One-dish Ground Beef Skillet Recipes

Nancy's Macaroni Goulash (aka: Macaroni & Beef)


1 lb ground beef

1 medium onion, chopped

½ cup green pepper, seeded and chopped

3 ½ cups canned whole tomatoes, cut into pieces, with juice from can

1 cup tomato sauce

2 cups elbow macaroni

2 TBLS granulated sugar

2 tsp salt


In a Dutch oven, lightly brown ground beef. Drain. Add onion and green pepper. Continue cooking until vegetables are tender. Stir in remaining ingredients. Cover and simmer 15 to 20 minutes, or until macaroni is tender. Serves 4 to 6.


June’s Shells & Beef



1 lb ground beef

1 TBLS oil

1 small can baby or regular peas, drained

1 small can Contadina tomato paste

1 15 ½ oz. can Hunt’s tomato sauce

2 ½ tsp onion powder

1 ½ tsp garlic powder

½ box shell pasta (about 8 oz.), cooked (can sub. macaroni or wide noodles)


Cook elbows in boiling salted water until tender. Set aside. Meanwhile, Brown ground beef in oil. Stir in elbows and remaining ingredients. Simmer over medium-low heat for 20 minutes, or until heated through. Serves 4 to 6.


Nancy’s Cheeseburger Macaroni Skillet


1 lb ground beef

1 small yellow onion, chopped

1/3 cup ketchup

1 Tbls prepared yellow mustard

1 box macaroni and cheese

1 can diced tomatoes, with juice


Prepare macaroni and cheese according to package directions. Set aside. In a skillet, brown beef with onion. Drain. Stir in macaroni and cheese, plus remaining ingredients. Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes, or until heated through. Serves 4 to 6.


June's Beef, Tomato & Macaroni Medley


(This recipe dates from 1964)


1 ½ lbs ground beef

2 TBLS butter, or bacon drippings (can sub. margarine)

1 cup water or leftover cooking liquid from fresh carrots, corn or peas

2 ½ cups canned tomatoes, cut up, without liquid

8 oz. elbow macaroni, cooked until tender.

½ tsp salt


In a skillet, slowly heat the meat in butter, stirring frequently, until the meat is gray in color. Add water, cover and simmer for 20 minutes over low heat. Stir in tomatoes, macaroni and salt and continue simmering for 15 to 20 minutes longer, or until liquid reaches the consistency of gravy. Serves 4 to 6.


Beef Skillet Supper


1 lb ground beef

1 1/2 TBLS onion powder

1 TBLS vegetable oil

2 cups hot water

1 15 ½ oz can diced tomatoes

1 small can whole kernel corn, or cut greenbeans, or peas, drained

¼ cup ketchup or Heinz 57 sauce

1 tsp granulated sugar

1/8 tsp black pepper

1 cup elbow macaroni, cooked


In a skillet, sprinkle beef with onion powder and brown in oil. Drain off fat. Stir in remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer, uncovered, 15 to 20 minutes. Serves 4 to 6.


Yum-Yum Skillet Supper


1 lb ground beef

1 small yellow onion, chopped

1 can condensed chicken gumbo soup

2 TBLS ketchup

2 TBLS yellow mustard

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

½4 tsp each, salt and pepper

1 package Success white rice (or any brand white rice), cooked


Cook rice according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook beef with onions, until lightly browned. Stir in soup, ketchup, mustard, Worcestershire, salt and pepper. Simmer over medium-low heat for 10 minutes, or until well-heated. Spoon over individual portions of rice. Serves 4. (Don’t like rice? May also be served over Hamburg buns.)