This Ground Beef Dinner Recipe Is Essentially A Gourmet Version Of Hamburger Helper
Ground beef is a pretty versatile ingredient to make into the star of your next dinner recipe, but I personally struggle with inventive ways to use it.
Yes, we can throw it together and make a simple meat sauce or use it to create some tacos, but it’s hard to think beyond that to incorporate it into a meal.
A TikToker who goes by the name @simplerecipemama is showing you her creative way of using ground beef in a dinner recipe, and it’s essentially a gourmet version of Hamburger Helper that she promises tastes infinitely better than it looks.
She’s not lying: it might be ugly but it’s absolutely worth making, especially if you love cheese as much as I do.
What You Need:
- One pound of ground beef
- One red pepper
- One yellow pepper
- One yellow onion
- Onion powder
- Paprika
- Italian seasoning
- Salt
- Black pepper
- Two Tablespoons of tomato paste
- 3/4ths a cup of chicken broth
- 1/2 of a cup of heavy cream or half-and-half (whatever you prefer)
- 1/2 of a cup of milk
- Three handfuls of fresh spinach
- Eight ounces of shredded cheddar cheese
- A box of bow tie pasta
To start, pull out a skillet with a lid, put it on medium heat on the stove, and add one pound of ground beef. Keep your lid to the side right now, as you’re going to need it later on.
Chop the ground beef up with a spoon in the pan and dice one red pepper, one yellow pepper, and one yellow onion. Add those all in with your ground beef.
Make sure to start boiling water and make your box of bow tie pasta before you go any further.
TikTok – @simplerecipemama
Grab some onion powder, paprika, Italian seasoning, black pepper, and salt to season your meat and veggies in the pan how you like.
Cook until the meat is browned, and your peppers are soft. Next, add two tablespoons of tomato paste and 3/4ths of a cup of chicken broth.
From there, add half a cup of heavy cream or half-and-half (whatever you prefer to use), along with half a cup of milk.
Place three handfuls of fresh spinach in the pan after you finish adding your dairy products, and stir that well.
Three ounces of shredded cheddar cheese is the next thing you’re going to put in. Mix, then add in your bowtie pasta after you finish draining it. Cover the pasta with an additional four ounces of shredded cheddar cheese.
Place the lid of your pan on top and let the cheese melt into everything, and then you’re done!
“Delicious; it’s a new favorite for us. I added a half can of lager beer and a half cup of beef broth and topped it off with shredded pepper jack cheese,” one person commented.
“Added mint leaves and goat cheese,” another remarked.
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