Company's Coming Pasta Casserole For A Crowd

Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins Preparation Time: 40 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 25
• 1 lb shell macaroni
• 4 lbs lean ground beef
• 4 medium onions, chopped
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 (28 ounce) can stewed tomatoes
• 1 (28 ounce) can spaghetti sauce
• 2 (10 ounce) cans mushroom pieces, with liquid
• 4 cups sour cream
• 1 lb medium cheddar, thinly sliced
• 1 lb mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced

Recipe

• 1 cook macaroni as directed on package; drain well and set aside.
• 2 preheat oven to 350f degrees.
• 3 in a large frying pan, in batches if necessary, brown ground beef, then transfer to a very large pot.
• 4 stir in raw onions, garlic powder, tomatoes, spaghetti sauce, mushrooms and their liquid.
• 5 bring to a boil, then simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes or until onions are tender.
• 6 remove from heat.
• 7 in a large-sized roaster (the kind you'd do a turkey in), spread half the macaroni, then top with half the meat sauce.
• 8 top that with half the sour cream, then half the sliced cheddar.
• 9 now top that with the remaining macaroni, then the remaining meat sauce, then the remaining sour cream, then the remaining cheddar.
• 10 top with all the mozzarella.
• 11 cover roasting pan and bake in preheated oven for 75 minutes, or until hot and bubbling.
• 12 remove cover and, if cheese hasn't completely melted, let bake for a few more minutes until it has.