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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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White Castle Casserole
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.
We love your recipe! I made a tik tok of it! Thanks for sharing!
Why all the Krystal’s haters in here? I don’t understand the need by people now days to be so rude. Krystal burgers are delicious and I’ve had both and they taste almost identical.
I made this with one can of the crescent sheets cut into 8 pieces. I browned the ground beef ( 1 lb was much more than needed for one can of biscuit sheets) put the dough pieces in a cupcake tin, add cheese to the dough, add the drained ground beef and cook at 350 for 10 minutes. Really good! I used the leftover ground beef in the morning added to scrambled eggs.
Yummy! I’ve made casseroles similar to this one and one suggestion I would make is to bake the bottom crust for about 7 minutes in the oven first. This will make sure you don’t have raw dough once you are finished making the dish.
I veganized this recipe by using Beyond Meat burgers and.vegan cheese. Also, Pillsbury crescent rolls are accidentally vegan too. It was yummy. I also went with the idea of cooking the bottom layer of crescent rolls first so it didn’t get soggy.
Thanks so much for that feedback! I hope if anyone else has questions regarding making this vegan or using Beyond Meat burgers for this recipe, you’ve helped them!
I’ve made this several times and found some issues that needed changes.
The meat tends to end up on the bland side even with the onion soup. Fat equals flavor so instead of draining the fat, I cook it down to reduce it until there’s very little liquid left, but all the flavor.
I do add a diced small onion to this. The fresh onion adds to the dehydrated onions that are already in the soup mix.
I add about a teaspoon of “Accent”/ MSG to the meat. This gives it that “fast food” flavor and brings it more in line with how a White Castle tastes.
For the oven, I start with a 400 degree oven and bake for 10 min, then reduce the temp to 350 and bake for another 10 minutes. This crisps up the bottom to avoid the undercooked or doughy crescent roll that I was getting.
I’m thinking this can adapt pretty easily to be any other kind of burger. Add Mac sauce instead of mustard to make it a Big Mac casserole. Add pizza sauce and mozz to make it a pizza burger. Add mayo and ketchup and make it a Whopper. Bacon and mayo to make it a Baconator. Just don’t forget that MSG… that makes or breaks a fast food burger taste.
I grew up on White Castles, my husband even worked there when we were teens. Yes, mustard and ketchup aren’t on the regular sliders, but can be ordered to be put on. When using mustard, they actually use a Dusseldorf mustard, found in most condiment sections and/or ethnic sections of your supermarket.
I’ve not ever been to White Castle but husband recalls it fondly. I made this for him and he absolutely loved it! I don’t care for the taste of Pillsbury crescent rolls so I set some of the beef mixture aside for me and had it with shredded cheddar cheese and a drizzle of sugar free ketchup. Low carb and really good! I also used dill pickle relish because I already had it. This is on our monthly menu rotation now. Thank you for a great recipe!
loved this. did not need to drain, added spinach, fetta cheese, oinion and garlic. needed to cover top lightly with tinfoil cause need 40min baking time. i made a smaller dish. im not even a fan of cresent dough and dont know white castle. very nice i will make again
We love this recipe! I squirt mustard and ketchup on it. It’s on my regular rotation. Thanks for a great recipe!