Ground Beef Casserole

Description

Classic comfort food that I have been making for years but can’t remember where the recipe originally came from. Wanted to post it so I wouldn’t lose it!

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ pounds ground beef
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • ½ cup chopped yellow onion
  • ¼ cup chopped green bell pepper
  • ¼ cup chopped carrot
  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped
  • 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes
  • 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
  • 1 (8 ounce) can sliced mushrooms, drained
  • 1 tablespoon brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 (8 ounce) package bow-tie pasta (farfalle)
  • 1 (10.75 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
  • ¼ pound shredded Cheddar cheese

Instructions

  1. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef
  2. salt
  3. and black pepper in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly
  4. 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Add onion
  5. green bell pepper
  6. carrot
  7. and garlic to ground beef; cook and stir until onion is lightly browned
  8. about 15 minutes.
  9. Mix tomatoes
  10. tomato sauce
  11. mushrooms
  12. brown sugar
  13. and Worcestershire sauce into ground beef-vegetable mixture; season with salt and black pepper. Cook on low until liquid is reduced and flavors have blended
  14. about 45 minutes.
  15. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  16. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook the bow-tie pasta at a boil
  17. stirring occasionally
  18. until cooked through yet firm to the bite
  19. about 12 minutes; drain and transfer pasta to a 9×13-inch casserole dish.
  20. Spoon cream of mushroom soup over bow-tie pasta; top with ground beef-tomato mixture. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese on top.
  21. Bake in the preheated oven until casserole is bubbling and Cheddar cheese is melted
  22. about 45 minutes.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Total Time: 2 hrs

Servings: 6

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