Sit down to a cozy dinner of beef and noodles with tomatoes. The thick egg noodles are cooked with chunks of beef and rich tomato sauce making for a perfect comfort food meal.
Are you looking for a new dinner recipe to feed you family? Look no further!
Get your dutch oven out and stew some beef in a simple gravy and throw in some egg noodles. It will fill them up and have them coming back for more!
This is one of the recipes that MiMi has made over the years and couldn’t wait to share on the blog. Now, almost 4 years later I thought it would be fun to make it again and update the pictures a bit.
It was the perfect dinner to warm us all up on a snowy day. Little Dude loved it and so did my husband, even if he couldn’t help but to put a little cheese on top!
Now here is the original post from MiMi:
Once upon a time, long long ago when I was a little girl, we had neighbors by the last name of Cavanaugh. Mrs. Cavanaugh shared her noodle recipe with my mom, Maw Maw.
If I remember correctly, she entered and won a contest sponsored by Kluski noodles. The following is her recipe the way we remember it.
Maw Maw doesn’t know what she would have done with the original recipe. It’s possible that I finally convinced her to look for her recipe box.
I hope she finds it because she has some really good recipes in there. For the most part, she just memorized all of the meals she made and rarely used a recipe.
She thinks I was probably between three and five years old when we got this recipe. I remember when she let me shake the beef cubes in the bag of flour.
I’m sure I had a lot of fun helping my mom make dinner. I know that I really enjoyed eating this meal.
Maw Maw suggests serving it with broccoli.
Whenever she has a tomato based meal, she likes to have a green vegetable as a side dish. If you give this recipe a try you will understand why it won a recipe contest and why we still prepare it this many years later.
-MiMi
A few more recipes from MiMi’s Childhood:
Maw-Maw’s Scalloped Potatoes and Pork Chops
Cavanaugh’s Beef Noodles with Tomatoes
Equipment
- gallon Ziploc bag
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoon oil or shortening
- 1 onion halved and cut into slices
- 1 cup flour
- 2 Tablespoon Lawry’s salt
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 pounds beef stew meat
- 28 ounce can diced tomatoes
- 16 ounce package Kluski or similar noodles
Instructions
- In dutch oven, heat the oil over medium high heat. Saute the onions in the oil.2 Tablespoon oil or shortening, 1 onion
- Meanwhile, put the flour and seasonings in a large ziploc bag and shake to mix.1 cup flour, 2 Tablespoon Lawry’s salt, 1 teaspoon paprika, 1 teaspoon garlic powder, 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- Drop a handful of beef cubes in the flour. Shake them up then put into pan. Continue until all of the meat has been dredged and put into the pan. Don't shake off the excess flour, it will help to thicken the gravy later.2 pounds beef stew meat
- Stir occasionally until all of the beef is browned. Add water to cover the bottom of the pan about 1/2 inch. Cover and let simmer an hour or so.
- Cook the noodles according to package directions.16 ounce package Kluski
- Add the tomatoes to the beef. When heated through, stir in the noodles.28 ounce can diced tomatoes
- Serve with broccoli… Maw Maw says you have to!
Sandy
Monday 9th of January 2023
I think I need to make this again
Carlee
Monday 9th of January 2023
Yes you do 😋
Big Rigs 'n Lil' Cookies
Sunday 27th of January 2019
That sounds fantastic! Definitely a meal that would be husband approved!
Gayle S.
Friday 25th of January 2019
Could you cook this in a crock pot? How long?Thanks
Carlee
Saturday 26th of January 2019
I don't see why not! I would think 4-6 hours on low or 2-4 on high? A little longer wouldn't hurt anything and just add the pasta at the end.
Andrea Nine
Tuesday 15th of January 2019
Sounds so soul soothing! YUM!
Carlee
Monday 21st of January 2019
It really is!
Morsels of Life | CJ Huang
Friday 8th of May 2015
What a yummy looking recipe! Those passed down recipes are the best. :) Thanks for stopping by and sharing this on Five Friday Finds!
Carlee
Friday 8th of May 2015
When three (and now four) generations have enjoyed a recipe, you do have to figure it is pretty good!