This Easy Way To Elevate Hamburger Helper Uses Pantry Staples - Tasting Table

"Beginning with your preferred variety of Hamburger Helper, gather a cup of breadcrumbs, aromatics such as garlic and onions, and one and a half tablespoons of tomato paste. For added richness, toast your breadcrumbs first in a skillet with salted butter. Next, cook the ground protein of your choosing whether beef, turkey, chicken, or plant-based crumbles and add diced onions and minced garlic to the pan with tomato paste and let everything combine."

"With Hamburger Helper suddenly trending in kitchens again, so too are the many creative ideas for sprucing up your favorite retro dinner. Thanks to "The Bear," viewers have been treated to a great deal of inspiration for their own home cooking. Most notable among these ideas is that adding aromatics, tomato paste, and breadcrumbs can transform a basic box of Hamburger Helper into a gourmet dish."

"After this, add the provided Hamburger helper ingredients including the seasoning packet and pasta or rice along with water and milk. Finish by mixing in a generous portion of shredded cheese and serving your dish topped with your toasted breadcrumbs. These simple ingredient additions will still streamline your mealtime while providing enhanced flavor and texture along with any other ingredients you'd like to add."

A box of Hamburger Helper can be transformed into a gourmet dish by adding aromatics, tomato paste, and toasted breadcrumbs. Use a preferred variety and gather a cup of breadcrumbs, garlic and onions, and 1½ tablespoons tomato paste. Toast breadcrumbs in salted butter, then cook chosen ground protein with diced onions, minced garlic, and tomato paste until combined. Add the box’s seasoning packet and pasta or rice with water and milk, finish by stirring in generous shredded cheese. Serve topped with toasted breadcrumbs and consider other pantry staples or complementary ingredients to suit the flavor for added richness and texture.

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