Homemade macaroni and beef version of Hamburger Helper — just as easy and tastes so much better! You will need a large skillet with a tight fitting lid.
Ingredients
- lean ground beef: 0.5 pound (to taste)
- onion: 0.5 piece (minced)
- garlic powder: 1 tsp
- onion powder: 1 tsp
- salt and ground black pepper: (to taste)
- water: 2 cups
- elbow macaroni: 2 cups
- ounces reduced-fat processed cheese food (such as Velveeta®): 8 piece (cut into small pieces)
- reduced-fat sour cream: 2 Tbsp (to taste)
Metric Conversion
Stages of cooking
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Gather all ingredients. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef, onion, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and black pepper in the hot skillet until beef is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Increase heat to high. Add water to ground beef mixture in the skillet. Cover and bring to a boil. Stir macaroni into boiling water-ground beef mixture. Cover, lower heat to medium, and cook for 5 minutes. Stir, cover, and continue cooking until macaroni is tender, about 5 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Stir processed cheese food into ground beef-macaroni mixture until melted. Remove from heat; stir in sour cream. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
