Zesty Beef Casserole

Redsie's Note:

Comfort food. Adapted from recipe of J. Paré.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 15 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 1 teaspoon cooking oil
• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 cup chopped onion
• ½ cup chopped green pepper
• ½ cup chopped red pepper
• 1 (14 ounce) can stewed tomatoes , chopped
• 2 cups medium egg noodles
• 1 (12 ounce) can kernel corn (with liquid)
• 1 ¼ cups water
• 1 (1 ¼ ounce) envelope taco seasoning mix
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup grated monterey jack pepper cheese
• sliced black olives , for garnish

Directions:

1. Heat cooking oil in large frying pan on medium. Add next 4 ingredients. Scramble-fry for about 10 minutes until beef is no longer pink. Drain.
2. Add tomatoes with juice. Stir. Transfer to ungreased 3 quart (3 L) casserole.
3. Add next 7 ingredients. Stir. Bake, covered, in 350°F (175°C) oven for about 1 hour, stirring once at halftime, until noodles are tender but firm.
4. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake, uncovered, for another 5 to 10 minutes until cheese is melted.
5. Garnish with olives.

Reviews

[MarraMamba]

This is just what you want when tired and hungry. Great comfort food. I scaled it in half and also used creamed corn (all i had). Yummy. Reviewed for 123 tag in games forum

[MsSally]

Talk about comfort food. This was great. Cook time was perfect. I used a large oven proof skillet and only dirtied one dish. I also used reg sharp cheddar. Will definately make this again.

[Annacia]

This was quite tasty and it was a good change of pace. As I only have frozen corn and the previous reviewer had too much liquid I didn't add any extra. As it turned out I added some beef broth when the noodles started soaking up the liquid. I had to use Cheddar as I can't get the pepper Jack at the local market but it all came together very nicely and made a good and warming dinner. I served it with a green salad and Red Chili Biscuits.