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 recipe 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.
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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

Cavanaugh’s Beef Noodles with Tomatoes
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoon oil or shortening
- 1 onion halved and cut into slices
- 1 cup all-purpose 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 all-purpose 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!
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I think I need to make this again
Yes you do 😋
That sounds fantastic! Definitely a meal that would be husband approved!
Could you cook this in a crock pot? How long?Thanks
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.
Sounds so soul soothing! YUM!
It really is!
What a yummy looking recipe! Those passed down recipes are the best. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by and sharing this on Five Friday Finds!
When three (and now four) generations have enjoyed a recipe, you do have to figure it is pretty good!
We always enjoy it!
Thanks! It is a family favorite, that is for sure!
It is a really nice homey comfort food!
This was delicious, wonderful comfort food!
It is a keeper, that is for sure. My mom has been itching to make this ever since I made the blog. She and my maw-maw have been doing a lot of reminiscing over the food she remembers as a child!