Easy Cheesy Beefaroni
Easy Cheesy Beefaroni
It’s time for softball conditioning again here at The Little Cottage. That means my husband, who is a coach, and my daughter, will be coming home around 7 o’clock ravenously hungry. I love having a hot, savory meal on the table when they walk in the door. I’ve been making this version of beefaroni for around 14 years. I had to modify the original recipe because the tomato sauce aggravated my acid reflux. I substituted Sweet Baby Ray’s Honey BBQ sauce and good ole’ fashioned ketchup for the throat-clenching tomato sauce. The result was a hearty, favorite family recipe that we make a few times per month.
Ingredients:
Ingredients for Easy Cheesy Beefaroni
1 pound ground chuck, cooked and drained
16oz box elbow macaroni
3 cups Colby Monterey Jack shredded cheese
1 1/4 cups ketchup
1 1/4 cups Sweet Baby Rays Honey BBQ Sauce
salt (to taste)
cooking oil or non-stick cooking spray (not pictured)
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease or spray a 9×13 baking dish.
Grease or spray a 9×13 baking dish.
Cook and drain 1 pound of ground chuck. Cook and drain 1 16 ounce box of elbow macaroni. Check out the gorgeous Pioneer Woman Celia colander. It makes cooking even more fun!
Cook and drain ground chuck.
Cook and drain elbow macaroni.
Combine the ground chuck and elbow macaroni in a large bowl, then mix in the ketchup and bbq sauce. Add 1 cup of Colby and Monterey Jack cheese, and mix well. Put the other 2 cups aside. Add salt liberally.
Combine the ground chuck and elbow macaroni in a large bowl.You can literally see the steam rising up from this hearty mixture.
Mix in the ketchup and bbq sauce. Add 1 cup of Colby and Monterey Jack cheese, and mix well. Put the other 2 cups aside.
Press the beefaroni evenly into your greased or sprayed 9×13 baking dish. Top with the remaining 2 cups of cheese. Bake for 25 minutes, or until bubbly.
Press the beefaroni evenly into your greased or sprayed 9×13 baking dish.
Top with the remaining 2 cups of cheese. Bake for 25 minutes, or until bubbly.
The recipe is finished! I hope your family likes Easy Cheesy Beefaroni as much as my family does.
In the winter I serve Easy Cheesy Beefaroni in this wicker and metal evergreen tree server. It was sold as a Limited Edition 2-piece set by Pyrex.
I hope your family likes Easy Cheesy Beefaroni as much as my family does.
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Kristie
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That sounds really delicious! We’re going to have to try that. Pinned.
Let me know how it turns out, if you try the recipe.
I made this last night and my boys just LOVED it!
That’s great! I’m so glad they liked it.
This looks easy and delish!! Anything with pasta always sounds good to me
Hey Patti,
I just went to your blog and read Ten on the 10th for Valentine’s Day. Thanks for the positive comment. My daughter turned 24 yesterday, and she had the Susan Branch baby book. Liked your post!
I haven’t had this in years! Sounds delish! Thank you for sharing on Merry Monday! We hope you will join us again next week!
Kim
Thanks! I will be back next week.