Friendship Casserole Recipe! Great to Share and Freeze For Next Time!

Friendship Casserole is a huge hit in my house! The kids have loved it every time we have made it!! The second time I did up two larger casserole dishes instead of these three smaller casserole pans pictured and we froze one and cooked one!!! (I have included affiliate links to products I love. As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases.)

 

 

Kylie is obsessed with any pasta dish so this is one of our busy weeknight go-to recipes! Plus this is a super cheap dinner, since it makes two casseroles I always have dinner in the freezer to pull out if we didn’t take one somewhere.    One thing I love about my Pyrex casserole pans is how well they freeze and thaw out food. 

 

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Friendship Casserole Recipes Ingredients:

 

•  2 Lbs Ground Beef
• 1 48oz Jar Pasta Sauce 
• 2-3 Tbsp Minced Garlic 
• 16 Oz Pkg Medium Egg Noodles 
• 1/2 Cup Butter
• Minced Onion 
• 1/2 Cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
• 12 Oz Shredded Mozzarella Cheese

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How To Make Friendship Casserole Directions:

 

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

 

In a frying pan start to brown your ground beef, or pull out frozen cooked ground beef.  (see my post on tips for this -> here)

 

Start a pot of water to boil and start to cook the egg noodles. 
 

Strain the ground meat and egg noodles when they are done.  

Place the browned hamburger back into the frying pan and allow the meat to simmer with the pasta sauce and seasonings.   

 

When your noodles are are strained place them back into the pot and mix with butter and the parmesan cheese until the butter has melted. 

 

 

Put egg noodles in pan removed from heat and mix with butter and parm cheese until the butter is melted.

Spray your casserole pans with a nonstick spray.

Spread half the sauce mixture over the bottom of both pans, so 1/4 of the sauce is covering the bottom of each of the pans.  I prefer to use glass casserole pans they clean so much easier. If you don’t have these you need to get them! Plus they are perfect for freezing your casseroles in as well for eating later on or passing on to another family.

 

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Divide buttered egg noodles over the sauce mixture of both pans.

 

Spread the remaining sauce over noodles in both pans.

 

 

Top both of the pans with mozzarella cheese, if freezing skip topping with cheese

 

If cooking right away cover the pan with foil and place in the oven to bake for 10 minutes. 

 

If freezing allow the casserole to be fully thawed be for baking and top with cheese. 

 

 

What To Serve With Friendship Casserole: 

 

• Green Salad
• Breadsticks
• Vegetable Stir Fry
• Cheesy Monkey Bread
• Garlic Pull-Apart Bread
• Pull-Apart Cheesy Bread

 

Thanks to my friend Amber for showing me this recipe from the Newlyweds Blog!