Cookbook:Hamburger Skillet Dinner

The original contributor of this recipe provided the following anecdote:"'This was the first thing I could cook. I learned to make it staying with a friend as I was leaving the Navy. For years I have called it 'Keith's Whats-it.''"

Ingredients

 * 1 cup uncooked pasta, such as macaroni, elbows, or wagon wheels
 * 1 pound (about 500 g) ground beef, crumbled
 * a sprinkle of garlic salt
 * a sprinkle of minced onion
 * 1–2 cans condensed tomato soup

Procedure

 * 1) Boil pasta in 4–6 cups salted, oiled water until al dente. Drain.
 * 2) While pasta is cooking, sprinkle a 10-inch (25 cm) skillet with garlic salt and minced onion, and brown beef.
 * 3) Add tomato soup and cook a minute or two.
 * 4) Stir in drained pasta.

Notes, tips and variations

 * May add beans, vary spices, add onions; anything you like!
 * Makes a decent chili base with chili powder added.
 * Good in leftovers, if that is possible.