Beef Recipes
Ground Beef and Potato Casserole
Description
"An old farm recipe, updated to today's fast paced life."
Ingredients
- medium white potatoes (pared, and sliced very thin)
- 1 lb lean ground beef
- 1⁄2 cup onion, chopped
- 1⁄4 cup celery, chopped
- 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon celery leaves (fresh or dried optional)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
- 1⁄2 teaspoon red pepper flakes (spicy optional)
Directions
- Spray a baking dish with cooking spray.
- Preheat oven 375 degrees.
- Spray a large skillet with cooking spray and brown ground beef.
- Drain ground beef, if necessary.
- Add onions and celery to same skillet and cook until soft, adding rest of spice ingredients through pepper flakes. Stir well. But in a bowl and set to the side.
- In same skillet, melt butter (or use 1 tablespoon of leftover grease from browning ground beef). Add flour to butter, stirring for one minute over medium-high heat.
- Gradually add milk and cook till bubbly and thickened.
- Add cheese, nutmeg, salt, pepper, and chili powder continue to stir until melted.
- Spoon 1/4 cup of the ground beef mixture and spread evenly on bottom of a baking dish.
- Add 1 layer of potatoes.
- Alternate ground beef mixture, then potatoes until completely used.
- Pour cheese sauce over ground beef and potato mixture.
- Top with a pinch of paprika and grated cheese.
- Bake for 1 hour, or until potatoes and beef are bubbly and done.
