This Crock Pot Cheesy Pasta and Beef Casserole Recipe is so easy to make and tastes ah-mazing!
Plus it makes a ton so you will have leftovers for lunch the next day or breakfast if you feel like it 🙂
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Crock Pot Cheesy Pasta and Beef Casserole
This recipe is one of our favorite easy dinner recipes the entire family loves.
I am a huge fan of anything that I can dump in the slow cooker and walk away from for a while.
Now onto today’s amazing crock pot recipe……..
Slow Cooker Cheesy Pasta and Beef Casserole
Ingredients
1 tbsp canola oil
1 pound ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce
1/2 tsp dry mustard
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1/4 tsp onion powder
2 8oz cans tomato sauce
14.5 oz can diced tomatoes in basil, garlic, and oregano
1 pound penne pasta
2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Directions
1. Heat oil in a large skillet and brown beef
2. Transfer beef to crockpot, stir in onion, Worcestershire sauce, dry mustard, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, tomato sauce, and diced tomatoes
3. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours
4. Cook pasta on stovetop according to directions
5. Stir cooked pasta into the beef mixture just before serving
6. Top with Cheddar cheese
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Crock Pot Cheesy Pasta and Beef Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp canola oil
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1 tsp Worcestshire Sauce
- 1/2 tsp dry mustard
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/4 tsp onion powder
- 2 8 oz cans tomato sauce
- 14. 5 oz can diced tomatoes in basil garlic and oregano
- 1 pound penne pasta
- 2 cups shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large skillet and brown beef
- Transfer beef to crock pot, stir in onion, Worcestershire sauce, dry mustard, salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, tomato sauce and diced tomatoes
- Cover and cook on low for 8 hours
- Cook pasta on stove top according to directions
- Stir cooked pasta into beef mixture just before serving
- Top with Cheddar cheese
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sheryl says
why do you make your recipes so freaking hard to print? It’s nuts! Makes me just look for a copy cat recipe somewhere else.
Tammilee says
Hi, Can you tell me what troubles you are having with printing? You should be able to press the print button and have it load in a new page to print.
Jessica says
Rather than cooking in a Crock-Pot, I cooked onions and browned meat in a skillet. Drained the fat, put meat and onions back into the skillet, added the rest of ingredients (minus pasta) and simmered for about 30 minutes. Added pasta and cheese. Stirred and served one delicious meal.
I can’t see cooking cooked meat for 8 hours in a Crock-Pot.
Sharon says
Can the sauce be frozen, without the pasta of course.
Newfs says
luv pastas ..added one jar Emerils kicked up tomato spaghetti sauce one can tomato sauce one large can chopped tomatoes plus teaspoon Italian seasoning and Basil added to the rest of your receipe..yep awesome
shari says
what can I use if I don’t any dry mustard
Heather says
How many servings?
Maria says
A hearty recipe, Tammilee! My family, friends and I really enjoyed it at last night’s dinner party. It’s a lovely meal to enjoy on a cold winter night. I just replaced the tomato sauce with tomato paste as I like my Penne pasta meals to be covered in thick sauce.
Tammilee says
Maria, I am so glad you enjoyed the recipe! I love the change to tomato paste for it to be a thicker sauce.
Melia says
Cooked this following the recipe. I’m glad that I slowly stirred the noodles in, because one pound of noodles would have been too much. Next time I will double the meat mixture.
Shannon says
This doesn’t really sound like a crock pot recipe. Why not just cook everything in the skillet?
Misty Page says
Did you ever try it this way?
Jay Bar says
I simmered it for 30 minutes and then mixed in the pasta. My family loved it and said I should make it more often!
Misty Gregg says
Could you not cook the pasta with the beef mixture?
Shelby says
That is what I am going to try. Uncooked pasta first then the meat sauce on the top with a little cheese. Will add a bit of water for pasta absorption.
Sarah says
Thank you so much for this recipe! I made it tonight and it was delicious. Would definitely double the recipe to allow for more leftovers 🙂
Tammilee says
Sarah, I am so glad you enjoyed the recipe!
Stacey says
Are you supposed to drain the grease from the meat before adding it in the crockpot?
Tammilee says
Yes, drain the grease and just add the browned hamburger to the crock pot.
KathyRo says
Sounds delicious.
Does it require the full 8 hours? Or would 4 suffice?
Tammilee says
You may be able to do it at 4 hours. I would change the temperature and check it to make sure it doesn’t burn.
Molly says
Found this on Pinterest. It was very tasty. I made mine on the stove top and simmered it for about 2 hours. I ended up adding water when it got too thick and simmered it more. My 4 year old gobbled it up! Thanks for the recipe.
Best Crock Pots says
I tried this at home except Canola oil, used other oil. It came pretty well thanks for sharing.
brownbearfox says
I would love to be able to print your recipes without all of the delicious pictures. They use up too much ink.
Tammilee says
Hi,
There should be a recipe card at the bottom of each post that lets you print the recipe without all of the photos. Please let me know if this is not showing for you.
Tammilee
Amy Jones says
How many cans of the diced tomatoes should you put in? I used one. Mine burnt . What I was able to save tasted good. I figured not enought liquid. So how many cans? Thanks
rachel d says
It calls for one 14 1/2 oz. can. Crock pots all cook different – some cook hot and fast and some not so much. I have four and they all cook differently. You may need to add a little water or decrease cook time. Since everything is already cooked there is no reason for 8 hours. Be sure to cook on low setting also. Hope this helps!
Jessica says
You can copy and paste just the text onto any word type program(even an email) and just print without pictures!!! 🙂
Lennea Thomas says
This is an easy skillet meal. Why would you need 8 hours in a crock pot when the meat is already cooked and the pasta has to be cooked later and then added?
Lena says
That is just something I wouldn’t be able to pass – gimme the plate
Sophia says
This sounds amazing, like sooooo darn delish! YUMMMM! For me, I would lighten it up a but with lean ground beef and spaghetti squash! Great work!
Erinn S says
I am always collecting crock pot recipes! Thanks for sharing this with me from SU!