Easy Creamy Beef and Shells Recipe

Easy Creamy Beef and Shells Recipe: Savor this simple yet delicious Creamy Beef and Shells recipe for a quick weeknight meal. This filling supper is cooked using common cupboard items and is ready in 30 minutes!
 

Easy Creamy Beef and Shells Recipe

Ingredients 

Instructions 

• As directed on the package, cook pasta until it’s al dente.

• Preheat a big skillet over medium heat while the pasta cooks. When heated, add the diced onion and ground beef, and cook until the beef is thoroughly cooked. Remove any extra fat.

• Turn down the heat to low and mix in the cream cheese, tomato sauce, beef stock, mustard, and Italian seasoning. In the sauce, stir until the cheese is melted and well mixed

• Stir the drained pasta into the beef mixture. Next, place the cheddar cheese on top and cover to allow the cheese to melt, about five minutes.

• Serve warm, garnished with fresh parsley.

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Nutrition Information

• Calories: 550kcal (28%), Carbohydrates: 51g (17%), Protein: 32g (64%), Fat: 24g (37%), Saturated Fat: 13g (81%), Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 7g, Trans

• Fat: 0.3g, Cholesterol: 104mg (35%), Sodium: 715mg (31%), Potassium: 703mg (20%), Fiber: 3g (13%), Sugar: 6g (7%), Vitamin A: 1015IU (20%), Vitamin C: 6mg (7%), Calcium: 216mg (22%), Iron: 4mg (22%)

Recipe Notes

• This ground beef shell pasta recipe is as simple as promised! Just 25 minutes for a family friendly meal.

• In this section, I am going to go through a few tips and tricks I use when making this recipe to get the absolute best and most delicious results.

Recipe Tips

• Al Dente is best; because the pasta will continue to cook after being added to the meat sauce, it is best to undercook the pasta. So make sure to cook the pasta until just tender for the best texture.

• Prep! Because of how fast this stovetop beef and shells recipe moves, it is crucial to have everything laid out and measured before you start cooking.

• Cream cheese must be soft. If the cream cheese is cold, it will not fully incorporate or take a long time to mix in. If it is cold, simply leave the cream cheese on top of the sauce and cover the pot. Leave this to be for 3–4 minutes while it softens from the ambient heat. Then you should be able to mix in the cream cheese, no problem.

• Put a lid on it. Similarly to the cream cheese, after adding the cheddar cheese, the pot should be covered so the cheese can melt properly. This can be done with a lid, a cookie sheet, or even an upside down frying pan.

Recipe Variations

• These modest suggestions may work wonders if you and your family enjoy this ground beef small shell pasta recipe as much as we do and are looking for some easy ways to switch things up for some variation!

• Jalapeño Beef and Shells: To create a spicier variation of this simple, creamy beef and shells recipe, simply combine ground beef, onions, and garlic with one deseeded jalapeño. After that, proceed to make it as instructed.

• Lighter Cheesy Pasta: Occasionally, I like to use half cream cheese and half plain Greek yogurt in place of the ground turkey in this recipe.