Creamy Beef and Shells
Creamy Beef and Shells is an easy ground beef recipe with shell pasta smothered in a creamy and flavorful tomato sauce.
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Instructions
Shred the cheese and measure out all ingredients prior to beginning. Begin heating the pasta water for boiling.
Season the ground beef with salt/pepper. Preheat a large skillet over medium-high heat and add the beef. Cook and crumble it for 4 minutes. Add the onions and cook for 5 more minutes, or until the onions are softened and the beef is cooked through. Drain grease.
Add minced garlic and cook for 1 minute.
Add hot sauce, Worcestershire sauce, Italian seasoning, mustard powder, red pepper flakes, and flour. Cook for 1-2 minutes.
Add the beef broth and use a silicone spatula to ‘clean’ the bottom of the skillet.
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Shred the cheese from a block. It will melt (and taste!) much better than bagged shredded cheese, which contains cellulose to prevent it from clumping in the bag (but also makes it melt less creamy.) I use Cracker Barrel sharp yellow cheddar.
The hot sauce enhances all of the other flavors in the dish. It won’t make it spicy. I use Texas Pete hot sauce.
If you don’t have mustard powder or tomato paste, they can be omitted, but they do add subtle but excellent flavor to the sauce. The tomato paste also helps to thicken the sauce.
A variety of different pastas will work in this recipe, including rotini, farfalle (bowtie), and fusilli.
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This was delicious! My husband loved it.
Was very good!
First time I made this and it was a hit. It was delicious that it will be added to dinner rotation
This dish was absolutely delicious! My husband and I couldn’t believe the restaurant quality of the flavours! I’ve been sharing this recipe with everyone! Make this now! Super Yum!!
Doibked the recipe and did this one in my stovetop slow cooker for more volume.
So easy and man it tastes great!
Made this for the first time tonight, easy and absolutely delicious! I doubled it for lots of leftovers.
Made this for the first time and it was delicious. Will definitely be keeping this in my rotation.
ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS! I followed the recipe as it was written and it turned out AMAZING! Love the Hot Sauce and Worcestershire sauce, it really does add an extra special flavor. This recipe is added to our recipe rotation and I am actually making this tonight! Thank-you for another great recipe!
I used to make a double batch of this dish, but my kids (teenagers) like it so much that I have to quadruple it now to keep any leftovers! It's an excellent meal and one that I make often.
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