Medium French Dinner

Cheese and Hamburger Macaroni

Name: Cheese and Hamburger Macaroni
Prep time: 24 min
Cook time: 52 min
Total time: 76 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 0.5 pounds lean ground beef , or more to taste; 0.5 small onion , minced; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1 teaspoon onion powder; salt and ground black pepper to taste; 2 cups water; 2 cups elbow macaroni; 8 ounces reduced-fat processed cheese food , such as Velveeta®; 2 tablespoons reduced-fat sour cream , or more to taste

Total Time

1h 16m

24m prep · 52m cook

Servings

4 people

Rating

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Difficulty

Medium

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Homemade macaroni and beef version of Hamburger Helper — just as easy and tastes so much better! You will need a large skillet with a tight fitting lid.

Ingredients

0.5 pounds lean ground beef , or more to taste
0.5 small onion , minced
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
salt and ground black pepper to taste
2 cups water
2 cups elbow macaroni
8 ounces reduced-fat processed cheese food , such as Velveeta®
2 tablespoons reduced-fat sour cream , or more to taste

Instructions

1

Gather all ingredients.
2

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef, onion, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and black pepper in the hot skillet until beef is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.
3

Increase heat to high. Add water to ground beef mixture in the skillet. Cover and bring to a boil. Stir macaroni into boiling water-ground beef mixture. Cover, lower heat to medium, and cook for 5 minutes. Stir, cover, and continue cooking until macaroni is tender, about 5 minutes.
4

Stir processed cheese food into ground beef-macaroni mixture until melted. Remove from heat; stir in sour cream.