One Pot Cheeseburger Casserole
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All the flavors of a cheeseburger in cheesy pasta form made in one skillet in less than 30 minutes – even the pasta gets cooked right in the pan!
With a very cloudy day today, I decided to take the day off and unplug from everything.
I forget how refreshing it is to take a break from time to time, especially when you’re buried in your own work 24/7. The perks of being your own boss, right?
But now that my lazy day is over, I really need to share this pasta skillet. See, after I made that one pot andouille sausage skillet pasta, I’ve been somewhat addicted to these easy one pot meals. After all, I’d do anything for less dirty dishes in the sink!
Now if you’re a cheeseburger lover like me, you’ll love this pasta skillet. It’s all the flavors of a cheeseburger in pasta form with crumbled ground beef, melted cheddar cheese and fresh tomatoes. You can even go further and top these with your favorite burger toppings like pickled jalapeños or crumbled bacon – the sky’s the limit!
One Pot Cheeseburger Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 ½ pounds ground beef
- 1 onion, diced
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 (28-ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce
- 2 cups chicken broth
- ¼ cup ketchup
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 pound rotini pasta
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 Roma tomato, diced
- 2 green onions, sliced
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium high heat. Add ground beef and onion and cook until beef has browned, about 3-5 minutes, making sure to crumble the beef as it cooks; season with salt and pepper, to taste. Drain excess fat.
- Stir in tomatoes, tomato sauce, chicken broth, ketchup, mustard, pasta and 2 cups water. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat and simmer until pasta is cooked through, about 13-16 minutes.
- Remove from heat and top with cheese. Cover until cheese has melted, about 2 minutes.
- Serve immediately, garnished with tomato and green onions, if desired.
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My daughter would inhale this. Must make it for her soon!
How strong is the mustard taste in this? It sounds wonderful, but I’ve got some serious mustard haters in my house.
I’m not the biggest mustard lover either! But I promise – the flavor of the mustard is very minimal in this dish.
I have a confession to make… I kind of, sort of like/love the Hamburger Helper Cheeseburger variety. Gahhh. It’s my guilty pleasure.But guilty pleasure it no longer needs to be, I’ve GOT to try this. It looks so good and infinitely better than my embarrassing secret…
Yay for lazy days!
I’m with you, Chung-Ah…the less dishes, the better! One-pot skillet meals are quite popular around here, as are cheeseburgers, so I can’t wait to try this!
I think I am going to start naming you the queen of the one pot meal!
I love lazy days like that! And I love easy, less clean up type meals like this! Your photos are amazing girl!!!
I am so craving a lazy day. This pasta needs to be part of it!
I am all for a one pot meal and I love that you added extra veggies!
Am I missing some ingredients? What added veggies?
Just one question from Australia. By a can of tomato sauce, do you mean passata? I think our tomato sauce is your ketchup, and that’d leave an awfully strong taste. Besdies, we buy it in bottles. I love your recipes, but every so often come up against a term that simply doesn’t seem to fit what’s on our supermarket shelves. Someone once said that we are two great nations, divided by language! I’ve worked out your biscuits (scones), but this one has me a bit baffled. I want to save this recipe for cooler weather (we’re forecasting here for over 100F for the next couple of days) when it’d be pure comfort food.
Passata and tomato sauce is a little bit different from each other. Here is a good article on the differences: http://www.thekitchn.com/what-is-tomato-passata-and-how-156321. Our tomato sauce and ketchup are actually very different and I do not recommend using it in place of the tomato sauce in this recipe.
Tomato purée.
We’ve come a long way from Hamburger Helper haven’t we? Sounds delish and looks wonderful.
This is the exact type of recipe that I find myself standing over the dish and can’t stop eating. Because it’s just so darn good … er I mean damn delicious. 🙂 Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Just saw your photo on Instagram and had to rush straight to my laptop to print the recipe! Love this so much, dinner for one night this week is sorted, thank you! 😀
That looks amazing! I have to make this 🙂
Always looking for easy one-pot meals I can whip up during the week. Definitely making this! Thanks for another great recipe, Chung-Ah!
Scrumptious! And, so easy. Thanks for sharing, Chung-Ah! Your photos always make my drool, LOL! Pinned!
Your blog has been a recent find of mine, but because of dishes like this I’m hooked for life!
Now this is my kind of dish! I love the colours, flavours and how easy it all looks, too.
the photos. WOW. They just are so sharp and crisp and amazingly detailed and just stunning. You keep growing with EVERY recipe. Girl. Amazing!