Crazy Good French Onion Noodle Casserole

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Looking for a quick & easy dinner recipe after a busy day? Look no further than this Crazy Good French Onion Noodle Casserole recipe.

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This easy casserole has only six ingredients, but each one wholeheartedly lends flavor in a seriously comforting and delicious crispy noodle bake.

Okay Friends get ready to make the most appetizing casserole of your life. Dare I say I LOVE THIS MORE than macaroni and cheese? THERE! I said it. And I do!!! It is six easy ingredients, and I already know you will be reaching for seconds.

This is a crazy good, crazy quick bubbly mixture that’s basically the pinnacle of comfort food. Cooked egg noodles, onion soup mix (you know, the kind that has the BEST onion flavor and makes the most DELICIOUS onion dip?), some sour cream, a bit of melted butter, and a handful of chopped parsley are all that is required to make these creamy smothered noodles.

Oh, best, best part; I top it all with those buttery and golden French fried onions we all know and love…and sneak whenever we open the pantry…or, maybe that is just me. I love recipes with French’s fried onions…I could eat a container of them by myself. Seriously.

So, pour yourself a glass of wine and start a pot of water boiling. This easy side dish will be prepped and ready to eat in 30 minutes.

How do you say noodles in French?

A couple of years back, I was sifting through a mound of old recipes. These were recipes I always said I was going to try, but mostly never did. I hung onto them though. I would venture to say there were/still are about two thousand of them.

Yes, I was addicted to cooking magazines of all kinds, from Food & Wine to Martha Stewart. To this day, I have entire seasons of in-tact volumes of cooking magazines as a part of my personal library collection.

Need a recipe from Saveur from 1988? I have it. I guess I was always waiting to try them out on somebody other than just myself.

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Back then, before I had my own business, I suppose I did not think too much about spoiling myself occasionally and cooking up one of Julia Child’s classics for example. Founding Not Entirely Average has given me that ‘permission’ as well as a sense of purpose in a way.

Permission to cook wholesome and yummy dishes for myself. And, I get to try the recipes out on each of you now. I relish answering the emails I receive with questions or requests from readers like yourself. This is my full-time job, and I cannot believe I get to wake up and do this every day.

But, in sifting through this seriously gigantic stack of recipes and notes, I realized I had not pulled or marked any recipes that were quickies. You know, fast but still homecooked food for busy weeknights.

It was November and cold already. I was wanting comfort food, so I raided my pantry to take inventory of what I had to work with. That reliable bag of egg noodles was just pleading to be experimented with. It also became the basis for this quickie ‘almost no prep time’ homemade crispy French onion casserole…

Sometimes it pays to fool around in your kitchen, and taste as you go…the absolute best dishes are created that way.

The funny thing about a recipe is that somebody had to come up with it. I do not just mean the ingredients, I mean the method, too.

If you are into preparing French food, you understand methods. The science in the combining of two or more ingredients does not come out quite right if the method for incorporating them together is not exact.

This could be as simple as whisking two ingredients together in a bowl. It could also be as complex as wheedling a soufflé to rise.

Crazy Good French Onion Noodle Casserole has only six ingredients, each one lending flavor in this seriously comforting crispy noodle bake.

And once a recipe has been developed, the creator of that recipe wants feedback as to how their idea tasted to YOU. I look for this feedback every day on this website. The recipes on this site need to be rated so that I know what YOU are trying.

But we are not always cooking French food or difficult dishes. Sometimes, they are 5 minutes of hands-on time, and just a few minutes more in the oven. That is the very definition of this recipe. It is crazy good, makes a bunch if you need to stretch, and is faster homemade than driving out somewhere for fast food.

The classic recipe for Chicken and Green Bean Casserole with French Fried Onions inspired this less busy version of the classic.

So, I still want to know how you like it, so do please still rate this after you have made it. I hope you will enjoy it for everything it is, and for that which it is not – no fancy methods, just homey and comforting noodles with a creamy onion sauce enveloping every twirl of the pasta.

I make Crazy Good French Onion Noodle Casserole as a side dish to accompany my Amazing Swedish Meatballs in Creamy Gravy. This casserole as a side dish also makes for fantastic leftovers, hot or cold.

You could add some vegetables or a protein and call it an entrée. Frozen peas, broccoli, or shredded carrots are all great choices for sneaking in some vegetables. And of course, you all know full well I always have a rotisserie chicken in the refrigerator.

Pulled chicken or fresh ground beef would be good additions, too. A sort of onion chicken noodle casserole with French fried onions.

For me tonight, it’s straightforward Crazy Good French Onion Noodle Casserole to accompany my killer Amazing Swedish Meatballs in Creamy Gravy. This is Saturday night at home food for the soul.