Loaded Cheeseburger Casserole

We love cheeseburger, so why not take these flavors and switch them right into a casserole? It’s simple to place collectively, and filled with all these scrumptious flavors you realize and love. And identical to any good burger, you can too mess around with the toppings to ensure it’s precisely what you want.

For extra beefy, tacky goodness, strive our American Skillet Picadillo.

Why Our Recipe

• All of the flavors you’re keen on from cheeseburgers, in a beefy, tacky casserole.
• Toasted hamburger buns add the proper, crispy texture on prime.
• Simply add additional toppings to make it your personal.

We’ve got to confess, this casserole is loads heartier than your common previous burger. With somewhat prep work and somewhat endurance whereas it bakes, you’ll be chowing down in about an hour. We extremely advocate getting artistic together with your toppings. Choose and select from our recommendations, or create one thing completely your personal!

Ingredient Notes

• Floor Beef: Select lean floor beef. We want 90/10 or 93/7 for this to keep away from extreme grease. 85/15 additionally works, however can have some grease. Floor turkey or hen can be used.
• White Onion: When you’ve got a yellow onion readily available, that may even work
• Butter: Provides taste and moisture when you’re utilizing lean floor beef.
• All-Goal Flour: That is the thickening agent for the sauce. Cornstarch can be utilized in half the quantity.
• Rotini Pasta: You may simply substitute with elbow macaroni, shells, bowtie, or fusilli.
• Beef Broth: Use low-sodium broth to higher management the flavour.
• Heavy Cream: It’s also possible to substitute with half and half if wanted, however the sauce gained’t be as creamy.
• Ketchup: Offers an ideal base taste to the sauce.
• Worcestershire Sauce: Can substitute with soy sauce with a splash of vinegar.
• Cheddar Cheese: Freshly shredded cheese melts higher than pre-shredded, which accommodates anti-caking brokers. Be at liberty to experiment with Monterey Jack or a Mexican mix.

Top-of-the-line components about our simple cheeseburger casserole is you could actually mess around with the topping choices. We’re enormous onion lovers, which is why we load our model with loads of them. When you love pickles, be happy to double our instructed amount! There are only a few examples of another toppings you should utilize:

• Sautéed mushrooms
• Crumbled bacon
• Recent tomatoes (add after baking)
• Onion rings or french fries (add after baking)
• Sliced avocado (add after baking)
• Banana peppers

Get artistic, and make this cheeseburger casserole precisely the way you need it! We advocate that you just add a few of these additional toppings to the melty cheese layer as soon as it comes out of the oven for the very best outcomes.

Make-Forward Choice

You may simply make this casserole forward of time. To make this course of an entire lot simpler, we propose that you just bake your casserole in an aluminum dish. That approach, you’ll be capable to slip the whole pan into your freezer. Make sure that to tightly wrap it in plastic wrap, then place a layer of aluminum foil on prime. Whenever you’re able to eat, let it thaw in a single day within the fridge and warmth at 350 levels for 15-20 minutes, or till the cheese begins to bubble.