If you find yourself making the same dinner dishes week in and week out, you might be looking for a brand-new idea. Something that’s quick and easy to make and that can be on the table in just over half an hour is the following beef and noodle casserole. It’s made with ground beef, onion, cheese, tomato sauce, and egg noodles. A touch of garlic adds all the flavor this recipe needs.
It’s a meal-in-one as it has noodles, meat, and tomatoes, along with cheese, but you might like to serve broccoli, green beans, or even peas on the side. This serves a family of four but it’s still worth making for two or even one since you can enjoy it for longer and it also freezes well, so you can freeze individual portions to enjoy at a later date. This might be a relatively simple casserole recipe but it’s full-flavored and really tasty.
Beef and egg noodles combine beautifully if you’re making Chinese food but if you add tomatoes, cheese and onion, you can make a fabulous casserole with these ingredients instead.
Why You’ll Love the Recipe:
This delicious beef and egg noodle casserole is rich, hearty, and filling. It’s so simple to make and you can use the same pan for the egg noodles and the beef mixture to save on the washing up.
How to Serve It:
This casserole is best served hot with your favorite vegetable on the side.
Ingredients:
- Onion
- Garlic powder
- Shredded cheddar cheese
- Italian seasoning
- Uncooked egg noodles
- Lean ground beef
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Olive oil
- Tomato sauce
- Diced tomatoes
- Nonstick cooking spray, as needed
How to make Creamy Beef Noodle Casserole:
Preheat the oven to 400°F and grease a 13×9-inch baking dish with nonstick spray.
Cook the egg noodles in boiling water for 1 minute less than what the package recommends.
You want them to be al dente, as they will finish cooking in the oven.
Drain the noodles and pour out the water.
Put the olive oil in the same pot and heat it up.
Add the ground beef and cook for 5 minutes, breaking it up with a wooden spoon.
Pour off the grease.
Next, add the onion, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder to the pan.
Cook for 4 minutes or until the beef is cooked through and the onions are tender.
Stir in the canned tomatoes and tomato sauce.
Stir in the drained egg noodles.
Add 2 cups of the cheese and stir again.
Now pour the mixture into the greased baking dish.
Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
Bake for 10 minutes or until the cheese has melted on top.
Creamy Beef Noodle Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 finely chopped yellow onion
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 2½ cups shredded cheddar cheese
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 8 ounces uncooked egg noodles
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 8- ounce can tomato sauce
- 15- ounce can undrained Italian style diced tomatoes
- Nonstick cooking spray as needed
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F and grease a 13x9-inch baking dish with nonstick spray.
- Cook the egg noodles in boiling water for 1 minute less than what the package recommends.
- You want them to be al dente, as they will finish cooking in the oven.
- Drain the noodles and pour out the water.
- Put the olive oil in the same pot and heat it up.
- Add the ground beef and cook for 5 minutes, breaking it up with a wooden spoon.
- Pour off the grease.
- Next, add the onion, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning, and garlic powder to the pan.
- Cook for 4 minutes or until the beef is cooked through and the onions are tender.
- Stir in the canned tomatoes and tomato sauce.
- Stir in the drained egg noodles.
- Add 2 cups of the cheese and stir again.
- Now pour the mixture into the greased baking dish.
- Sprinkle the remaining cheese on top.
- Bake for 10 minutes or until the cheese has melted on top.
Can You Make It Ahead?
You can prepare it in advance and bake it when you’re ready.
Storage Instructions:
Leftovers will be good for up to 3 days and stored in an airtight container in the fridge.
Variations and Substitutions:
You can use any kind of cheese you want in this recipe or even add some sliced jalapenos if you want to include a touch of heat. 
