Homemade Cheeseburger Hamburger Helper

This homemade version of the well-known Cheeseburger Hamburger Helper is so much better than the store bought version, both in flavor as well as nutrition!

How to Make Homemade Cheeseburger Hamburger Helper

Start by adding your butter or oil to your pot and allow that to heat up.

Add your veggies and sauté them for about three minutes.

Now you’ll add your ground beef and cook it until it is nearly done, with a little pink remaining. You don’t want to cook it too much before moving on to the next step, as there is still more cook time to go.

At this point, you’ll add your beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste, and uncooked pasta.

Allow this to simmer for 10-15 minutes, until the pasta is al dente. Same as the ground beef, you don’t want to cook the pasta too much, as there is still some more cook time to go and it can become mushy.

Reduce the heat to medium-low and add your milk.

Add your cheese and stir until it is all well combined.

Salt and pepper to taste and enjoy!

If you feel your cheeseburger hamburger helper is too dry, add more beef broth until the desired consistency is reached.

Homemade Cheeseburger Hamburger Helper

This homemade version of the well known Cheeseburger Hamburger Helper, blows the store bought version out of the water!

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Servings 6 people

Equipment

• 1 pot

Ingredients

  

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 tbsp butter or oil
• 1 small onion chopped
• 1 clove garlic minced
• 1 box pasta elbow, uncooked
• 4 cups beef broth
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 1-2 cups milk see notes
• 2-3 cups shredded cheese cheddar
• salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

 

• Add your butter or oil to your pot and then add your chopped onion and minced garlic. Sauté over medium heat for three minutes.
• Add your ground beef and cook until nearly done, with just a little pink remaining.
• Now, add your beef broth, Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste, and uncooked pasta.
• Simmer for 10-15 minutes, until the pasta is al dente.
• Reduce the heat to medium-low and add your milk.
• Add your cheese and stir to combine.
• If the pasta seems too dry, add additional broth until desired consistency is reached.

Notes

The amount of milk I add varies. I don’t drain my meat because it comes from a local farmer and doesn’t have a lot of fat. I’ve had my hamburger helper be too dry before. So if yours is looking like you won’t have a sufficient amount of liquid, add more milk 1/4 cup at a time until your desired consistency is reached.

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