Beef Casserole

Beef Casserole

The idea for this comes from a good friend in Thailand, and it turned out much better than expected, and the family loved it!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Main Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 6 servings

Ingredients
  

  • 3 cups bowtie pasta, or any bite size pasta
  • 500 grams ground beef, (1 lb)
  • 1 cup frozen peas
  • 8 small Shiitake mushrooms, stems removed and sliced
  • 1 jar Artisan 3 Cheese Pasta Sauce, Prego, 411 gram jar
  • 2-3 cups Cheddar cheese, shredded
  • panko breadcrumbs, as needed
  • salt and pepper, as desired

Instructions
 

  • Preheat your oven to 200 C (400 F). Grease a 9x13 baking dish lightly with butter.
  • Cook the pasta in a pot of boiling salted water until just tender. Drain and add pasta to the baking dish. While the pasta is cooking, heat a non stick pan and brown the ground beef, drain and add to the baking dish.
  • Add the mushrooms, peas, and cheese pasta sauce to the baking dish.
  • Mix together. Season with salt and pepper as desired.
  • Spread the mixture out evenly and sprinkle the shredded cheese on the top, use as much cheese as you like.
  • Add some panko on top of the cheese.
  • Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the casserole is bubbly and the top is golden brown.
  • Serve and enjoy.

Notes

The cheese sauce, in Thailand, is available from Lazada if you reside outside of a major city, cost is 178 Baht for a jar, which is not bad, it is a very good sauce. The Cheddar cheese will use 1 200 gram block, about 180 Baht. For 8 servings, this is about $1.36 per serving.
Recipe inspired by good friend, Kurt Hammerschmidt.
Thailand.

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