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Casserole: Meatball Casserole

Source of Recipe

Better Times Almanac


List of Ingredients

1 recipe Your Basic Meatballs
4 slices bacon
1 medium onion, thinly sliced
2 tbsp ketchup
sliced mushrooms (optional)
½ pound noodles
cream of mushroom soup
1/4 tsp each of thyme and oregano


Recipe

Prepare meatballs, adding thyme and oregano to the meat mixture. Fry bacon slices until crisp, remove from pan. Saute meatballs in bacon fat until browned on all sides, remove. Add sliced onion to pan, cook until soft and lightly browned. Add mushrooms to onions. Cook noodles, drain, place noodles, onion-mushroom mixture, and meatballs in layers in 1-1/2 quarter casserole. C combine soup, ketchup, salt and pepper, add 1/4 cup water (or beef stock or liquid from canned mushrooms) and pour over other ingredients. Crumble bacon, sprinkle over top. Cover casserole dish and bake in 375 degree oven until sauce is bubbling (about 45 minutes).