Potato casserole with minced meat - classic recipe
Every housewife should know how to cook potato casserole with minced meat in the oven, because it is very tasty, satisfying, and most importantly, fast. There are different options for preparing this dish, but you should start with the classic recipe.
Ingredients:
- 500 g beef;
- 1 kg of potatoes;
- 2 onions;
- 4 tbsp. l. butter;
- 1 egg yolk;
- 2 tbsp. l. semolina;
- vegetable oil for frying;
- salt and spices to taste.
Preparation:
- First, peel the potato tubers, cut them into arbitrary cubes and cook in salted water. Afterwards we pound, that is, make puree, add butter, pour in the chicken yolk and mix everything well. If it turns out that there is mashed potatoes left over from yesterday's dinner, then you should use it, it will be the best option.
- We grind the beef through a meat grinder, add finely chopped onions, as well as salt and pepper, into the minced meat, and mix.
- Now fry the twisted meat in a frying pan. To enhance the taste, you can add rosemary, cumin, garlic, and basil. To make the filling juicy, add a little water, and so that it does not crumble, add semolina.
- Take a baking dish, grease it with butter, sprinkle with flour or breadcrumbs. Add one part of the puree, then the meat filling and cover the minced meat with the remaining crushed potatoes.
- Level the surface of the potato layer, make small indentations into which we pour melted butter.
- Place the form with the contents in the oven for 15-20 minutes, temperature 200 °C.
- Serve the finished casserole with herbs, sour cream or mushroom sauce.
On a note!
You can also use boiled meat for the filling, but it still tastes better if you use raw meat, fried with vegetables and spices.
Also read: Shawarma with chicken at home
Casserole with minced meat and eggplants with Bechamel sauce
This casserole is prepared with a creamy sauce, it turns out juicy and aromatic, no one will remain indifferent to it.
Ingredients for making casserole with minced meat
- 2 carrots;
- 2 onions;
- 1 ripe eggplant;
- Ready-made minced pork and beef 500 g;
- Parsley and dill;
- Tomato paste 2 tbsp;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- Cheese 150 g;
- Half a glass of buckwheat;
- Pepper;
- Salt.
To prepare Bechamel sauce, take the following products:
- Flour 2 tbsp;
- 40 g drained butter;
- 1.5 tbsp. milk;
- Fresh dill;
- Pepper;
- Salt.
Recipe for casserole with eggplant and Bechamel sauce
Wash the eggplants, dry them, cut them into circles, they should be about 0.7 mm thick, salt the eggplant circles, then put them in a special bowl. Heat the oil in a frying pan, place the eggplants in the frying pan, fry them on both sides until golden brown. Then place them on a paper napkin.
Peel the onion and cut it into four pieces, each ring. Wash the carrots and grate them on a coarse grater. Take a frying pan in which eggplants were previously fried, rinse them and pour a little vegetable oil into it. Once it's warmed through, add the quartered onion rings. Fry it for about two minutes, then add small carrots and fry them for another five minutes. Transfer the carrots and onions to a small plate and set aside.
Sort out the buckwheat, rinse it under cold water, then pour boiling water over it. Take 0.5 cups of water for half a glass of buckwheat. Cook regular buckwheat porridge so that it is as crumbly as possible. Now take on the minced meat. Rinse the greens, transfer them to a towel and chop. Press the garlic through a press.
Casserole with minced meat, tomatoes and cheese
Recipes for potato casserole with minced meat can be very different, it all depends on taste preferences. So, there are gourmets who cannot imagine such an oven-baked dish without adding tomatoes and cheese.
Ingredients:
- 700 g potatoes;
- 700 g minced meat;
- 150 g hard cheese;
- 1 chicken egg;
- 100 ml sour cream;
- 50 g butter;
- 1 large onion;
- 2-3 tomatoes;
- 50 ml milk;
- 50 g butter;
- 2/3 cup broth;
- 50 g dill;
- spices for meat to taste;
- salt and pepper to taste;
- 2-3 tbsp. l. vegetable oil.
Preparation:
- Fill the peeled potato tubers with water, put on the fire, after boiling, add salt and cook until tender.
- For the filling, you can use any minced meat; it turns out very tasty from lamb; you can make it from pork and beef. The main thing is not to make the meat layer in the casserole too fatty.
- Add any spices for meat to the minced meat and mix.
- Finely chop the onion and pour it into a frying pan with heated oil, saute until soft, and then add the minced meat, stir, break up all the meat lumps. Then add vegetable or meat broth and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Drain the water from the finished potatoes; by the way, it can be used for frying meat if there is no broth. Add butter, add milk, beat in the egg and beat.
- Cut the tomatoes into circles, grate the hard cheese and mix it with finely chopped dill.
- Place the first layer of puree into the prepared pan, add the meat filling on top, and cover with potatoes. Then lay out the tomatoes and sprinkle with cheese and herbs. Place the casserole in the oven for 20 minutes, temperature 200 °C. We take out the finished dish, cover it with a towel, wait 10 minutes and serve.
Advice!
For casseroles, it is better to use varieties of potatoes that boil well. Then the puree will turn out airy and tender without adding milk. And if there is nothing extra in the puree, then the casserole will not fall apart when cutting.
Casserole with potatoes and minced meat
- Take these products for casserole:
- 8 pcs. small potatoes;
- Minced meat half kg;
- 1 onion;
- Garlic in the amount of 2 cloves;
- Parsley and dill;
- Oil for frying;
- Drain. butter 50 g;
- Ground pepper;
- Salt.
For filling take:
- 3 eggs;
- A glass of milk;
- Salt;
Recipe:
Rinse the potatoes with cold water, remove the skin, rinse again and cut into thin strips. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan, fry the prepared potatoes until they are almost ready, sprinkle with pepper and salt.
Finely chop a clean onion. Chop the garlic into pieces, maybe even not very small ones. Take a separate frying pan and pour in vegetable oil, add garlic and onion, then minced meat. Stir everything and fry the mixture for 8 minutes. Add salt and pepper. Place the minced meat mixture on the fried potatoes in strips, making the surface even. Now it's time to fill. Take a deep bowl, break the eggs in it, take a whisk and start whisking. While whipping, gradually add milk and salt. Pour this mixture over the potatoes and minced meat.
Sprinkle the minced meat casserole with herbs, cut the butter into small even squares and place them on top of the casserole. Cover the pan with a lid, reduce heat to low and cook the mixture for about 30 minutes. The egg mixture should form a dense layer when baked. Now turn off the heat completely, cover with a lid and simmer for about 10 minutes. The casserole with minced meat is ready, cut it into portions and serve sprinkled or decorated with herbs.
Bon appetit!
Potato casserole with minced meat and mushrooms in the oven
Potato casserole with minced meat and mushrooms is a tasty and aromatic dish that even the most inexperienced housewife can prepare. The process is faster because, unlike previous recipes, there is no need to prepare mashed potatoes; the vegetable will be baked in the oven with the rest of the ingredients.
Ingredients:
- 150 g mushrooms;
- 400 g minced meat (pork + beef);
- 6 potato tubers;
- 1 glass of sour cream;
- 1 egg;
- 1 onion;
- 100 g hard cheese;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- salt and pepper to taste.
Preparation:
- Cut the peeled potato tubers into thin slices and chop the onion into half rings. Chop the mushrooms into small pieces, add them to the minced meat along with the spices, and mix.
- Place sour cream in a bowl, add salt and pepper, pressed garlic, and also beat in an egg. Mix everything thoroughly.
- Grate the cheese and assemble the dish. Place the first layer of potatoes in the mold, then onions, minced meat with mushrooms on top, sprinkle with cheese (half).
- Then we put the last layer of potatoes, sprinkle it with salt and pepper, and fill everything with sour cream and garlic filling.
- Place the dish in the oven for 50-60 minutes, temperature 180 °C.
- 5 minutes before the casserole is ready, sprinkle the remaining cheese.
Also read: Belyashi with meat in a frying pan: a very tasty recipe with photos
Advice!
To prevent dinner from turning out greasy, you should choose minced beef for the filling, but still, for juiciness, add a little pork or good lard.
Potato casserole with meat (like in kindergarten)
Potato casserole is often included in children's diets, so its taste is familiar to many from childhood. A juicy and tender dish with minced meat is baked in the oven, and the recipe immediately combines a side dish and a main dish.
Ingredients:
- 700 g potatoes;
- 400 g beef;
- 100 ml milk;
- 1 large onion;
- 2 chicken eggs;
- salt to taste;
- breadcrumbs;
- sour cream for lubrication;
- greens for serving (if desired).
Preparation:
- Boil the potatoes until tender in salted water, then drain the water, but leave a bowl of potato broth.
- Pour milk into the hot potatoes and mash well so that there are no lumps left. Then we beat in the eggs and stir everything quickly so that they do not have time to curdle.
- Boil the meat until cooked, cool and grind in a meat grinder. Then mix with onion, which we chop finely and sauté until soft. If you have ready-made minced meat, fry it together with onions.
- Salt the meat filling to taste and mix again. Take a mold, coat it with butter, sprinkle a little breadcrumbs and spread half of the puree, then lay out the meat filling and more puree.
- Grease the last layer with sour cream, sprinkle with breadcrumbs and place the casserole in the oven for 30-35 minutes, temperature 200 °C. If desired, sprinkle the finished dish with herbs and serve.
On a note!
In kindergarten, the casserole is served with sour cream, only the fermented milk product is pre-boiled.
Potato casserole with minced meat in the oven like in kindergarten
A favorite dish among children, which is excellently prepared by chefs in kindergarten, you can prepare it at home. The children's version of the casserole is slightly different from the previous one, since the final dish should meet the needs of a growing body and have a softer consistency. You don’t need to use spices at all, just add some salt to the meat. It is better to use chicken minced meat for casseroles, or add veal to it.
Required Products:
- 1 kg of potatoes;
- 0.5 kg minced chicken;
- 0.5 tbsp milk;
- one head of onion;
- butter;
- egg;
- breadcrumbs for breading.
How to cook: Prepare ingredients for making casserole. Boil potatoes until tender. To reduce cooking time, large tubers can be cut into several parts. In a hot frying pan, fry the onion with a small amount of sunflower oil. Add minced chicken and add salt. Before frying, place it in a plastic bag, tie it and throw it a little from a small height onto the table surface. This will soften the meat fibers and make the finished fried minced meat softer.
If the minced meat produces a lot of juice during frying, you need to fry it in a frying pan without a lid. At the very beginning of frying, be sure to stir and break up with a spatula so that the meat does not stick together into lumps. Drain the water from the pan with potatoes, add half a glass of warmed milk, and a piece of butter. Break the egg and make mashed potatoes. You can use a blender to obtain a more homogeneous mass.
Forming the casserole and cooking it in the oven Place half of the potato component in a pre-lined or greased pan. We carefully distribute so that the final dish comes out the same in height. Next, lay out all the minced meat and cover it with the rest of the puree. To form a beautiful crispy and golden brown crust, sprinkle with breadcrumbs. We send the form to preheated to 180 degrees. oven and bake until the top is browned. Immediately after baking, let the casserole cool and cut into portions.
Potato casserole roll
Many people consider potato casserole with minced meat an everyday dish. But there are recipes with which you can surprise not only your loved ones, but also your guests. So, you can cook a casserole roll in the oven. It turns out tasty and unusual.
Ingredients:
- 1.5 kg of potatoes;
- 1 thin pita bread;
- 400 g champignons;
- 2 medium onions;
- 300 g minced meat;
- 2 carrots;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- 100 g hard cheese;
- a bunch of parsley;
- a bunch of dill;
- a bunch of green onions;
- 2 tbsp. l. sour cream;
- 2 tbsp. l. mayonnaise;
- a set of spices (basil, nutmeg);
- salt and pepper to taste.
Preparation:
- Chop the champignons into small cubes and fry them in oil until golden, then put them in a bowl. Grind the carrots on a coarse grater, and pass the garlic cloves through a fine grater.
- In a frying pan with oil, fry the twisted meat along with carrots and garlic for 20 minutes.
- Add mushrooms, mayonnaise, salt, spices to the contents of the pan and mix everything well.
- Peel the potato tubers and boil until soft, don’t forget to add salt to the water. Then we prepare the puree.
- Chop all the greens and mix. Three cheese on a grater. Divide the puree and meat filling into 2 equal parts. Take a thin sheet of pita bread and also cut it in half.
- On each sheet we put crushed potatoes, then the filling, which we sprinkle with herbs and cheese shavings.
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- Roll everything into a roll, grease it with sour cream, place it on a baking sheet and put it in the oven for 30-40 minutes, temperature 180 °C. Cut the finished casserole into portions and serve.
Even simple dishes can have a rich, bright and refined taste. Potato casserole with minced meat in the oven is exactly such a dish. To prepare it, you can take any of the proposed recipes, and for serving, make mushroom, cream or tomato sauce.