Baked Hamburger Casserole

Submitted by Kat's Mom

"Dei Fratelli makes wonderful canned tomato products and this recipe was on the back of a tomato sauce label. I haven't tried it yet but it sounds like great comfort food that both kids and adults would enjoy. Simple steps even a beginner can follow."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 680.38 g ground beef or 680.38 g turkey
• 236.59 ml onion, chopped
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste
• 1892.72 ml croutons (or use seasoned and omit Italian seasoning)
• 2 (907.18 g) can corn, drained
• 793.78 g can tomato sauce (Dei Fratelli if you can find it)
• 473.18 ml mozzarella cheese, shredded
• 6 eggs
• 473.18 ml milk
• 14.79 ml italian seasoning

directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. In a large frying pan brown the ground beef with the chopped onion.
3. Drain grease.
4. Season with salt and pepper to taste (I would start with 1 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper).
5. Place half of the croutons (4 cups) in the bottom of a large baking dish.
6. Mix the tomato sauce and the corn with the meat mixture.
7. Spoon meat mixture evenly over the croutons in baking dish.
8. Top with the mozzarella cheese.
9. Spread remaining croutons on top.
10. In a medium bowl, beat eggs slightly.
11. Mix milk and Italian seasoning into eggs.
12. Pour the milk/egg mixture over the croutons/meat mixture.
13. Cover dish with foil and bake for 1 hour.

Reviews

[Blakey]

This recipe was strange - good flavor, but odd looking I have never "cooked" with croutons before and thought I would give it a try. My 5 yr old son helped me prepare the milk/egg mixture, and he wasnt even sure about eating the casserole. Just seeing the croutons baked in the cheese on top was not the best presentation. BUT.. once I got past that, it was okay. I used ground turkey and added some chopped garlic to the mixture. Makes a BIG dinner for hungry eaters.