Yankee Doodle Noodle Casserole Recipes

YANKEE DOODLE NOODLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F and butter a 2 1/2- to 3-quart casserole dish.
• Cook the noodles in a large pot of boiling salted water just until al dente and drain in a colander.
• Meanwhile, melt the butter over medium-high heat in a medium-size saucepan.
• Add the onion and saute until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle with the flour and continue cooking, stirring constantly, for a minute more.
• Gradually pour in the evaporated milk and sherry and stir until smooth.
• Continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until the mixture thickens, 5 to 7 minutes more.
• Stir in the can of stewed tomatoes and then season the sauce to taste with cayenne, salt and pepper.
• Stir the sauce and noodles together in a large mixing bowl.
• Gently fold the turkey, artichoke hearts and 1 cup of the cheese into the noodle mixture.
• Turn into the prepared casserole dish.
• Sprinkle the remaining cup of cheese over the top of the casserole.
• Bake the casserole until bubbling and lightly browned on top, 35 to 45 minutes.

YANKEE DOODLE MACARONI

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400*. Set out a 13 x 9" baking dish. In a 12" nonstick skillet, heat the oil over medium heat. Stir in the carrots, onions, green pepper, and garlic. Saute for 5 minutes or until almost tender. Stir in the beef and pepper. Cook, stirring to break up the meat for 5 minutes or until the meat is no longer pink. Add the tomatoes and their puree, the oregano, and sugar; raise the heat to high and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat. Simmer, partially covered, for 25 minutes, stirring occasionally to break up tomatoes. Cook macaroni for 6 minutes. Drain, rinse, and drain again, then combine with the beef mixture and put in the baking dish. Sprinkle with the parsley and cheese and bake, uncovered, for 15 minutes or until the cheese melts and the mixture is bubbling hot.

YANKEE-DOODLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350. Saute onion and green pepper in butter until tender; add franks, curry, salt, soup, noodles, and 1/2 cup of the cheese.
• 2. Turn into 2-qt casserole dish. Top with rest of cheese. Bake 30 min.

YANKEE DOODLE MACARONI

Steps:

• Put cooked and drained macaroni in a 2 - 2 1/2 quart casserole dish.
• Add Ragu or other spaghetti sauce and mix well.
• Cover with a layer of American cheese slices.
• Bake until cheese is melted at 350°F for about 15-20 minutes.

YANKEE DOODLE BEEF

Steps:

• Brown meat in skillet. Remove meat from skillet and cook onion, garlic, celery, green pepper, and macaroni in meat drippings until macaroni is golden. Return meat to skillet along with tomato sauce, water, parsley, salt, pepper, and worcestershire sauce. Cover and simmer 25 minutes or until macaroni is cooked to your taste. To serve, top with grated american cheese.