Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, cheeseburger macaroni casserole. One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Cheeseburger Macaroni Casserole is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Cheeseburger Macaroni Casserole is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have cheeseburger macaroni casserole using 19 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Cheeseburger Macaroni Casserole:
- Prepare 24 oz package dry pasta (elbows, shells, etc.)
- Get 2 lb ground beef (or turkey)
- Get salt
- Make ready ground black pepper
- Make ready worcestershire sauce
- Prepare Cheese sauce:
- Make ready 2 tbsp butter
- Take 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- Take 2 cup milk
- Get 2 cup shredded cheese (I used cheddar jack)
- Take Optional mix-ins:
- Get cooked bacon, crumbled (optional)
- Take diced tomatoes (optional)
- Take diced onions (optional)
- Take diced peppers, such as jalapeños (optional)
- Make ready sauteed mushrooms (optional)
- Make ready Topping:
- Get 1 cup shredded cheese
- Take bread crumbs (optional)
Steps to make Cheeseburger Macaroni Casserole:
- Prepare pasta according to package directions. Drain. Do not rinse. Put pasta in a large bowl.
- Season ground beef with salt, pepper, and Worcestershire sauce as desired. Scramble in skillet until done, remove from heat, drain off grease.
- Make the cheese sauce:
- In a saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add flour and cook until it just starts to brown. Reduce heat.
- Whisk in milk a little at a time until all milk is added and sauce is smooth.
- Add 2 cups shredded cheese to sauce, a little at a time, stirring until cheese is melted. For a more cheesy sauce, you can add additional cheese. If the sauce gets too thick, stir in a little more milk.
- [For a shortcut cheese sauce, skip steps 4-6 and do this instead: In a saucepan, melt 2 tablespoons of butter over low heat. Add half a cup of milk and half a box of Velveeta, cut into small chunks. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until Velveeta is melted. Add extra shredded cheese, if desired, and stir until melted. Add extra milk, if needed, to bring sauce to desired consitency.]
- Add ground beef and any desired mix-ins (bacon, onions, etc.) to cheese sauce and stir until mixed in well.
- Pour cheese sauce mixture over cooked pasta. Toss until pasta is well-coated with cheese sauce and other ingredients are evenly mixed in.
- Put pasta mixture into a large, oven-proof casserole dish or pan. Top with shredded cheese and bread crumbs, if desired. (Or you could divide the mixture between loaf pans before topping.)
- Bake at 350°F for about 30 minutes or until the cheese is melted and bread crumbs are browned. Let cool slightly before serving.
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