Sour Cream Noodle Bake

  • Level: Easy
  • Yield: 8 servings
  • Total: 30 min
  • Active: 10 min
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Ingredients

1 1/4 pounds ground chuck

One 15-ounce can tomato sauce

1/2 teaspoon salt

Freshly ground black pepper

8 ounces egg noodles

1/2 cup sour cream

1 1/4 cups small curd cottage cheese

Pinch red pepper flakes

1/2 cup sliced green onions (less to taste)

1 cup grated sharp Cheddar

Crusty French bread, for serving

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Brown the ground chuck in a large skillet. Drain the fat, and then add the tomato sauce, 1/2 teaspoon salt and plenty of freshly ground black pepper. Stir, and then simmer while you prepare the other ingredients.
  3. Cook the egg noodles until al dente. Drain and set aside.
  4. In a medium bowl, combine the sour cream and cottage cheese. Add plenty of freshly ground black pepper and a pinch of red pepper flakes. Add to the noodles and stir. Add the green onions and stir.
  5. To assemble, add half of the noodles to a baking dish. Top with half the meat mixture, and then sprinkle on half the grated Cheddar. Repeat with noodles, meat and then a final layer of cheese. Bake until all the cheese is melted, about 20 minutes.
  6. Serve with crusty French bread.
  7. To freeze: Assemble the Sour Cream Noodle Bake in a disposable aluminum oven-proof pan and seal the top of the container with the lid or heavy foil. Seal the edges to prevent freezer burn and place in the freezer.
  8. To cook from frozen: Place directly in a 375-degree F oven and bake, covered, for 45 minutes. Remove the lid and bake until lightly brown and bubbly, about 20 minutes more.

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Rachel

I made this recipe almost exactly as written - only changes I made were to sauté half a chopped yellow onion with the ground beef and add a little more than 1 cup of cheddar cheese. The dish came out great - creamy, rich and satisfying. Not sure why some folks are getting excessive dryness when they follow the recipe - I didn't have that problem at all. I also didn't think it was unusually bland, but I did add copious amounts of black pepper and more than a pinch of red pepper flakes. Next time I might add a few cloves of minced garlic to the beef fry as well, but that's probably it. BTW I used whole wheat egg noodles, and they worked really well with this dish - if you didn't know, you would never know. I will definitely make this again!

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