Grandma’s Hamburger Casserole

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

Basic Details:

Prep time:

15 mins

Cook Time:

45 mins

Total Time:

1 hr

Servings:

6

Yield:

1 (9x13-inch) casserole

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Ingredients

Original recipe (1X) yields 6 servings

  • 1 pound ground beef
  • 2 (15 ounce) cans tomato sauce
  • 1 teaspoon white sugar, or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon garlic salt, or to taste
  • 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
  • 1 (8 ounce) package egg noodles
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1 large white onion, finely diced
  • ½ cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese, or more to taste

Directions

  1. 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.

    Ground beef cooking until browned and crumbly.

  2. 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.

    Tomato sauce, garlic salt, sugar and salt mixed together with the ground beef.

  3. 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.

  4. While the egg noodles are cooking, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch casserole dish.

  5. Mix sour cream, cream cheese, and onion together in a bowl.

    Sour cream, cream cheese and onion mixed together in a bowl.

  6. 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.

    All ingredients layered together in prepared baking dish.
     

    Cheddar cheese sprinkled over top.

  7. Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and golden brown, 25 to 30 minutes.

    A high angle looking at grandma's ground beef casserole.

Cook’s Note

I like to add the diced onion with the cheese before baking but you can sauté it with the beef if you prefer.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

Calories

507

Fat

33g

Carbs

23g

Protein

31g