni. Cook the pasta uncovered
- stirring occasionally
- until the pasta has cooked through
- but is still firm to the bite
- about 8 minutes; drain.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ham and onion in melted butter until onion is tender
- about 5 minutes.
- Stir garlic into ham mixture and cook for about 2 minutes more; remove skillet from heat.
- Mix cooked pasta
- Cheddar cheese
- cream of celery soup
- peas
- milk
- sour cream
- onion powder
- and garlic powder into the ham mixture until well mixed.
- Transfer pasta mixture to the prepared baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted
- about 25 minutes. Sprinkle French-fried onions atop casserole and bake until golden
- about 5 minutes more.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 8