Main Dishes · No. 106
Homemade Hamburger Helper
One pot ground beef and macaroni in a cheesy cheddar sauce, ready in about 30 minutes.
Serves 8Total time 30 minAmericanDinner
Ingredients
- 2 pound extra lean ground beef
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 4 heaping tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- 2 cup uncooked elbow macaroni
- 6 cups beef broth
- 4 cups freshly grated cheddar cheese
- Salt & pepper to taste
- Handwritten addition: 1/2 block cream cheese
Method
- Add the beef and onions to a soup pot. Cook over medium-high heat until the beef has browned (about 7-10 minutes), breaking the meat up with your spoon as you go along. If there's a lot of excess fat, spoon most of it out.
- Stir in the tomato paste, garlic powder, and chili powder.
- Add in the beef broth and increase the heat to high. Once it starts boiling, add in the macaroni.
- Reduce the heat so it's not furiously boiling (a rapid simmer is good). I ended up cooking mine over medium heat. Let it cook uncovered until the pasta is tender and most of the liquid has been absorbed (about 13-15 minutes). I stir it every couple of minutes.
- While it's cooking, grate the cheese (this saves prep time at the start of the recipe).
- Take the pot off the heat and stir in the cheese. Season with salt & pepper as needed. I let it sit for a couple minutes prior to serving (soaks up the sauce and flavors more), but you can serve it right away.
Original cookbook photos
Notes
- Printed from Salt & Lavender (saltandlavender.com), author Natasha Bull, on 7/10/24. The printed URL is cut off (https://www.saltandlavender.com/wprm_print/homemade...), so Source is left empty.
- Prep 5 min, cook 25 min, total 30 min. Course: Main Course. Cuisine: American. Servings: 8.
- The recipe notes say it serves 4-6 depending on portion size, which does not match the printed 8 servings.
- Someone handwrote "1/2 Block Cream Cheese" next to the ingredient list. The page does not say when to add it. Stirring it in with the cheddar in step 6 would be the natural spot, but that is a guess.
- From the printed notes: If you are running out of liquid before the pasta is done, add more liquid 1/2 cup at a time.
- Nutrition as printed: 501 kcal, 22 g carbs, 44 g protein, 25 g fat, 15 g saturated fat, 130 mg cholesterol, 1106 mg sodium, 1 g fiber, 2 g sugar.