Cheese and Hamburger Macaroni

This macaroni and beef one-skillet dinner is made with melty cheese and seasoned ground beef mixed with macaroni for a quick, easy weeknight dinner.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 449 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups water
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon onion powder
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 2 cups elbow macaroni
• 2 tablespoons reduced-fat sour cream, or more to taste
• 0.5 small onion, minced
• 0.5 pound lean ground beef, or more to taste
• 8 ounces reduced-fat processed cheese food (such as Velveeta®), cut into small p

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef, onion, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and black pepper in the hot skillet until beef is browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes; drain and discard grease.

Step 2

Increase heat to high. Add water to ground beef mixture in the skillet. Cover and bring to a boil. Stir macaroni into boiling water-ground beef mixture. Cover, lower heat to medium, and cook for 5 minutes. Stir, cover, and continue cooking until macaroni is tender, about 5 minutes.

Step 3

Stir processed cheese food into ground beef-macaroni mixture until melted. Remove from heat; stir in sour cream.