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Sour Cream and Ground Beef Layered Casserole
photo by Pricilla
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
- 2 lbs lean ground beef
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 -2 tablespoon fresh minced garlic
- 1⁄4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (adjust to taste) (optional)
- 2 -3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese (or more or less if desired)
- 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- salt & freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 1 (8 ounce) carton sour cream
- 1 large green onion, finely chopped (can use 2 onions)
- 3 cups cooked fine egg noodles
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese (or more if desired)
- 1⁄8 teaspoon paprika
directions
- Set oven to 350°F.
- Grease a 13 x 9-inch baking pan.
- In a large skillet, cook the ground beef with onion, garlic and chili flakes (if using) over medium heat until meat is browned and no longer pink; drain fat then stir in the Parmesan cheese.
- Add tomato sauce and sugar; bring mixture to a boil; cover, reduce heat and simmer for about 30 minutes stirring occasionally (season with salt and pepper about halfway through of cooking time).
- Transfer meat mixture to a greased baking dish; set aside.
- In a bowl beat cream cheese and sour cream at low speed until smooth.
- Add in green onions then stir to combine.
- Spread the cream cheese mixture over the ground beef in the dish.
- Top with cooked noodles, then sprinkle the shredded cheddar cheese over the noodles.
- Sprinkle with paprika.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
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Reviews
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I was in a hurry to get any 'fast' recipe, using the contents of my pantry. After we ate the resulted casserole I should have known it was Kittencal! All of your stuff is so, so good! Just because I didn't read the recipe closely on the assembly... I combined all of the ingredients/stirred it up and poured it into the baking dish, baked 30min. It was DELICIOUS!
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This worked out pretty well. I used Fat free sour cream and cream cheese and reduced fat Colby cheese on top. I also used macaroni noodle and built it upside down so the noodles were on bottom, I'm not a fan of crunchy noodles. Finally, I made the whole casserole the night before so I could just pop it in the oven when I got home from work. I usually have most of this stuff on hand so I'm sure I'll make it again.
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Tweaks
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This was good, but we liked your ground beef enchilada casserole much better. I was out of gluten free noodles, so I made this with rice instead. If I make this again I will definately use noodles instead of rice to give the casserole more substance. I will also substitute the cheddar cheese for a shredded mexican or taco cheese variety to give the recipe more added flavor, and divide the cheese to put one cup over the sour cream mixture and reserve the other cup to put on the top of the casserole. Two cups just ended up being a lot of cheddar on one layer. This recipe is very simple to make and very easy to alter to fit your taste.
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I thought this would be great and I was right! Every recipe I have tried from you is perfect! I did make a few subs b/c I am low in the pantry..I used rice instead of egg noodles, a little bit of tomato paste, a few chopped mushrooms to the beef, and threw in some feta that I had that needed used up into the sour cream/cream cheese mixture. It was sooooo good! I'll make this again I am quite sure! Very VERY good with the rice, I am not sure I want to make it with noodles now :) Thanks for another amazing recipe :)