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Crock Pot Homestyle Ground Beef Casserole
Crock Pot Homestyle Ground Beef Casserole is full of pasta, ground beef, tomato sauce, sour cream, and 4 types of cheese. Pure comfort food.
Course
Main Dish
Cuisine
American
Keyword
Casserole, ground beef casserole, pasta
Prep Time
20
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
3
hours
hours
10
minutes
minutes
Servings
8
Ingredients
1 1/2
pounds
ground beef
1
cup
diced onion
1
(6-ounce) can
tomato paste
1
(14.5-ounce) can
diced tomatoes with basil, garlic, and oregano,
undrained
1
(10-ounce) can
Rotel tomatoes,
undrained
salt and pepper
1
teaspoon
Italian seasoning
1
(24-ounce) jar
spaghetti sauce
1
cup
water
8
ounces
cream cheese,
softened
1
cup
cottage cheese
1/2
cup
sour cream
2
green onions,
sliced
1/2
teaspoon
garlic powder
12
ounces
uncooked cavatappi pasta
1
cup
shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2
cup
shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
Brown ground beef in a large nonstick skillet, breaking it apart as it cooks. When it is about halfway cooked, add the onion.
Drain off excess grease.
Add tomato paste, diced tomatoes, Rotel tomatoes and Italian seasoning to ground beef. Season with salt and pepper.
Combine spaghetti sauce and water.
In a medium bowl, mix together cream cheese, cottage cheese, and sour cream until smooth. Stir in green onions and garlic powder.
Pour half of spaghetti sauce in the bottom of a 6-quart crock pot.
Add half the pasta to the crock pot.
Top with half the meat sauce.
Spread all of the cream cheese mixture over the meat sauce.
Add remaining pasta and top it with remaining meat sauce and then the remaining spaghetti sauce.
Cover and cook on LOW for 3 hours.
Stir well. Sprinkle cheese on top and cover for another 10 minutes.
Notes
Ricotta cheese can be used instead of cottage cheese.
Nutrition
Calories:
698
kcal