Skillet Cheeseburger Pasta
Switch up your hamburger rolls for some pasta in this easy, one pot recipe for skillet cheeseburger pasta!
So here’s the thing about this recipe for Skillet Cheeseburger Pasta…I am forever trying to fix up cheeseburgers with pasta.
They are perfectly made for each other, and I think they should just go ahead and move in together already. I hate to break the news to the cheeseburger roll, but three is a crowd…this is all about the cheeseburger and the pasta.
So I am taking it upon myself to go one step further than my already beloved cheeseburger macaroni and cheese recipe and serve up this cheeseburger-ized pasta that you can cook up all in one skillet. Yup, cheeseburger pasta and only one pot to wash. I KNOW!
Start by cooking up some ground beef in your favorite big old oven-proof skillet. Now add in a can of diced tomatoes, some pasta, some chicken broth and mustard and let the whole thing simmer until your pasta is nice and cooked.
For the final vitally important step, cover the whole thing with grated cheese and pop the lid on for a few minutes until it looks like this…
Now scoop it out into warmed bowls, and scatter a few scallions on top to give it a little zing. Take that first bite, and forget that regular old cheeseburgers exist in the world.
Well, except for this one…there’s an exception to every rule!
Skillet Cheeseburger Pasta
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 onion, peeled and diced
- 1 14 ounce can chopped tomatoes
- 2 teaspoons grainy mustard
- 8 ounces short pasta (ziti, penne, campanelle)
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup (or more if you like) shredded cheddar cheese
- 2 scallions, sliced
Instructions
- Cook beef and onion in a deep skillet over medium high heat until meat is browned.
- Add tomatoes with their juices, mustard, pasta and chicken broth. Bring to a simmer and cook until the pasta is tender – about 15 minutes but use the directions on the pasta you are using as a guide.
- When the pasta is tender, taste and add salt and pepper if you think it needs it, then scatter the cheese over the top, turn off the heat, cover the skillet again and let it sit for about 2-3 minutes until the cheese is melted.
- Spoon into warmed bowls, scatter with scallions and serve!
My son would love this recipe! He has been a picky eater lately, but this looks right up his alley. Even I am drooling over the cheese, I must try this! :)
Hope you and your son love it!
I make something very similar to this but go one more step; I add crispy BACON and call it bacon cheeseburger skillet pasta. Family loves it!
Well, HOW did I manage to leave out the bacon? Thank goodness for you!
My son Casey is going to LOVE this recipe Kate! I think he can even manage it himself! It looks so easy! Perfect for him and his roommates when he’s at school!
Oh, it is definitely a boy fave! Hope Casey loves it!
Love one dish meals and love that you grind your own meat. We typically use elk meat that we grind ourselves. We just use it anytime a dish calls for ground beef. It would be perfect in this dish!
Elk meat! I am impressed!!
Delicious bowl. Will try this bowl. Inspired me for my snack time idea
Hope you love it!
Talk about a family-friendly meal! I know we would ALL love this! Such a great weeknight dinner idea and I love that it’s pasta instead of a boring bun. So much more fun to eat this way! I have ground my own chicken before but not my own beef. We hardly eat red meat, but now when I do, I’m totally trying it in the food processor!
And I have never ground my own chicken, so now I need to try that!
I am in complete agreement that cheeseburgers and pasta need to just get married already! It makes such a delicious combo! You really outdid yourself with this deliciousness. I wish I could dive right into this for breakfast! Pinned!
I think it would make a FINE breakfast! :)
This is brilliant. Thank you for such a delicious, mouth watering recipe. Bookmarked!
Hurray- hope you love it!
Poor, unassuming hamburger roll: your time is done! Good day, sir! Haha. Kate, this dish is so warm, cozy and delicious-looking. Wait a minute, is that drool? Either that or the wretched spring rain has made it’s way indoors. *Checking. Nope, drool it is! Love that you created such an easy recipe for cheeseburger pasta. Thank you, Bacon Princess! Have a great weekend dear. :) Pinning!
I know – it almost makes me feel sorry for the hamburger roll…not!! You have the BEST weekend, my friend!