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Can we just take a moment to appreciate that amazing cheese-pull in the photo for this Sour Cream Pasta Bake?! Goodness, if the tender pasta-filled and hearty beef-topped bake tastes half as good as that image looks, well, you're in for a pretty delightful dinnertime. And let's just talk about the cheese again! That melty, gooey, perfectly savory yumminess blankets the top of this incredibly satisfying dish! What a dream this Sour Cream Pasta Bake is! Now go ahead and let your tastebuds take a turn at enjoying it!
Can we just take a moment to appreciate that amazing cheese-pull in the photo for this Sour Cream Pasta Bake?! Goodness, if the tender pasta-filled and hearty beef-topped bake tastes half as good as that image looks, well, you're in for a pretty delightful dinnertime. And let's just talk about the cheese again! That melty, gooey, perfectly savory yumminess blankets the top of this incredibly satisfying dish! What a dream this Sour Cream Pasta Bake is! Now go ahead and let your tastebuds take a turn at enjoying it!
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 (15-ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon salt plus more, to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper plus more, to taste
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder plus more, to taste
- 8 ounces egg noodles
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1 cup small curd cottage cheese
- 1 1/2 cups cheese shredded, divided into thirds
- 1/4 cup green onions diced, plus more, to taste, for serving
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray a 9x13-inch casserole dish with cooking spray.
- In a large skillet over medium heat, cook the beef, while crumbling, until it is no longer pink. Drain the excess grease.
- Stir the tomato sauce, 1/2 teaspoon of the salt, 1/2 teaspoon of the pepper, and 1/2 teaspoon of the garlic powder into the beef. Adjust the heat to low and simmer the beef mixture for 5 minutes.
- In a large pot of boiling water, cook the egg noodles to al dente, according to the package directions. Drain the noodles.
- In a medium bowl, combine the sour cream, the cottage cheese, 1/3 of the shredded cheese, 1/4 cup of the green onions, the salt, the pepper, the garlic powder, and the cooked noodles and stir to combine.
- Spread 1/2 of the noodle mixture into the bottom of the prepared casserole dish.
- Spread 1/2 of the meat mixture over the noodle mixture and sprinkle with 1/3 of the cheese.
- Repeat the layers with the remaining noodle mixture, the remaining meat mixture, and the remaining shredded cheese.
- Bake the casserole until the cheese has melted, about 25 minutes.
- Sprinkle the casserole with the green onions and serve.
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