Homemade Hamburger Helper - ground beef

Method

• Start by browning your ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat, crumbling it up along the way.
• Once it is fully cooked, drain the fat from the ground beef and return the skillet to the stove still over medium heat.
• Add in the pasta, giving it a good stir.
• Cook for a couple of minutes.
• Just the beef and the dry pasta.
• During this time, add your spices and cornstarch into a small bowl.
• Give it a good mix, then set it aside.
• Next add in the hot water into your skillet, giving another good stir.
• Add the milk and the spices and stir to combine.
• Remember how that classic Hamburger Helper always had that shine to it?
• Well, thats where the cornstarch comes in.
• Not only does it provide that nice shine, but it also helps thicken the sauce, making it super special.
• Give the mixture a good stir, and cook this for about 15 minutes, or until the pasta become tender and the sauce begins to reduce down a bit as well as thicken.
• Now it is time to add the cheese.
• Toss it on top, then give a good stir.
• Turn off the heat and get ready to serve.
• Place in your serving bowls and dig in.
• I can tell you that the flavor and texture is spot on.
• As I informed my colleagues at work that I made Hamburger Helper the other night, one simply said Oh, really?
• Hamburger and noodles in skillet.
• Wow.
• This is more than hamburger and noodles in a skillet, people.
• This is the real deal in taste, and without those forty or so unknown ingredients that you get in the box mix.
• Hope you enjoy.