If it's easy, quick, and feeds an army, a recipe will automatically find favor among Amish cooks. The average life of an Amish housewife is filled with laundry, child-rearing, never-ending mending, milking, canning, paying some bills, and just keeping the house running. Oh, and also cooking meals.
So, yeah, if it's quick and easy, it's a bonus. That is where this easy roast beef and noodle Amish casserole comes into play. This recipe is popular in Amish farm kitchens because it can be made quickly.
🥄 Easy Recipes and the Amish
This recipe is a very typical, easy Amish casserole that contains everything you really need for a hearty meal. My parents made the casserole just as the recipe appears but this is one of these recipes that has plenty of "elasticity", in other words, you can dump some potatoes and carrots in, or some corn, and spice it up the way you want: garlic powder or a hint of cayenne pepper if you like spice.
These recipes feed large amounts of people and proportions can easily be adjusted and changed. You can make this roast beef and noodle casserole in batches and put into big roasters for for easy transportation to a church gathering or potluck. So, yes, this is a favorite!
📋 Step-By-Step Roast Beef & Noodle Casserole
The chunk beef in this will typically be fresh from their own home-raised steer. Many Amish have a steer or two they raise for meat and a milking cow. All of these really lend to a fresh food supply. This is called a roast beef and noodle casserole, and that is what most Amish cooks would use - a chunked up pot roast. But you really could use any kind of beef you have on hand, even just hamburger.
Cream of mushroom soup is what the recipe calls for, but we added fresh mushrooms to it also, that was a nice combination
Homemade noodles are ubiquitous in most Amish homes and they find their way into meals like this!
Your end result is a wonderfully comforting casserole!
Okay, now, let's try this casserole. The recipe - one of a gazillion like it found in Amish cookbooks - came to me from an Ada Yoder, an Amish mom and cook who lives in the settlement of Guthrie, Kentucky.
🍲 More Amish Casseroles
Amish kitchens are full of easy-to-assemble feed-an-army recipes!
Famous Amish Country Casserole
Another classic, common casserole
What can be better than hot dogs and casserole?
Such a good supper!
📖 Full Recipe
Amish Pot Roast and Noodle Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 pound beef chunks
- 1 onion medium chopped
- 1 can tomato soup diluted
- 1 pound egg noodles
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup undiluted
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 degrees
- Sauté chopped onion in olive oil
- Add beef. Cook well
- Add tomato soup.
- Cook egg noodles according to directions on package
- Drain well
- Add cream of mushroomsoup.
- Grease casserole dish
- Place ½ of beefmixture in bottom of casserole.
- Add ½ of noodlemixture.
- Put remaining beef on noodles
- Add remaining noodles.If desired, sprinkle paprika lightly over top of noodles.
- Bake for 20 to 25minutes, or until bubbly.
Laura
I just made this tonight for my husband, and he absolutely loved it. We live extremely frugally, so appetite exhaustion is so real. You website is a wonderful repository of recipes I can afford, I can bring a smile to my husbands face while still minding my budget. He wants to know if we can be adopted 😉 Thanks for taking the time to fill out the site with stories about some of your elders and cultures. It's been very welcome in this chaotic time.
Best wishes, and hug Mrs. Yoder for me if you see her.
P.S. I topped it with a dollop of sour cream for a little extra decadence. Magnificent.
Happy spring!
Kevin Williams
I am glad you liked it, I will pass your good sentiments on to Mrs. Yoder when I see her!