Easy Ground Beef and Potato Casserole
Delicious easy ground beef and Potato casserole with veggies, bacon, and creamy white sauce. Comforting, and perfect for weeknights.
- Prep Time: 20 min
- Cook Time: 30-40 min
- Total Time: 60 min
- Yield: 4-6
- Category: dinner
- Method: oven cook and bake
Ingredients
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- 3 medium potatoes (peeled and sliced)
- 200 grams of bacon bits
- 400 grams of ground beef (mince)
- 1 1/2 cups of mixed vegetables of choice. (used peas, butternut)
- 1 red onion, chopped up.
- 1 Tablespoon of melted butter
- 2 Tablespoons of flour or corn starch
- 2 1/2 cups of milk
- 1 teaspoon each of salt and pepper
- 1 teaspoon of garlic flakes
- 1 teaspoon of steak seasoning
- 1 teaspoon of dried oregano herbs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 deg. C (356 deg. F)
- Obtain your casserole dish. set aside.
- Peel and slice your potatoes, and cut up your onion into small pieces.
- In a saucepan, melt your butter and add in the flour, to a paste. Stir quickly to mix it well, then add 2 1/2 cups of milk and stir this mixture until smooth and thick.
- Sauté your ground beef and bacon bits together, salt and pepper and add garlic flakes, until just lightly cooked. Cooking them first will bring out the flavors.
- Place some of the milk paste in the bottom of the casserole dish.
- Layer your sliced potatoes in this mixture, until it is all used up. Maybe about 2 layers. Sprinkle salt and pepper over the potatoes.
- In a bowl add your cooked ground beef mix, add in the onion and the vegetables, and salt and pepper, with oregano herbs with some steak seasoning.
- Place the meat and veggie mixture over the uncooked potatoes, and add more dried herbs.(if you prefer)
- Pour the milk paste over the ground beef, mixture. This will soak to the bottom of the dish.
- Place this full meal casserole dish in the heated oven and bake until the meat and liquid has been absorbed. Should take about 30-40 minutes. This will depend on the size of your dish.
- The potatoes should be tender and cooked, and the ground beef and bacon with veggies will be crispy and golden. Full of flavor.
- This is a fail proof easy and very delicious dinner recipe.