Southwest Ground Beef Casserole

I’m always looking for great recipes using ground beef. While we love hamburgers, tacos, and chili, there’s only so many times you want to serve that each month, so this ground beef casserole was a  welcome addition to our rotation.

Southwest Ground Beef Casserole

When I first saw this recipe over at my friend Mags’ blog, The Other Side of Fifty, I knew I wanted to try it. It just really looked good and I loved everything on the ingredient list. Getting my family to try new things can sometimes be like pulling teeth, so I knew I was in for the “what’s that” type questions. I try to be very generic in my answers, the less details the better. So I called this “southwest casserole” which is quite generic and doesn’t reveal anything in the ingredient agenda.

The reviews from the fam were marvelous! However, I original used a quick cooking pasta, which I don’t recommend. Use regular pasta as indicated in the recipe. The quick cooking type cooks too long in this dish and tends to get a bit mushy.

This ground beef casserole is great as leftovers too! We’ve made it several times and then we enjoy the leftovers for lunch or another dinner. I haven’t tried freezing this casserole yet, but if any of you do, please let me know how it goes! I’m sure others would like to know as well.

Here’s some more recipes if you are looking for other ground beef dinner ideas.

And some ground beef cookbooks I found:

1. Ultimate Ground Beef Cookbook
2. Easy Ground Beef Cookbook
3. Taste of Home Ground Beef Cookbook
4. Ground Beef Cookbook: Easy & Delicious Ground Beef Recipes to Prepare Yourself
5. Taste of Home Ground Beef Cookbook
6. 101 Things to Do with Ground Beef
7. The Best Kitchen Tested Ground Beef Recipes
8. Ground Beef Recipes: A Collection of Recipes That Show the Variety of Ways You Can Cook Using Beef (Quick & Easy Recipes)

Amanda Formaro

Serves: 4-6

Southwest Ground Beef Casserole

30 minPrep Time

30 minCook Time

1 hrTotal Time

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Ingredients

• 1 lb lean ground beef
• 1 cup diced onion
• 1/2 cup diced orange bell pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 1 teaspoon Magic Dust seasoning or Montreal Steak seasoning
• 16 oz. tomato sauce
• 1- 10 oz can of Red Gold Diced Tomatoes & Green Chiles
• 1 1/2 tsp dried oregano
• 2 tsp chili powder
• 2 cups frozen corn
• 2 ounces shredded Mexican 4 Cheese blend
• 1 1/2 cups dried macaroni style pasta, cooked al dente
• 1 cup shredded Mexican 4 Cheese blend
• sliced green onions for garnish

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray a two-quart casserole dish with cooking spray.
2. In large skillet brown ground beef with onions, bell pepper and red pepper flakes. Season with Magic Dust or steak seasoning.
3. Add the tomato sauce, diced tomatoes, oregano and chili powder. Simmer for 15-20 minutes. Add the frozen corn and simmer for a few more minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the 2 ounces of cheese until melted. Gently stir in the cooked pasta. Pour all into prepared casserole dish and top with shredded cheese. Bake for 20-30 minutes, or until browned and bubbly. Garnish with green onions if desired.

Notes

adapted from The Other Side of Fifty's South of the Border Casserole

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Amanda Formaro is the crafty, entrepreneurial mother of four children. She loves to bake, cook, make kid's crafts and create decorative items for her home. She is a crafting expert and guru in the kitchen and has appeared online and in print publications many times over the years. She is also a craft book author five times over and product developer as well as the owner of FunFamilyCrafts.com. You can find her on social media by using the buttons to the left!

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