Ok, so here is the scoop with this recipe. As written it would make a massive amount of food, based on the other reviews here are the changes I made and my house full of picky boys + husband loved it, called it homemade hamburger helper. Used one lb. of ground beef and the whole 12 oz. pkg of noodles which was a perfect meat to noodle ratio and filled the 9X13 dish perfectly. I did cook the noodles but to al dente. Adjusted the other ingredients to: 1 can cream of mushroom soup, 1 cup of corn (mine was frozen so I thawed it first), 1 cup of sour cream, tablespoon of worchestershire, added about a cup of shredded cheddar into the meat/noodle mixture and salt and pepper to taste. Cooked it for 20 minutes and then topped it with more shredded cheese and cooked 10 minutes more. I think it would also be delicious with corn + pico de gallo if you wanted some more flavor and spice. Thank you for this recipe, it's an easy and filling week night meal!
So easy even a man can do it. Just switched out cream of mushroom for a can of cream of broccoli and doubled the noodles so I would have leftovers. Next time trying ground turkey.
Didn't say whether to cook the noodles or not before adding to the skillet and didn't say whether to add water to the soup mixes.
I went ahead and added the noodles from the bag and no extra water. I added about a half cup water when I noticed the noodles weren't getting tender in the oven.
Next time I will add at least one cup water to the skillet before transferring to the casserole dish.
I also used onion flakes rather than a fresh green onion as my guys don't like so much onion flavor.
One other note: this recipe makes more than will fit in a 9x13 casserole dish. I put the extra in a deep 4 cup casserole dish.
Other than that mix-up, my family loved this! I have picky eaters in my house so this was a winner. Thanks for the recipe.
Good basic casserole dish. I cut this one in half, but left the original amount of called for pasta (6-oz uncooked). I cooked the noodles before baking, mixed in half the cheese, topped the casserole with the rest of the cheese and let it heat through in the oven for only 15 minutes to reduce cooking time. Quick and easy, good work night meal!
Good basic "comfort food" casserole. This made two casserole dishes' worth for me so I suggest cutting it in half unless you're feeding a crowd. There was easily enough for 10 people. Some other reviewers questioned whether or not to cook the noodles or add water- I did NOT pre-cook the noodles but did add about half a cup of water because I was worried about it. This was unnecessary. I ended up upping the temp to 375 and cooking for about 15 minutes extra to thicken up the dish. So just follow the recipe but do mix half the cheese in or layer it with the meat mixture instead of putting it all on top.
I made this exactly according to the directions and it was a huge hit with the husband daughter and granddaughter. I loved it too especially the next day!
I halved the recipe and used only cream of mushroom. I boiled the egg noodles for 6 minutes before adding the meat mixture which reduced the baking time to 20 minutes at 325 then 5 more minutes for melting the cheese. It turned out awesome and saved some time!
This recipe was so good. Everyone in my family loved it. Very cheesy just like I love. Next time I might consider putting half of the cheese in the meat mixture or cutting the cheese in half. The way the recipe is written there is 1/2 -1 inch cheese just on the top. My kids claim to hate cream of mushroom soup and didn't even realize that it was made with it. Pretty sneaky on my part.:-)
This is a good recipe to try out. If you have a lot of ground beef in your freezer this casserole is the trick. Nothing but egg noodles sour cream mushroom soup and lots of cheese!!!! It's really good.
Great way to use up those little bits of leftovers. I had exactly half a bag of noodles. I adjusted the servings to half. I had one pound of hamburger left and half an onion. Could use some more flavorings but to do a review based on the recipe alone I didn't add any. I had a small bag of frozen corn. Works just the same. Will make it again but add more like peppers more onion and spices.
