Hamburger Skillet Dinner

The original contributor of this recipe provided the following anecdote: "This was the first thing I could cook. I learned to make it staying with a friend as I was leaving the Navy. For years I have called it 'Keith's Whats-it.'"

Easy
🍔 American

Total Time

40 minutes

Servings

4

Ingredients
Everything you'll need to make this recipe
1

1 cup uncooked pasta, such as macaroni, elbows, or wagon wheels

2

1 pound (about 500 g) ground beef, crumbled

3

a sprinkle of garlic salt

4

a sprinkle of minced onion

5

1–2 cans condensed tomato soup

Instructions
Step-by-step guide to making this recipe
1

Boil pasta in 4–6 cups salted, oiled water until al dente. Drain.

2

While pasta is cooking, sprinkle a 10-inch (25 cm) skillet with garlic salt and minced onion, and brown beef.

3

Add tomato soup and cook a minute or two.

4

Stir in drained pasta.

Notes
  • May add beans, vary spices, add onions; anything you like!
  • Makes a decent chili base with chili powder added.
  • Good in leftovers, if that is possible.