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My grandmother's hamburger casserole is classic comfort food! Featuring ground beef, noodles, and a creamy cheese sauce, this simple recipe dates back to the 1940's. You can tweak the amount of cheese and sour cream depending on what you've got in the fridge — it'll still turn out great!
Ingredients
- ground beef: 1 pound
- tomato sauce: 2 cans (15 ounce cans)
- white sugar: 1 tsp (to taste)
- garlic salt: 1 tsp (to taste)
- salt: 1 tsp (to taste)
- egg noodles: 1 pack (8 ounce pack)
- sour cream: 1 cup
- ounces cream cheese: 3 piece (softened)
- white onion: 1 piece (diced)
- sharp Cheddar cheese: 0.5 cup (to taste, shredded)
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Stages of cooking
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Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Mix tomato sauce, sugar, garlic salt, and salt into the ground beef; simmer until flavors blend, about 20 minutes. Remove from the heat and cover the skillet. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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While the sauce is cooking, bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook egg noodles in the boiling water, stirring occasionally until cooked through but firm to the bite, 7 to 9 minutes. Drain.
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While the egg noodles are cooking, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch casserole dish.
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Mix sour cream, cream cheese, and onion together in a bowl. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Layer 1/2 of the egg noodles into the prepared casserole dish. Top with 1/2 of the sour cream mixture, then 1/2 of the ground beef mixture. Repeat layers once more. Sprinkle Cheddar cheese over top. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
