Community Pick
Homemade Cheeseburger Macaroni Hamburger Helper
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- Ready In:
- 22mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1 lb 92% lean ground beef (or your preferred type)
- 1 cup hot water
- 2 cups milk
- 1 1⁄2 cups elbow macaroni
- 1 cup cheddar cheese (shredded, plus more for topping, if desired)
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Sauce Packet
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons paprika
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon garlic
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
directions
- Brown ground beef in a large skillet. Drain.
- Add hot water, milk, pasta and "sauce packet" ingredients.
- Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat and simmer 12 minutes or until pasta is tender.
- In the last few minutes of cook time, add cheese, stir and re-cover.
- When pasta is tender and cheese is melted, remove heat and uncover.
- Let stand about 5 minutes. Sauce will thicken as it stands.
- Top with additional cheese if you like.
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Reviews
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Made this tonight and I thought it was pretty good. I used fresh onion instead of powder and left the salt out of the seasoning packet mixture since I used some Lawrys and salted to taste. Also added black pepper. I used whole wheat macaroni, skim milk, and reduced fat cheddar cheese so it wasn't as creamy as normal hamburger helper but it was still pretty good, especially for being really quick and easy and much healthier. I think next time I might add cayenne and some sour cream.
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Yay!!!! I have been craving this for SOOOO long!! Because I've given up so many things I can't even have the gluten free boxed version anymore! (Gluten, corn, casein, soy and all preservatives) Tried it tonight and it was AWESOME!!!! My hubby said it was even better than the original stuff! Here are the things I swapped around...<br/>Grass-fed ground beef<br/>Silk Original Almond Milk<br/>Sheep Cheese (1 1/2 C. of equal parts 3 month Manchego and Cordobes)<br/>Tinkyada Organic Brown Rice elbow pasta (needs to cook a few min. longer than recipe)<br/>Bob's Red Mill Unmodified Potato Starch<br/><br/>I also doubled the onion powder, added some extra paprika, and a tsp. of black pepper. <br/><br/>I will be making this again!!!! Woo Hoo!!!!
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Tweaks
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I used egg noodles instead (hubby doesn't like macaroni). I added 1/4 tsp black pepper, 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce and a pinch of cayenne pepper. I used 1/2 tsp garlic powder and 1/2 tsp paprika and left out the sugar. Thank you, MDMama, for this tasty recipe! I will make this again. Basically, I just tweaked it to our personal taste. We loved it!
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Great recipe to inspire your own creative version of hamburger helper. I used 1 cup of unsweetened soy milk and 2 cups of chicken broth with 1/2 tsp Worcestershire sauce instead of regular milk and water. Also added 1/4 tsp black pepper and 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes to give it some kick. Used spiral noodles (serpentini) and 1/2 lb ground beef with one small red bell pepper and 1/2 cup of green peas. Thanks for the great starting point! :)
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