Homemade Hamburger Helper Recipe
This one-skillet, creamy Homemade Hamburger Helper is made with ground beef, macaroni and cheese – real ingredients you can feel good about feeding your family for dinner!
Ingredients
- ¾ pound93% lean ground beef
- ½ teaspoonkosher salt
- ½ cuponion (chopped)
- 4 clovesgarlic (chopped)
- ¼ teaspoonpaprika
- ¼ cuptomato sauce (or tomato passata or puree)
- 2 teaspoonsworcestershire sauce
- 2 cupschicken broth
- ¾ cups2% milk (or dairy-free milk for df)
- 8 ouncesdry pasta (such as cavatappi, rotini or elbows or small shells or gluten-free pasta if needed)
- 1 cuppart-skim sharp cheddar cheese (or dairy-free cheese for df)
Directions
- 1
Heat a large deep skillet over medium-high heat and add the beef and 1/2 teaspoon salt and paprika. Cook, breaking the meat up into small pieces until browned, 5-6 minutes. Add onion, garlic and cook until aromatic; 2 to 3 minutes.
- 2
Add tomato sauce and Worcestershire sauce; reduce until almost dry and caramelized, 2 to 3 minutes.
- 3
Add chicken broth and pasta and bring to a boil, lower heat to medium-low and cover. Cook 8 to 10 minutes, stirring halfway until the pasta is almost tender and the liquid is mostly absorbed.
- 4
Uncover, add the milk, and cook, covered stirring periodically medium-low until pasta is al dente and most of the liquid is absorbed, 8 to 10 minutes.
- 5
Remove from heat, uncover and stir in cheddar cheese.