Cheeseburger & Fries Casserole

[Mrs.Whisky]

2 Cups frozen fries
1lb. lean ground beef
1 onion, chopped
1 clove garlic,minced
1 tsp. dried italian seasoning
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 can diced tomatoes
3/4 cup ketchup
2 Tbs. packed light brown sugar
6 seeded hamburger buns,split
8oz. cheddar cheese,sliced or shredded
1 tomato, sliced
2 Tbs. pickle relish (or avocado)

Preheat oven and cook fries, reserve. Reduce oven to 350.Heat nonstick skillet over medium heat.Add next 6 ingredients; cook until beef is browned. Stir in diced tomatoes with their juices, ketchup and sugar;heat through,2min.Remove.Line baking dish with 3 roll tops & bottoms, cutting to fit.Top with half of meat mixture, then half of cheese.Top with remaining roll tops and bottoms.Spread with remaining meat mixture;cover with fries and remaining cheese.Bake 20min. or until cheese is melted.Top with tomato slices & relish. I topped mine with avocado (no relish for me:p)

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[QSis]

That looks pretty neat, Mrs. W!

Did you like it enough to make it again?

Lee

[Mrs.Whisky]

Thank you Lee! And you know what, I sure did we all did...I definitely want to try it with the waffle fries next time ;).
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[homecook]

That looks and sounds awesome Mrs. W! I know my son will really like it.

[Chowhound]

Thanks for the recipe. I'm going to scale it down and make this one. I never would have figured the brown sugar.

[Mrs.Whisky]

Thank you HC...it became a favey at our place the night I made it!

Your welcome CH. That was my exact reaction to the brown sugar too :rolleyes:
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[Mama]

This sounds awesome Mrs. W! Thanks for posting!

[Chowhound]

I picked up some hamburger rolls already :^) And some more tomatoes. I'm not a big fan of relish though, so might just dice up a sweet pickle.

[Mrs.Whisky]

Thank you & your very welcome Mama!!

I'm not a big fan of relish either CH so I feel ya all the way on that one but I hope you enjoy the dish when you make it oh and of course post pics ;)
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[Big Daddy's House]

That looks GOOD!!

[Mrs.Whisky]

Thanks BDH!! :D
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[Big Daddy's House]

You're welcome!

[Chowhound]

Good stuff Mrs W. Thanks again for the recipe.
I held to it pretty close, downsizing it some, using turbinado sugar in place of brown and dicing a medium tomato rather than opening a large can of diced tomatoes.
The bread doesn't toast, but it did cook, or crisp up some. Kinda like a diner when they put the burger on the bun and then put it back on the griddle under a lid for a little bit. Just perfect. I sprayed the meatloaf pan I used with cooking spray and they cut apart and lifted out just fine. I'll be making this again.

[Mrs.Whisky]

Your very welcome CH,glad you liked it ;)....Ha and that was exactly what I was asking in the other thread :P.

And, I was thinking the same thing about the can of diced tomatoes, it won't make it as saucy, which is a good thing for me. But again CH it looks great! Kudos!!
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[Chowhound]

Thank you.
It was saucy enough with the ketchup. Plus I left the seeds and guts in the tomatoes.

[Big Daddy's House]

Dag, that looks good, Chow!!

I might try that this week, uswing the leftover fries! I'll let them crisp up in the oven first.

[Chowhound]

Thanks Sherm. And it would certainly be a good use for leftover freshmade fries.

[Big Daddy's House]

You're welcome!