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Homemade Cheeseburger Macaroni Recipe, Recipe for Cheeseburger Macaroni, Cheeseburger Macaroni

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Channel: Jan Charles · 2012 · Entertainment

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 Chef Walter makes a truely delicious, inexpensive  and easy cheeseburger macaroni - comfort food done right!
Food City Kitchen On WVLT, Chef Walter and Jan Charles - Walter's Homemade Cheeseburger Macaroni from The Food City Kitchen on WVLT. 

Walter: I'm sure you folks remember that this week, with a little interruption yesterday that a great guy from Zoe's... I'm sorry you missed him Jan. He was terrific and they've got great food.

Jan: That's what I heard.

Walter: We're doing Starving Student Standby's; things you can make in one pot, that's one pot.

Jan: This one's a classic.

Walter: This is an absolute classic. I had a good friend when I was in school in New Haven, who was married and had an apartment. We'd all kick in, usually on Saturdays, and his wife would make this casserole because this is the only thing she knew how to cook.

Jan: Well, it works.

Walter: It works. In the pot, I've got a pound of ground beef that I have cooked; drained, if there's any grease there. That will depend on the quality of the beef you get. Put a small onion and half of a medium-sized bell pepper in there; let it cook the onions translucent. Now, this is a small can of whole kernel corn and a whole small can of peas. When you look at the recipe, you will note that I say that both of these are optional. Put in it what you've got.

Jan: Or whatever you like.

Walter: Or whatever you like, absolutely. That was some tomato sauce, an eight ounce can. You notice that we measure this very carefully. Now I do something that serious cooks, Jan, look at and say "You can't do that."

Jan: Well, I'll probably let you do it.

Walter: Well, I'm going to do it. I now add a cup and three fourths of water to that. Then you say "Well, that's going to be dull. Are you making soup?" No I'm not, because once that comes to a boil again, I'm going to add to it a cup of uncooked macaroni. Remember we've got to hold it to one pot; there is no "cook up macaroni according to package directions and blah, blah, blah."

Jan: That's just extra dishes.

Walter: And an extra pot. 

Jan: That's right. 

Walter: Since you probably have to wash those pots in the bathtub or in the shower, I forgot that's more modern.

Jan: It was a sink at our dorm.

Walter: Oh, your dorm had a sink?

Jan: We had a sink.

Walter: That ain't nothing but class. Remember, I say this can be done on a hot plate. I've already had the call from U.T. saying "You know we don't allow hot plates in the dorm" and I said "Yeah, yeah, yeah." Remember, I worked there for a long time. But at any rate that comes to a boil, I add the macaroni. I let it cook six or seven minutes until the macaroni is cooked; don't cook it to death.

Jan: No, you don't want it to be mush.

Walter: I do not want mush. You remember our friend Al?

Jan: Yes.

Walter: You knew him too, Al Dente -- ha, ha, ha. I'm sorry. Then when that's done, add to it some cheese. For this, I use a Velveeta-style cheese.

Jan: Now, would you swap that out?

Walter: Yeah. You can use cheddar if you'd like; you can do what you like with it. But, when I was a Starving Student Standby, we used it because that was cheaper.

Jan: Than real cheese?

Walter: Look at that centerpiece. I just want to tell you that, once again, proves the variety you can get in the Food City floral department. Whatever they've got, is nice. How's that for an endorsement? Look at this. This is a great big dish, full of food. You can have folks in the next dormitory room. You can make this and take it to a church supper.
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