College Casserole

Submitted by mjmougs

"This is a good recipe made from cheap ingredients. Great for college students. The best part about it is you can swap out ingredients and change it up however you please. This is combo of a few recipes that I found on here."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 6-8

ingredients

• 4 (3 ounce) packages ramen noodles, any flavor
• 2 ramen noodles, seasoning
• 2 (10 ounce) cans cream soup, mushroom works the best
• 4 tablespoons cream cheese
• 1⁄2 cup water
• 1⁄2 cup beer
• 1 cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup onion
• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 lb tater tots, half a pack
• 1 cup cheese, shredded

directions

1. Pre-heat oven to 375.
2. In a bowl, combine crushed noodles, seasoning packets, warmed cream cheese, soup, water, beer, milk, onions, red pepper flakes, chili powder and garlic powder. Mix well.
3. Brown meat and drain the grease.
4. Combine meat with noodles mixture.
5. Pour mixture into a 9x13 greased casserole dish.
6. Cover and place in oven, cook for 20 minutes.
7. At the same time cook the tater tots per the instructions, your cooking time may vary due to the temperature difference.
8. After the 20 minutes remove and stir the casserole, top with the tater tots
9. Cook for another 5 minutes uncovered.
10. After the five minutes sprinkle on the cheese.
11. Cook for another 5 minutes uncovered.
12. Enjoy!