This is the perfect weeknight dinner for busy families. Filled with egg noodles and two kinds of cheese, ground hamburger and lots of flavor, you will be filled up! It is EASY, comforting and there’s not a single person at the table who won’t love it!
Dan and I used to make a version of this dish years ago. We have often remembered it fondly, but for some reason we haven’t replicated it until now. So silly. Our original version contained jalapeño peppers and I recall them adding the perfect zing. This version was made sans jalapeños in order to not burn the mouths of our young ones. I have found myself many times over the past few days crouched down in front of the open fridge, fork in hand, sneaking just “one more” teeny bite. It’s a keeper. We will not be waiting another seven years to make it again!
Enjoy!
If you love easy and cheesy, be sure to check out these delicious dinner recipes, too: Beefy Ranch Shells and Cheese, Cauliflower Mac and Cheese and Easy Chicken Pot Pie!
Cheesy Noodle Bake
Ingredients
- 12 oz. package egg noodles
- 1/2 large onion chopped
- 1 lb. ground beef
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 14.5 oz. can diced tomatoes undrained
- 8 oz. package cream cheese cut into 10 slices
- 8 oz. frozen corn kernels
- 1 cup cheddar cheese shredded
- 2 tbsp. fresh flat-leaf parsley chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray and set aside. In a large saucepan, cook egg noodles in boiling water until al dente. Drain and rinse. In a medium skillet, cook the ground beef, onions, salt and pepper over medium heat until the meat is no longer pink and the onions are soft. Remove from heat.
- Layer the prepared baking dish as follows: ground beef-onion mixture, half of the noodles, one can of tomatoes, cream cheese, corn, remaining half of the noodles, second can of tomatoes, shredded cheddar cheese and parsley.
- Bake covered in the preheated oven for 45 minutes. Remove cover and bake for an additional 15 minutes.
Nutrition
This recipe was absolutely awesome.
This is one of my go to casseroles for sure. I left out the corn, only use one can of petite diced tomatoes and add a can of cheddar cheese soup. My boys definitely love this one and leftovers are even better!
Leftovers are amazing! Thanks for sharing your tweaks to the recipe!
Best ever dish my kids and husband loved it. I used one whole onion chopped and two cans of Rotel for the tomatoes and mixed in the cream cheese with the noodles and added colby jack cheese 8oz. shredded and sprinkled it on top and backed for about forty minutes. Oh and instead of beef i used ground Turkey it came out great and was a big hit with the family! A must try you won’t be sorry!
Making now but wish I would have read comments before and knew to not drain tomatoes. Wish directions were more clear!!
I made this today exactly as the recipe indicates. Delicious!!!!