5-Ingredient Ground Beef Casserole

5-Ingredient Ground Beef Casserole is a budget-friendly and easy dinner recipe for the entire family. With five ingredients, your dinner will be ready in a little more than an hour. Plus, this feeds our family of four and we still have leftovers.

I love easy casserole recipes. They seem to make life a little less stressful and always taste delicious.

This casserole only calls for five simple and inexpensive ingredients. I love budget-friendly, and I love simple.

The kids are at two different schools on two different sides of town, so I spend a lot of time driving to car circles, sitting in car circles, and then driving to after school activities. That doesn’t leave a lot of time for cooking meals.

Anytime I can get a casserole going, it allows me to relax a little at the end of the busy day.

Other casserole ideas: 

• Jiffy Cheeseburger Casserole
• Chicken and Rice Crock Pot Casserole
• Chicken Casserole with Ritz Crackers

Recipe and printable instructions listed below.

What you’ll need for this easy casserole: 

• Oven
• Stovetop
• Spatula
• Skillet
• 13″ x 9″ casserole dish
• Non-stick spray
• Large mixing bowl
• Ground beef
• Cream of mushroom soup
• Cream of cheddar cheese soup
• Cubed potatoes (I used frozen)
• Shredded cheddar cheese
• Salt and pepper
• Tinfoil

Cook the ground beef. Drain the grease and add it to a large bowl.

You’re going to need a large bowl to mix up this meal. It’s a lot and it will feed a lot of people.

I have two teenage boys that eat quite a bit, and we had leftovers. I think we all had a couple of servings, too.

You can cook the meat ahead of time and store it in the fridge for a couple of days, or stick it in the freezer until you’re ready for it.

It’s handy to have several bags of cooked meat to be able to pull out of the freezer, thaw it out, and have it ready for the casserole.

I buy my meat at the Fresh Market on sale days. They have a sale on chicken and ground beef and I always try to stock up.

It saves us quite a bit of money over the year. Plus, I love their ground beef.

For this recipe, I used two pounds of ground beef. But, you can use less than that, as well.

Add the cream of mushroom soup to the bowl. 

Add the cream of cheddar cheese soup to a bowl.

I make several dishes with the combination of the two soups. They work great and add a ton of flavor to ground beef, chicken, tuna, or pork casseroles. Plus, they are inexpensive.

Add the cubed potatoes to the bowl.

I used frozen cubed potatoes because it’s just so much easier. You need three cups of cubed potatoes, so you can cut up some potatoes, boil them and add them to the casserole, or add the frozen ones.

The frozen potatoes come out just as delicious. You can also use hash browned potatoes if you have a bag of those in your freezer.

Pile the shredded cheddar cheese tight on top. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and give everything a good stir. 

Pour everything into a greased 9″ x 13″ casserole dish and spread out. Sprinkle the remainder of the shredded cheese on top. Cover with tin foil.

You’ll be baking the dish for half an hour with the tin foil and half an hour without the tin foil.

This is one of the best ground beef casserole recipes out there. It’s so simple to make and costs less than 10 dollars.

You can add diced onions or green peppers if you’d like, or even add different cream soups to the mix.

Check out the 5-ingredient ground beef recipe card below, grab those ingredients, and start cooking! I love ground beef casserole recipes and I think you’ll love this one, too.

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Yield: 12 servings

5-Ingredient Ground Beef Casserole

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5-Ingredient Ground Beef Casserole is a budget-friendly and simple dinner for the entire family. With five ingredients, your dinner will be ready in a little more than an hour and you can get to more important things.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 to 2 pounds ground beef
• 1 - 10.5 oz. can cream of condensed mushroom soup
• 1 - 10.5 oz. can cream of cheddar cheese soup
• 3 cups cubed frozen potatoes
• 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese (divided)
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350-degrees

1. Cook the ground beef, drain the grease, and add to a large mixing bowl.
2. Add the can of cream of mushroom and cream of cheddar cheese soup to the bowl.
3. Add the frozen cubed potatoes to the bowl.
4. Add 1/2 cup of the shredded cheddar cheese to the bowl.
5. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and mix everything together.
6. Pour into a greased 9" x 13" casserole dish and sprinkle the remainder of the shredded cheddar cheese on top. Cover with tin foil.
7. Bake for 30 minutes and carefully remove tin foil. Bake for 30 more minutes.

Notes

Nutrition information based on 2 pounds of ground beef.

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

12

Serving Size:

1 serving
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 323Total Fat: 8gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 78mgSodium: 214mgCarbohydrates: 32.5gFiber: 4gSugar: 0gProtein: 27.4g

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