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What You Need
1 pound of pasta cooked – penne or similar
1 pound of ground beef
3/4 cup of milk
1/2 teaspoon of garlic powder
2 cups of cheddar cheese
1 teaspoon of pepper
1/2 teaspoon of salt
1/4 cup of parmesan cheese
What To do
Brown beef in a medium size skillet – Add salt and pepper. Drain fat.
In a medium sauce pan – over medium- low heat add milk and cheese – mix till cheese is melted. Add Parmesan cheese and mix.
Add cheese sauce to beef and mix.
Add cooked pasta to skillet and mix well.
Enjoy!
For gluten – free version use corn pasta
Cheeseburger Pasta
: Sara @ Budget Savvy Diva
: Main
: 4
Ingredients
- 1 pound of pasta cooked - penne or similar
- 1 pound of ground beef
- ¾ cup of milk
- ½ teaspoon of garlic powder
- 2 cups of cheddar cheese
- 1 teaspoon of pepper
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- ¼ cup of parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Brown beef in a medium size skillet - Add salt and pepper. Drain fat.
- In a medium sauce pan - over medium- low heat add milk and cheese - mix till cheese is melted. Add Parmesan cheese and mix.
- Add cheese sauce to beef and mix.
- Add cooked pasta to skillet and mix well.
- Enjoy!
- For gluten - free version use corn pasta
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Comments
Erika
Is this recipe still good using ground turkey? I know I’ve substituted some recipes using ground turkey and it didn’t taste well. If not, any alternatives to this recipe?
Budget Savvy Diva
I would use more pepper — but it works
Amy C.
I havn’t bought “real” ground beef in years. Ground turkey is so much more inexpensive. The pnly thing I use ground beef for is 1/2 and 1/2 for meatloaf.
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Amy C.
I would totally add bacon as well!!
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Lindsey
We make something really similar and it’s a household fave. 🙂
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This recipe sounds delicious. I’m sharing it on my blog under a post called recipes I want to try!!
AbbiWatson
Sure 🙂
Heather p
When do you add the garlic powder, with the meat or sauce?
Watson
Meat
Jessika
Instead of the shredded cheddar and milk, I made a béchamel cheese sauce, since cheddar always seizes up into a ball for me. Great recipe and very filling! Thanks!
Renee
This was really good and so easy to make! Thanks!
Ginny
The sauce wasn’t very creamy. I think I’ll have to tweak it some. But the flavor is all there! Thx!
Olivia
My girls and husband really enjoyed this. We’ll definitely make it again! I needed to add more milk as I made it about a half hour before we ate it, but it was still delicious! Thank you!
Dianne
I thought I’d try this and got into making it and found out I didn’t have enough shredded cheddar cheese. I improvised. I added some mozzerella & queso blanco to the cheddar. It was very good. One of the kids wanted me to leave the burger meat out next. I think I like it better with.
Jenna
Do you use grated parmesan cheese?
Allie Talley
I can’t wait to try this!
Nicole
Good. Added some dijon mustard and a little velveta to the sauce to give it more of a cheeseburger flavor.
Vmf
I just finished making this…. You need a lot more milk than what the recipe calls for I also added whipping cream to help loosen the cheese and stir stir stir stir until you get your desired consistency.. It’s a good recipe will do again maybe add something with a little color like corn or pimentos
Danielle
I agree with Jessika; better if you make the cheese sauce from a roux….prevents the cheese from balling up or separating. It also makes it much more flavourful and creamy.
fenya
Thought this looked really good and simple. Yet my cheese sauce would not combine no matter how long I stirred. Wont be attempting again 🙁
Karin
I’ve made this a bunch of times and its delicious! I always use ground turkey instead of ground beef.
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Dakota
Yummmm
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Do you know the serving size and nutritional information?
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Desiree
I followed the recipe to a tee and it was very very bland. Will not be making it again.
Samantha
Recipe says garlic powder but it’s not in directions.
MaryD
I found this on pinterest. Made it for the first time tonight and everyone raved. I added chopped garlic and onion when browning the beef. Delish! Can’t wait to try more of your recipes. Thank you.
beth
Sauce definitly needs work. Not creamy or saucy and once the meat is added it kind of becomes a mess. Hardly enough to coat a pound of cooked pasta and a pound of hamburger. I added a bunch of BBQ sauce and that helps. I’ll just stick to my regular homemade cheese sauce when I make it again. If it wasn’t for the BBQ sauce it would be incredibly bland.
Marie
Picky kids liked it! Added a little extra garlic powder and increased the milk to a full cup. Thanks!
Kelly
This recipe is really good just the way it is. Made this up in no time at all. My husband is a fan. It will be one of my easy go to’s from now on. Being a one pot dish I did miss the veggie element but I can add just about anything to this and have it taste great. Next time I plan on adding chopped up sun dried tomatoes and mushrooms. Thanks for the easy, peasy recipe!
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Ashtyn
Great Recipe! I cant wait to give it a try!
Beth
First time I made this recipe it wasn’t creamy and pretty dry. I made it again, but this time I doubled the sauce ingredients and rather than using milk, I used evaporated milk. Perfectly creamy and lots of sauce!