Smoked Hamburger Helper

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Preparation info
  • Yield:

    4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      30 min

Appears in
Backyard BBQ with Fire and Spice: Filipino- and Cajun-Inspired Recipes for the Smoker and Grill

By Tony Ramirez

Published 2025

  • About

If you grew up with Hamburger Helper as the dish that stretched the last of your family’s meat until payday, welcome to the new elevated version. This one incorporates its own pasta base—a corkscrew macaroni that provides maximum surface area to capture every last bit of the flavor-packed sauce and spices. I’d strongly recommend you use ground Wagyu rather than plain ground beef; it will do the dish proud and add one more layer of complex flavors and richness. Although there are a lot of in