Stovetop Hamburger Elbow Noodle Recipe
By: Don Mccurdy
Published: Friday, January 8, 2010 - 4:45pm

Ingredients




1 cup whole grain elbow noodles cooked per package directions and drained
1 pound lean (7%% fat) ground hamburger
2 tablespoons butter OR olive oil
1 medium onion chopped
1 celery rib chopped
2 cloves garlic sliced thinly
1/4 green bell pepper ¼  inch slices
1/4 yellow bell pepper ¼  inch slices
1/4 red bell pepper ¼  inch slices
1/4 orange pepper ¼  inch slices
2 large mushrooms cleaned and sliced
1 teaspoon Italian Seasoning (or ¼ tsp ea. dried oregano, basil, 
1 teaspoon Johonny's Seasoning Salt
1/2 teaspoon Johnny's Garlic Spread
1 teaspoon Worchester Sauce
1 teaspoon dried parsley
14 ounces can chopped tomatoes
8 ounces can tomato sauce
salt and ground pepper to taste
Serve with grated parmesan sauce
1/4 cup dry red wine

Preparation

1 Chop peppers, celery, mushrooms and set aside 2 Chop onion and slice garlic and set aside 3 Cook Elbow Maccaroni according to package directions, drain, set aside 4 Brown hamburger in butter or olive oil in frying pan (4 or 5 minutes) 5 Add and stir in onion and sliced garlic stir with meat (appprox.3 minutes) 6 Add seasoning salt, Italian Seasoning, Garlic seasoning, dried parsley, 7 Add peppers, celery, mushrooms and stir with meat (approx. 4 minutes) 8 Add canned tomatoes and tomato sauce, stir and cook until flavors blend 9 Add wine and Worchester sauce 10 Add cooked and drained maccaroni noodles 11 Stir, cover and let simmer for 10 minutes, stiring occasionally. (Add a little tomato paste if casserole is too liquid.) 12 Serve with parmesan cheese 13 Suggested vegetable zucchini cooked al dente 14 Suggested wine Chianti, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvegnon 15 Serve with crusty sour dough bread

About


My kids call this "Dad's Favorite Casserole." It is an old standby and has been enhanced with many things to this format. It can still be adjusted to your taste. If you follow the order in which I have printed it is easy and a good meal on any night. If you are organized it will take 30 to 45 minutes. Add a salad and skip the zuch if you want.