Cheeseburger Macaroni

Submitted by ratherbeswimmin

"A kid favorite"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 can cheddar cheese soup, undiluted
• 1 can cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried basil
• salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 cups elbow macaroni, cooked and drained
• 1 cup shredded process American cheese

directions

1. In a skillet, cook beef, onion, and garlic until meat is browned; drain.
2. In a bowl, combine soups, milk, basil, salt and pepper; mix well.
3. Stir in beef mixture.
4. Fold in macaroni and cheese.
5. Transfer to a greased 13x9 inch baking dish.
6. Bake,uncovered, at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until thoroughly heated.

Reviews

[EppiRN]

Tasty. Not as soupy as Hamburger Helper can get! My grocery was out of Cheddar Cheese Soup so used about 1/2 canful of nacho cheese dip and a little cream. Had a nice kick of flavor! Made it "full fat" but might try lighter version next time. Think it would be about the same! Thanks.

 

[ceceliaedwards]

My family loved it. Did add more spices than what the original recipe called for, but just eyeballed the amount. My husband said I needed to put this on the "to make list" so I'm cooking it again tonight!

 

[Salmon of Doubt]

Neither The Boyfriend nor I were blown away by this recipe, but it was still pretty good. It lacked something, but I'm not quite sure what. I think it may be too creamy/soupy. At the suggestion of the other reviewers, I added more spices than what's listed in the recipe. Here's what I added: paprika (1/4 tsp), garlic salt (1/4 tsp), onion powder (1/4 tsp), nutmeg (~1/8 tsp), ground mustard (~1/8 tsp), kosher salt (1/2 tsp) and chili powder (1/4 tsp). I can't say exactly how each of those affected the taste, but they seemed to have helped. Used cheddar cheese instead of American and added more as a topping 10 minutes before it finished cooking. Will probably be making this again with more modifications. Served with French cut green beans.

 

[CareyLee]

This was Ok but it seemed to need some spice. I think next time I will add some sort of spices besides the basil. One thing I did differently was use chedder instead of american cheese & that is only because I can NEVER find shredded american. I'll probably try it again with some changes

 

[Jason Dwyer]

Quick,easy and tasty!!.I will make this again.