Cheeseburger and Fries Casserole is layers of flavor with ground beef, frozen French fries and gooey, melted cheese. An All-American family favorite!
CHEESEBURGER AND FRIES CASSEROLE
This year is a pretty big one in our family anniversary celebrations. This month we celebrated my Mom and Dad’s 45th wedding anniversary. And my husband and I celebrated our 20th anniversary. That’s a big deal, right? It’s another year we still tolerate each other! Ha!
CHEESEBURGER AND FRIES?
My Mom and Dad had a very simple but sweet first date. My Dad was a young guitar-playing yankee sailor from Wisconsin. My Mom was a blonde beach-going gal who was born in Alabama and living in Pensacola, Florida. My Mom was supposed to go out on a date with a friend of my Dad. That dude cancelled on my Mom so my Dad swooped in and took advantage of the situation. Being the dashing and suave man he was, he took her to McDonald’s for dinner. Big spender my Dad is. 😉
For my parent’s anniversary a couple of years ago, I took photos of them and made them a canvas wall-hanging. Of course we had to throw in some funny photos…because that’s marriage, right? The bottom right photo was taken around their 15th anniversary. So, I thought in honor of their first date, I would make a fun meal based on their very first romantic dinner at Mickey D’s. My folks are not fancy people by any means so I knew they would love this idea. Cheeseburger and Fries Casserole! Y’all, this turned out so good!
CAN I USE ANY TYPE OF FRIES?
Absolutely! I like how the shoestring fries cooked up on this. But if you prefer crinkle fries or seasoned fries, then by all means use those. Don’t like pickles? You can leave them out. Or perhaps you’d like to try something similar in a CROCK POT!
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
ground beef
salt and pepper
garlic
dill pickle
eggs
mayonnaise
half and half
shredded cheese
frozen french fries
Optional toppings:
shredded lettuce
diced tomatoes
Thousand Island dressing
ketchup
mustard
HOW TO MAKE CHEESEBURGER AND FRIES CASSEROLE:
Spray a 2 quart (11 x 7) baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350f degrees. In skillet, brown ground beef with onion, garlic, salt and pepper. Drain excess fat from the cooked ground beef. Mix the pickles into the ground beef.
Spoon the mixture into prepared dish.
Whisk together eggs, mayo and half and half.
Pour egg mixture over beef mixture.
Sprinkle 1 cup shredded cheese over beef mixture.
Season again with salt and pepper. Top with frozen french fries. Season french fries with salt, pepper and a sprinkling of garlic powder.
Bake for 35 minutes or until french fries are cooked and crispy. Note: Place dish under the broiler for a few minutes if you want your fries a bit more crispy. Top with remaining cup of shredded cheese. Return to the oven until cheese is melted.
Slice and serve topped with shredded lettuce and tomato.
Optional: Drizzle a little Thousand Island dressing on top or ketchup and mustard!
Enjoy!
CHEESEBURGER AND FRIES CASSEROLE
Ingredients
FOR THE CASSEROLE:
- 1 pound ground beef
- salt and pepper
- 1/2 onion, diced
- 1 clove minced garlic
- 1/4 cup chopped dill pickle
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- 1/2 cup half and half
- 2 cups shredded cheese
- 1/2 bag frozen shoestring french fries
- garlic powder
TOPPING SUGGESTIONS:
- shredded lettuce
- diced tomatoes
- Thousand Island dressing
- ketchup
- mustard
Instructions
- Spray a 2 quart (11 x 7) baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Preheat oven to 350f degrees.
- In a skillet, brown ground beef with onion, garlic, salt and pepper.
- Drain excess fat from the ground beef.
- Mix the pickles into the ground beef.
- Spoon the mixture into prepared baking dish.
- Whisk together eggs, mayo and half and half. Pour egg mixture over the beef mixture.
- Sprinkle 1 cup shredded cheese over beef mixture in pie pan and
- Season again with salt and pepper.
- Top with frozen french fries.
- Season french fries with salt, pepper and a sprinkling of garlic powder.
- Bake for 35 minutes or until french fries are crispy. Note: If you want your fries to be crispier, just place the dish under the broiler for a few minutes.
- Top with remaining cup of shredded cheese.
- Return to the oven until cheese is melted.
- Slice and serve topped with shredded lettuce and tomato.
- Optional: Drizzle a little Thousand Island dressing on top or ketchup and mustard!
Notes
Nutrition
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Renae says
Happy Anniversay to you and your parents!!…Great Dish!!!
Brandie @ The Country Cook says
So sweet – thank you Renae!
Lurena Clarke says
This looks amazing. I think I’m going to fry up some bacon and add that to the mix! Thanks for the recipe and sharing your cute parents story:)
Brandie @ The Country Cook says
Thanks Lurena!! Hope you love it!
Claudine Bratcher says
This looks so good! We just celebrated our 54th wedding anniversary. Back then we didn’t have much money, well hardly any money at all, and the only thing we could afford to eat on our wedding night was cheeseburger baskets and frosted mug root beers. The little drive-in that we stopped at to eat had a special of buy one cheeseburger basker, get one free and the root beers were only 15 cents, so that’s what we ordered to eat. Now on every anniversary (even on our 50th) we always have cheeseburgers and fries and Diet Cokes instead of the root beers because we can no longer find the frosted mug root beers! I might add that we eloped and he was in the Army so that’s why we didn’t have much money. LOL! Anyway, thanks for letting me share my story and thanks for the recipe, it really brought back a lot of memories.
Brandie @ The Country Cook says
Love, love, love your story! I think the simple and sweetest stories often are the ones that go the distance! Happy Anniversary you two kiddos!
Tony says
Hi, Brandie’s dad here. I just want to say how very humbled and proud we are of our daughter, the Country Cook. I mean, come on, how many people have the honor and privilege of having a dish created in memory of their first date? So thanks, Kiddo, and to everyone else – TRY THIS RECIPE – you WILL love it!
Dolores says
That is so sweet! Thank you for raising such a wonderful daughter. What a gift she is to all of us. I will definitely try this recipe. Happy Anniversary!
Brandie @ The Country Cook says
Now I’m gonna cry! Thank you both! Big hugs, Brandie
Veda says
This sounds SO good! Not exactly health food but it sure brings back lots of memories! I will definitely make it.
Barb Campbell says
Can I make the night before?
Sounds GREAT!!!!!!!
The Badger says
If dad is a true Wisconsin person aka Sconnie – ask him to make a Brandy Old Fashioned Sweet!
Melanie W says
I’m a Wisconsin girl, so I am going to need to try this…. 🙂 just because!! My parents celebrated their 45th last weekend as well! That’s a long, long time!!! haha.
kelly says
Very yummy! Reminds me of a big mac (which is what i was hoping) Thanks for sharing!
Gabby says
This looks like the ultimate comfort food right here!! Thanks for sharing!
mary callender says
can I add milk instead of half and half?