Here are 15 quick and easy hamburger casserole recipes to make dinner a snap! You’ll find lots of variations on traditional hamburger casserole that the entire family will love and you’ll be in and out of the kitchen fast!
15 Hamburger Casserole Recipes For Quick And Easy Meals!
This easy hamburger casserole recipe is a great recipe when the kids are hungry and you don’t have a lot of time. It’s popular with virtually everyone! Serve with a vegetable and some applesauce and you’ve got an entire meal in minutes! You can find this recipe in our Dining On A Dime Cookbook, Volume 1.
Easy Hamburger Casserole Recipe
- Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
1/2 lb. ground beef, browned
6 cups macaroni, cooked
2 cups American cheese
1 can (15 oz.) tomato sauce
1/2 tsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. onion powder
salt (to taste)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°.
- In a casserole dish, mix the browned ground beef with macaroni and add cheese. Stir until melted.
- Add the tomato sauce, garlic powder, onion powder and salt.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
Notes
*When I am in a hurry I drain the macaroni and then add the hamburger and cheese, along with the rest of the ingredients into the same pan I cooked the macaroni in. Then I stir until the cheese is melted.
This easy hamburger casserole recipe is from Volume 1 of our cookbook:
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Mexican Hamburger Casserole Recipe
This Mexican hamburger casserole recipe is an easy hamburger casserole with a moderately spicy Mexican theme. It’s quick and easy to make and perfect for families!
Ingredients
1/2 to 1 lb. ground beef*
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 small can tomato sauce
1 small can green chiles, chopped
8 to 16 oz. cheese, grated*
12 corn tortillas
green onions for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300°.
- Brown the ground beef in a frying pan.
- Drain.
- Add the soup, tomato sauce and chiles.
- In a casserole dish or baking pan, layer the tortillas, meat mixture and cheese.
- Bake for 30-45 minutes.
- Garnish with green onions or cilantro before serving.
Notes
This recipe is very flexible. You can adjust the hamburger and cheese to what you have on hand. I use cheddar cheese but you can use Monterey Jack, Mexican mix or any combination of cheese you want.
You can also add other Mexican themed ingredients like chopped onions or black olives.
Hamburger Tater Tot Casserole Recipe
Your family will love this classic tater tot casserole recipe, a quick and easy one dish meal that requires less than 5 minutes’ prep time. Starting with ground beef, and including mixed veggies, cream of mushroom soup, tater tots, and more, this is a rich and tasty dinner recipe everyone loves!
Ingredients
1 to 2 lbs. hamburger, browned and seasoned (to taste)
1 pkg. dry onion soup mix
8 oz. sour cream
20 oz. frozen mixed veggies, or leftover veggies
1 can cream of mushroom soup
2 lb. bag of tater tots
8 oz cheddar cheese (or the cheese of your choice)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Gently mix together all of the ingredients except the cheese.
- Place into a greased 9×13 inch baking pan.
- Sprinkle with cheese.
- Bake for about 1 hour.
Notes
Keep a container in the freezer and, when you have a small dab of vegetables left over, put them in this container. This casserole is a great way to use them up instead of making the usual veggie soup.
Pizza Hamburger Casserole Recipe
This pizza hamburger casserole recipe makes a quick and easy hamburger casserole with a pizza themed flavor! It’s an easy Italian style family meal everyone in the family will love!
Ingredients
2 lbs. hamburger (ground beef)
1 onion, chopped
1 green pepper, chopped
1( 4 oz.) can mushrooms
1 (32 oz.) jar spaghetti sauce
1 (10 oz.) can pizza sauce
4 oz. pepperoni
16 oz. mozzarella cheese, grated
3 cups macaroni twists, uncooked
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Boil macaroni twists for 20 minutes or until cooked to the desired doneness.
- Brown the hamburger, onion and pepper in a frying pan.
- Mix everything except the cheese together in a greased 9×13 inch baking pan.
- Bake for 45 minutes. Add cheese in the last 5 minutes.
Easy Enchilada Hamburger Casserole Recipe
This easy enchilada casserole recipe makes a quick and easy meal with a Tex-Mex feel! This recipe is easy to adapt to your taste and your family’s taste. You can eliminate the beef and use all beans, add more beef or cheese, add black olives or top with sour cream. If you’ve never made it before, try it today!
Ingredients
10 corn tortillas, cut in half
1 lb. ground beef
1 Tbsp. taco seasoning
1 (15 oz.) can pinto beans, rinsed and drained
salt and pepper (to taste)
2 cups red enchilada sauce
2 1/2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
1–2 tomatoes, sliced (optional)
1/4 cup green onions, sliced (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°.
- Brown the ground beef in a frying pan, about 6-8 minutes.
- Add the taco seasoning, beans and salt and pepper to taste. Stir to mix the ingredients.
- Grease a 2 quart baking dish.
- Spread 1/4 cup of the enchilada sauce on the bottom of the baking dish.
- Layer one third of the tortillas over the sauce.
- Add half of the meat mixture.
- Then add 3/4 cup of cheese on top of the meat.
- Pour 1/2 cup of the enchilada sauce over the cheese.
- Repeat the process with 1/3 of the tortillas, the rest of the meat mixture, 3/4 cup of cheese and 1/2 cup of sauce.
- Add the final 1/3 of the tortillas on top of the casserole.
- Pour the remaining sauce over the top of the tortillas.
- Sprinkle on the rest of the cheese on top.
- Cover the casserole with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
- Uncover and bake for an additional 5-10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and browned.
- Let the casserole sit for 5 minutes before cutting. If desired, you can garnish with tomatoes and green onions over the top.
Chow Mein Hot Dish
Ingredients
1 lb. hamburger (ground beef)
1 onion, chopped
2 cups celery, sliced
1/2 cup rice, uncooked
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup water
1 (4 oz.) can mushrooms
1 (10 3/4 oz.) can cream of mushroom soup
1 small can bean sprouts
1 small can sliced water chestnuts
Chinese noodles
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Brown the hamburger and onions in a frying pan.
- Mix all of the remaining ingredients except the Chinese noodles together into the hamburger (including the liquid from the mushrooms and bean sprouts).
- Place the mixture into a greased 9×9 inch baking pan.
- Bake for 1 1/2 hours.
- Top with the Chinese noodles.
Double the amount of the ingredients for a 9×13 inch pan.
- Use Ramen noodles or instant rice in your casseroles. This makes preparation easier since you don’t need to cook these before you add them to the dish.
- If you have time, roast your veggies before adding them to your casserole for some added flavor.
2 Ingredient Hamburger Casserole Recipe
This easy 2 ingredient hamburger casserole recipe makes a quick and easy main dish that your kids will love and that takes just a few minutes to prepare. Quick and simple and easy to adapt if you like!
Ingredients
1 lb. hamburger, browned (Drain grease.)
1 box macaroni and cheese, prepared
Instructions
- Combine the ingredients.
- Serve.
If you’d like to make it fancier, try these add ins for the 2 ingredient hamburger casserole recipe:
- 1 can tomato paste
- 1/2 cup chopped onions
- 1/2 cup chopped green peppers
- 1/4 cup olives
Crockpot Hamburger Casserole
Ingredients
2 lbs. ground beef, browned
1 tsp. onion powder
1 onion, chopped (optional)
1 green pepper, chopped (optional)
3 (1 oz.) pkgs. gravy mix
2 1/2 cups water
OR leave out the gravy mix and water and add 3 cups leftover beef gravy
2 (7.5 oz) cans biscuits
salt (to taste)
Instructions
- Mix the ground beef, onion powder and chopped onions and peppers (if you’re using them).
- Spray the crockpot with cooking spray.
- Spread the browned ground beef and onion mixture evenly across the bottom of the crockpot.
- Mix the gravy mixes and water together.
- Pour over the ground beef.
- Place the biscuits on top.
- Put 6-8 paper towels under the lid when you place it on the crockpot (to keep the condensation off of your biscuits).
- Cook on low for 4-5 hours.
Notes
- To Bake In The Oven: Place the ingredients in the same order in a 9×13 inch greased baking pan. Bake at 350° for 30-40 minutes, until the biscuits are browned on top.
Crunchy Hamburger Casserole Recipe
This super tasty crunchy hamburger casserole recipe makes an easy meal that takes just a few minutes to prepare. It’s got a little different taste than a traditional hamburger casserole, so if you’re looking for something a bit different that’s really tasty, try this one!
Ingredients
2 cups egg noodles, cooked
1 pound ground beef. browned
1 (10 3/4 oz.) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 (14 1/2 oz.) can tomatoes, drained
3/4 cup shredded cheese (Cheddar, Colby, Monterey Jack, etc.)
3/4 cup green bell pepper, diced (optional)
salt and pepper (to taste)
1 (2.8 oz.) can French fried onions
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°.
- Combine the noodles, ground beef, soup, tomatoes, cheese and green pepper.
- Add salt and pepper, to taste.
- Pour into a greased 9 x 13 inch baking dish.
- Cover and bake for 40 minutes.
- Uncover and sprinkle the onions on top.
- Bake for an additional 5 minutes.
Potato Hamburger Casserole Recipe
This potato hamburger casserole recipe makes a hearty and delicious casserole everyone will love. Only 5 minutes to prepare and then bake for a tasty main dish or one dish meal.
Ingredients
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
1 1/2 cups milk
salt and pepper (to taste)
5 small potatoes
2 lbs. ground beef, browned
1 1/2 cups shredded cheese (We used a colby jack mix, but cheddar would be great, too.)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the cream of mushroom soup, milk and salt and pepper (to taste). Mix well.
- Peel and slice the potatoes.
- Add to the mixture. Set aside.
- Spray a 9×13 inch baking dish with non stick spray.
- Layer half of the beef, half the potato mixture and 1/2 cup of the cheese into the baking pan.
- Layer the rest of the beef and potato mixture on top of the cheese.
- Top with the remaining cheese.
- Cover with foil and bake for 1 hour.
- Remove the foil and bake another 30 minutes, until the potatoes are fork tender.
- Allow it to sit for 10 minutes. Then cut and serve.
Low Carb Hamburger Alfredo Casserole
This low carb hamburger alfredo casserole is low in carbs, but rich in flavor! Starting with hamburger and Italian sausage and packed with Alfredo flavor, it’s a hamburger casserole you’re sure to love, especially if you are eating a low carb diet!
Ingredients
1 lb. ground beef
1 lb. sweet Italian sausage
1 small onion, diced
2 cups fresh broccoli florets, cut into bite sized pieces
salt and pepper (to taste)
1 (8 oz.) block cream cheese
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
1 tsp. dried oregano
2 tsp. minced garlic
2 cups package shredded mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°.
- Spray a 9×13 baking dish with cooking spray.
- In a large skillet, brown and crumble the ground beef, Italian sausage and onion over medium heat.
- Drain the fat.
- Steam the broccoli, just until tender.
- Add to the hamburger mixture.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Place in the baking dish.
- Place the cream cheese in a microwave safe bowl and microwave on high for about 45 seconds, until soft. Stir until creamy.
- Gradually stir the heavy cream into the cream cheese.
- Stir the Parmesan cheese, oregano and garlic into the cream cheese mixture.
- Pour the cream cheese mixture over the hamburger broccoli mixture.
- Top with shredded mozzarella cheese.
- Cover with aluminum foil.
- Bake for about 35-45 minutes. When it it finished, the cheese should be melted and the edges should be a very light golden brown.
Quick and Easy Hamburger Casserole
Here’s a quick and easy hamburger casserole you can make with about 10 minutes’ work that’s a little fancier than a basic hamburger casserole!
- Yield: 6-8 servings
Ingredients
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 cup onion, chopped
1/2 tsp. minced garlic or 1/2 tsp. garlic powder (more or less to taste)
1 (10.5 oz.) can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 (4 oz.) can mushrooms (optional)
2 cups macaroni, cooked
8 oz. sharp cheddar cheese grated or shredded
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Brown the ground beef, onion and garlic in a skillet until tender.
- Drain the hamburger mixture.
- Stir in soup, milk, salt, pepper and mushrooms.
- In a 2 quart casserole dish, layer half of the hamburger mixture, then the macaroni and then cheese.
- Repeat with the meat and macaroni. Save the last half of the cheese.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, sprinkle the top with the remaining cheese.
- Return to the oven long enough to melt the cheese.
Gluten Free Hamburger Casserole Recipe
If you’re gluten free, you can still enjoy the delicious flavor of hamburger casserole! Here’s an easy gluten free hamburger casserole recipe you can make in about 10 minutes, a perfect dinner you will enjoy a lot more than bland store bought gluten free food!
Ingredients
1 lb. ground beef
1 Tbsp. olive oil
2 small white onions, chopped
1 Tbsp. garlic, minced
8 oz. tomato paste
1 (15 oz.) can diced tomatoes
3–4 cups gluten-free pasta, cooked and drained
2–4 Tbsp. yellow mustard
1/4 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
raw veggie add-ins (optional)
salt and pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- Brown the onions, garlic and ground beef in oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.
- Drain the grease from the beef mixture.
- Add the tomato paste, diced tomatoes, and cooked pasta. Stir until mixed and heated through.
- Stir in the mustard, cheese, your favorite raw veggie add-ins, and salt and pepper.
- Serve immediately with your favorite hamburger toppings.
Amish Hamburger Casserole Recipe
Here’s a tasty Amish hamburger casserole recipe that is rich and delicious! It’s another quick and easy variation of this tasty family meal that your family will love!
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups egg noodles, cooked
4 oz. cream cheese, softened
4 oz. (1/2 cup) cottage cheese
1/4 cup sour cream
2 Tbsp. butter, melted
1/2 lb. ground beef
2 Tbsp. onion, chopped
1/4 green bell pepper, diced
1 (8 oz.) can diced tomatoes, drained
1/2 cup condensed tomato soup (not diluted)
1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°.
- Spray a 9×13 inch casserole dish with cooking spray and set aside.
- Cook the noodles, according to the package instructions.
- Drain and set aside.
- Meanwhile, in a large bowl, stir together the softened cream cheese, cottage cheese, sour cream, and melted butter. Set aside.
- In a large skillet, cook the ground beef over medium high heat until no longer pink.
- Drain the excess fat.
- Return the beef to the skillet and add onion, bell pepper, diced tomatoes, tomato soup and Worcestershire sauce.
- Stir to combine.
- Place half of the cooked pasta in the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
- Top with half of the cream cheese mixture and half of the meat mixture.
- Repeat the layers with the remaining cream cheese and meat mixtures.
- Top with shredded cheddar cheese.
- Bake 30 minutes.
Ranch Hamburger Casserole Recipe
This ranch hamburger casserole recipes makes an easy hamburger casserole with a distinctive hint of ranch dressing flavor. With just 5-10 minutes prep time, it’s an easy meal to satisfy your family!
- Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients
1 1/2 lb. ground beef (or chicken or turkey)
2 Tbsp. ranch seasoning
1 white or yellow onion, chopped
1 bag frozen tater tots
8 oz. shredded cheddar cheese
salt and pepper (to taste)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450°.
- Spray an 8×8 inch baking dish with non-stick spray.
- Brown the ground beef in a skillet over medium high heat.
- Once the meat is fully cooked, add in the ranch seasoning and chopped onion.
- Layer half of the tater tots, meat mixture and cheese into the prepared dish.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Then add the remaining tater tots, meat and cheese.
- Season with more salt and pepper, if desired.
- Place, uncovered, in the oven and bake for 25-30 minutes or until the tater tots are golden brown.
Corn and Hamburger Casserole Recipe
Ingredients
1 lb. ground beef
1/2 large onion, diced
15 oz. can whole kernel corn, drained
10.5 oz. can cream of chicken soup
10.5 oz. can cream of mushroom soup
1 cup full fat sour cream
3/4 tsp. salt (or to taste)
1/4 tsp. pepper (or to taste)
3 heaping cups medium egg noodles, cooked and drained
1 cup breadcrumbs
2 Tbsp. melted butter
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°.
- In a large skillet, cook the ground beef with the onion, breaking it up until the meat is lightly browned (no longer pink) and the onion is tender.
- Stir in the corn, cream of chicken soup, cream of mushroom soup, sour cream, salt and pepper.
- Carefully stir in the cooked egg noodles until completely coated.
- Prepare the breadcrumb topping by stirring together the breadcrumbs and melted butter in a bowl.
- Pour the noodle mixture into an 8×8 inch casserole dish.
- Sprinkle evenly with the breadcrumb topping.
- Bake for approximately 35-45 minutes or until the mixture is bubbly and hot.
This is a great recipe! I have a shortcut though ! If you have leftover macaroni & cheese( I use boxed M&C),add some cooked,seasoned ground beef and tomato sauce.Mix together well.Serve with a vegetable and bread of your choice.Enjoy!
I have a recipe called hamburger helper
1 pound hamburger
1 cup hot water
2 cups milk
1 1/2 cup elbow macaroni
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
sauce packet
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon onion powder, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar
Brown meat, drain, add hot water, milk, pasta & sauce packet..boil, cover, reduce heat. Simmer for 12 minutes or till tender.
Last few minutes of cook time add cheese, stir and re-cover.
Let set for 5 minutes uncovered….then eat.
What do you use as the sauce packet? Thank you Karen.
I’m not sure what you mean as a sauce packet Wendy because neither recipe calls for a sauce packet unless you are talking about the tomato sauce and that comes in a can and usually is where you find the jars of spaghetti sauce.
Karen’s recipe for hamburger helper has sauce packet listed in both the ingredients and the directions. Maybe the elbow macaroni and sauce packet were from a box of mac & cheese? Both of these recipes sound good.
Brown meat, drain, add hot water, milk, pasta & sauce packet.
That is what Karen says in her recipe.
sauce packet
1 tablespoon cornstarch
2 teaspoon paprika
1 teaspoon onion powder, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon sugar
what do you use as “american cheese”?…..Is it that processed stuff? thanks.
American cheese is a type of cheese the same why you have cheddar, swiss etc.
Mary, if you don’t want to use the processed American cheese food, you could use real cheddar cheese. That’s what I use when I make this .
It is a softer smoother Cheddar type cheese, like Velveeta in a block or you can buy slices and now you can buy shredded Velveeta cheese. Technically is it not a cheese but a cheese food. I have the recipe to make your own Velveeta if anyone is interested, let me know.
I’d love to know Nancy
On the 6 cups of cooked macaroni. Is that 6 cups before you cook it or after? BC 6 cups of uncooked macaroni then cooked would be a lot of mac.
Well it says 6 cups “cooked” macaroni so that’s after. :-)
I am so eager to try everyone of these recipes for burger casseroles. I hope hubby is ready for lots of burger meals LOL LOL LOL. Just kidding. All sound amazing. Thanks!!!!
Lol Marilyn. I think he will enjoy them.
A couple of these look promising for making up in single portions and freezing for this single gal
A classic potato hamburger casserole is “shipwreck”. It uses RAW hamburger – cooking the raw hamburger with the potatoes & rice gives them a really beefy flavor.
1 large onion, sliced
2 large potatoes, peeled and sliced
1 lb ground beef, uncooked
1/2 cup rice, uncooked
1 cup celery, chopped
1 cup carrots, sliced
1 can tomato or cream soup
1 soup can water
green onions, sliced, for garnish, optional
salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350F.
In a large casserole dish, layer onions, potatoes and ground beef. Sprinkle rice over ground beef. Top with celery and carrots. Season with salt and pepper.
In a small bowl, stir together soup and water. Pour evenly into casserole dish. Cover with aluminum foil.
Bake for 1 hour and half. Let cool about 10 minutes before serving.
thank for these Tawra. They are helpful since I’m cooking from my freezer… thanks also for yesterdays video on using what you have. I’m focusing on making quick breads for breakfast from the large of cake mixes I have, rather than use my own flour, sugar, etc. People are still overbuying here and not leaving any food for anyone else. Very disappointing. Hoping you and your mom and whole family stay well!
These all look delicious, and I can’t wait to try them with our venison from the freezer!
How long do you have to bake the Amish hamburger casserole?
For most casseroles where the ingredients(like the pasta, meat etc.) I usually cook them about 30 mins. or until all the cheeses are nice and melted. They aren’t something you need to worry about too much. I will sometimes even turn my temperature down to 250 and let them cook for an hour to allow all of the spices and flavors to blend even more.
I made the quick and easy hamburger casserole today, it’s really good. I had some French fried onions I needed to get rid of, so I added them on top. It would have been great with or without them though. I look forward to trying more of ya’lls recipes.
Thank you Alice. That is one of my go to recipes and I bet it was really good with the French fried onions on it.
I have to cut the Potato hamburger casserole in half. I only cook for 4 (there is 2 of us and we like leftovers) and use a 8 x 8 pan
Would I need to cut the time also?
Also, I would love to add the Dried French onions on top for the additional 5 mins.
You can shorten a little but what I would do the first time you bake it is 45 mins. test the potatoes with a fork and if they are getting tender then take the foil off and finish baking until totally tender. Be sure to write down how long it took then you will know the next time you bake it how long to cook.
Mexican Hambirgaer Casserole was delicious.
‘Me gusts mucho, también el mismo con mi familia’ ‘ Gracias’.
Thank You so much Tawra for this low-carb recipe!! Lately, I’ve been making it at least a few times a month and it’s just delicious. Thank you so much! Love your cookbooks, and I love the fact that I save time and money with your recipes.
You are so welcome Marcia. It has been one of my family’s favorites – especially with the kids.
Hi,
On your “Potato Hamburger Casserole Recipe”,
How thick or thin do you slice them?
Hi Sheri, You can slice the potatoes in any thickness you want. I usually slice them between medium and thin. Enjoy!