Easy Hamburger Casserole
This hamburger casserole is the go-to meal of the week. Chances are you’ve got all these ingredients already!
In under 30 minutes you’ll have your favorite hamburger in casserole form!
If you love casseroles like me try these casserole dishes that are sure to be easy and family friendly! Creamy Mac and Cheese Casserole, Easy White Cheddar ‘n Broccoli Mac and Cheese Shells Casserole, Cheesy Turkey Zucchini Casserole or Buffalo Chicken Casserole are a few of my favorites!
I hope this dish sounds delicious and is added to your table as a family favorite with this Easy Hamburger Casserole.
We all LOVE easy meals! Tons of ingredients and complicated instructions are the bane of my existence.
Today I am sharing the simplest, most delicious, face-plant worthy dish on the planet.
This Easy Hamburger Casserole is the bee’s knees, guys. You probably already have the ingredients sitting in your pantry! *drops the microphone moment*
How to make hamburger casserole
- Cook In a large saucepan on medium heat, brown onion, garlic and ground beef.
- Drain grease from beef.
- Add tomato paste, diced tomatoes, and cooked pasta, stir until mixed and heated through.
- Stir in mustard, cheese, favorite raw veggie add-ins, and salt and pepper.
- Serve immediately with favorite hamburger toppings!
Simple and Eazy Peazy!
Now that we’ve established that I hate complicated meals, there is one more thing you need to know about me: I’m lazy. I hate complicated dishes and more importantly, I hate washing dirty dishes.
I’ve come to realize I’m not the only one with these tendencies of laziness. After posting a Parmesan Chicken Casserole a while back, the response convinced me – I AM NOT ALONE!
Hello my amazing, lovely and also sort of lazy cookers. I like you. ☺
This Easy Hamburger Casserole recipe fits the bill for our problems. Minimal chopping, two pans, and Voila! We have a HUGE pan filled with yumminess!
Here are some varieties of toppings to choose from:
This hamburger casserole is so versatile you will be able to add whatever great ingredients you love on your burger and it will be burger in casserole form.
- More mustard. Something about that tangy condiment just brings hamburger heaven upon you. (EZPZ Mealz favorite mustard can be found here)
- Chopped Pickles
- Quick Pickled Onions – Friends, I probably shouldn’t swoon over something so simple as onions, but these quick pickled onions–Oh my word! They just take a burger to the NEXT level, and they do the same thing for this Easy Hamburger Casserole.
- Shredded Cheddar Cheese
- Chopped Tomatoes and any other favorite veggies
Can you freeze hamburger casserole?
Yes! This is a great freezer meal to have. Follow the instructions on the recipe card.
Once it is done baking and cooled off place it in an airtight container or freezer bag for storing.
This hamburger casserole will store for about 1 month in the freezer.
When ready to bake it, take it out of the freezer and place directly in the oven at 425* for 25-30 minutes or until it is cooked through.
Hamburger Casserole Recipe
Have I convinced you it’s the best dish on the planet? Well, at least for now; my dish obsessions do tend to change quite often. But this one has been a weekly occurrence in our household for a couple months now.
You might also love these easy midweek meal recipes:
- Crockpot Beef Stroganoff
- Swiss Cheeseburgers on an English Muffin
- Animal Style Burgers
- Sheet Pan Greek Chicken
- Sheet Pan Teriyaki Salmon
Easy Hamburger Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 2 small white onions chopped
- 1 Tablespoon minced garlic
- 8 ounces tomato paste
- 1 can 15 oz diced tomatoes
- 3-4 cups gluten-free pasta cooked and drained (any small pasta variety will work: Lasagna Cuts, Fusilli or Macaroni)
- 1/4 cup cheddar cheese shredded
- 2-4 Tablespoons yellow mustard
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions
- In a large saucepan on medium heat, Brown onion, garlic and ground beef.
- Drain grease from beef.
- Add tomato paste, diced tomatoes, and cooked pasta, stir until mixed and heated through.
- Stir in mustard, cheese, favorite raw veggie add-ins, and salt and pepper.
- Serve immediately with favorite hamburger toppings!
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Nutrition
Our recipe card software calculates these nutrition facts based on averages for the above ingredients, different brands, and quality of produce/meats may have different nutritional information, always calculate your own based on the specific products you use in order to achieve accurate macros for this recipe.
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