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Satisfy your craving but skip the local fast-food joint – this White Castle Casserole is a simple and delicious family-approved weeknight meal!
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One of my favorite things to do on trips through the Midwest is to eat at White Castle. I’m not sure if they have restaurants outside of that region of the United States? If they do, I have never seen them. If you’ve never been there and you get a chance, definitely stop in and grab a sack – and relish in the fact that you are eating a part of American history! From White Castle’s website – “It’s an experience that transcends time, space and sometimes, rational thought.”
White Castle, founded in 1921 by Walter Anderson and Billy Ingram, is famous for it’s “sliders” – a simple, small, square burger. What you may not know is, White Castle, is generally credited as being the first ever “fast-food chain.” Anderson is credited with inventing the hamburger bun and for using Henry Ford’s model of the assembly line in the kitchen. Who knew?
Trips to the Midwest are a little more scarce for us these days. With a large family and my husband’s 60+ hour a week job, it all prevents us from doing many things. Our priorities are in other places rather than galavanting around the Midwest eating at White Castle. Our “trips” tend to be a little closer to home right now.
How do I enjoy White Castle without a restaurant near me?
And that’s not necessarily a bad thing. And, that doesn’t have to stop us from enjoying White Castle. We could buy those pre-packaged boxes of sliders in the freezer section of our nearest big box store. Or we could make this super easy casserole that has all the same great taste!
Obviously, we went for the latter. And you should too! It’s so easy to make this White Castle Casserole at home. And it’s a family-approved recipe! My kids love when this casserole makes an appearance on the menu!
I will note that although ketchup is not listed as an ingredient, sometimes I like to add a drizzle of that underneath the top layer of crescent rolls along with the mustard and pickles. If BBQ sauce is your jam, feel free to substitute that. You just can’t go wrong with this easy White Castle Casserole!
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White Castle Casserole
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Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 box dry onion soup mix, you will use both packets of soup mix
- 2 tubes crescent rolls, 12 oz. each
- 8-10 slices American cheese
- Dill pickles, chopped, to taste
- Mustard, to taste
- Additional condiments, if desired
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a skillet, brown and crumble the ground beef with both packages of dry onion soup mix. Drain meat into a colander; using paper towels or a clean dish towel, press down on the beef and squeeze out as much of the liquid as possible.
- Unroll one tube of crescent rolls into the prepared baking dish. Flatten slightly to seal the seams and cover the bottom as necessary. Top with ground beef. Add cheese slices. Top with pickles and drizzle with mustard. Unroll the other tube of crescent rolls over the top, sealing seams and covering the contents in the pan.
- Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the top is golden brown and the cheese is melted.
- To serve, cut into squares and serve with additional condiments if desired.
Notes
- Sometimes I like to add ketchup before placing the crescent rolls on top!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Love this! and I used to love White castle hamburgers LOL! Thanks for linking up at Heavenly Treats Link Party, You have been featured! Check tomorrows post and get your button!
interesting idea.Thanks for sharing with us at Foodie Friends Friday this week
Dawn
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Hmmm….this looks GOOD.
Never been to a White Castle / probably not in our area…..though the name sounded vaguely familiar
Found and followed you through Adorned from Above's link party! LOVE WHITE CASTLE but I live in the south and there are none to be found. Will definitely try this one out!!
Hope you stop by my blog sometime 🙂
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Krista
Krystal’s are the White Castle’s of the south.
Not as good most grocery have them in the frozen section
Remember Krystal’s from childhood. Wonder if they’re still around
YES!!!! ALABAMA FOR SURE!! LOVE DOUBLE CHEESE KRYSTALS!!
You will love these…I’m in the south too and miss my Whites…these are the closest thing to any I have had…here or made. My second time making them.
Oh this looks amazing Jamie!! On my must try list now! Thanks for sharing this at the party this week! I also featured this on my Facebook page 🙂
Awesome! You always have great stuff. This is the second time in a few days I have clicked on you from different parties. I will put this on my list of things to try when I am being bad for sure. Have a great week!
I've only been to a White Castle a couple of times, but I remember their little oniony burgers. This casserole sounds great. Thanks for sharing the idea/recipe. Bless you, Gail
Wow, simple and sounds so delicious. Will you share this over on our hop too?
Oh my goodness, this looks SO good! I'm a big fan of anything cheeseburger. Pinning this!
We do not have tubes of Crescent Rolls 🙁 Not even a clue what it is… and this dish looks so delicious!
It's found with the canned biscuits!
Crescent rolls are a very light pastry with a buttery flavor. they are found in the refrigerated case near the canned biscuits..yummy and can be used in many recipes. I use them for the crust for pot pies and for making piggies in a blanket.
Tubes of Crescent Rolls is by Pillsbury. You must of seen them advertised on TV. They now have Crescent Roll sheets that come with two sheets that you don’t have to seal seams but comes all in one sheet which would be easier to use where you’d put one sheet on the bottom and the other sheet on top of the meat mixture. Hope this helps you.