Italian Ground Beef Casserole with Biscuit Topping
Hearty, filling, and family-friendly, this Italian Ground Beef Casserole with Biscuit Topping is the perfect answer for an easy weeknight dinner.
Course Main Dish
Cuisine Italian
Prep Time 15 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Total Time 40 minutesminutes
Servings 8-10 servings
Author Deborah Harroun
Ingredients
1lbground beef
1/2cupchopped onion
salt and pepper
3/4cupwater
18 oz can tomato sauce
16 oz can tomato paste
2cups8 oz shredded mozzarella cheese
1 1/2cupsfrozen peascarrots and corn (or any mixed vegetables), thawed
116 oz can refrigerated flaky layer biscuits
1tablespoonbuttermelted
1/2teaspoondried oreganocrushed
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375ºF. Spray a 13x9-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
In a large skillet, cook the ground beef, breaking up as it cooks. When it is about half-way cooked through, add the onion and continue to cook until the onion is soft and the ground beef is fully cooked. Drain, if necessary, and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Add the 3/4 cup water, tomato sauce and tomato paste. Simmer over medium-low heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Spread half of the hot meat mixture in the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Top with 2/3 cup of the mozzarella, then spread the vegetables evenly over the cheese. Top with another 2/3 cup of mozzarella. Spread the remaining meat mixture over the top. Sprinkle the remaining cheese over the top.
Open the biscuits and split each biscuit in half lengthwise, making 16 thinner biscuits. Arrange layers of the biscuits over the top, overlapping, in 3 rows of 5 each. (You will have one half of a biscuit leftover.)
Brush the melted butter over the tops of the biscuits. Sprinkle with the oregano. Bake the casserole until golden brown, about 25 minutes.