With five ingredients, your dinner will be ready in a little more than an hour. Plus, this feeds our family of four and we still have leftovers.
5-Ingredient ground beef casserole is one of those main dishes that even the pickiest eaters will love.
This dish is a huge hit around our house and the kids ask for it all the time.
I will usually make the entire recipe and split it into two containers and freeze one for later.
I love easy casserole recipes and they seem to make life a little less stressful and of course, always taste delicious.
This main dish ground beef casserole only calls for five simple and inexpensive ingredients. I love budget-friendly, and I love simple.
Ground beef casserole with potatoes is one of those meals that is comforting, easy to make, filling, and full of ingredients that everyone loves.
The kids are at two different schools on two different sides of town, so I spend a lot of time driving to car circles, sitting in car circles, and then driving to after school activities, which doesn’t leave a lot of time for cooking meals.
So, anytime I can get a casserole going, it allows me to relax a little at the end of the busy day and dinner becomes an easy task.
Full printable recipe with ingredients, measurements, and instructions listed at the bottom of the post on the recipe card.
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Prep: 10min
Total: 30min
Yield: 4
Nutrition Facts: calories 300 calories
Ingredients:
- ground beef
Instruction:
- Store leftover ground beef from any of these easy ground beef recipes in an airtight container and place in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Most of these recipes are also freezer-friendly and can also be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- Depending on the recipe, you can reheat in the air fryer at 300F for 5-10 minutes, in the oven at 300F for 10 minutes, or on the stove over medium heat until fully warmed through. To reheat from frozen, let it thaw first overnight in the refrigerator or for a few hours at room temperature, and then reheat.
5-Ingredient Ground Beef Casserole
5-Ingredient Ground Beef Casserole is a budget-friendly and simple dinner for the entire family. With five ingredients, your dinner will be ready in a little more than an hour and you can get to more important things.
Prep: 15min
Total: 1h15min
Serving Size: 1 serving
Nutrition Facts: calories 513 calories, Carbohydrate 15 grams carbohydrates, Cholesterol 142 milligrams cholesterol, Fat 38 grams fat, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 27 grams protein, Saturated Fat 20 grams saturated fat, servingSize 1 serving, Sodium 445 milligrams sodium, Sugar 4 grams sugar, Trans Fat 1 grams trans fat, unSaturated Fat 14 grams unsaturated fat
Ingredients:
- 1-1/2 to 2 pounds ground beef
- 10.5 ounce can cream of condensed mushroom soup
- 10.5 ounce can cream of cheddar cheese soup
- 3 cups cubed frozen potatoes
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (divided)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instruction:
- Cook the ground beef, drain the grease, and add to a large mixing bowl.
- Add the can of cream of mushroom and cream of cheddar cheese soup to the bowl.
- Add the frozen cubed potatoes to the bowl.
- Add 1/2 cup of the shredded cheddar cheese to the bowl.
- Add a pinch of salt and pepper and mix everything together.
- Pour into a greased 9″ x 13″ casserole dish and sprinkle the remainder of the shredded cheddar cheese on top. Cover with tin foil.
- Bake for 30 minutes and carefully remove tin foil. Bake for 30 more minutes.