Oven-Baked Potato and Minced Meat Casserole

Simple and easy! Tasty and satisfying! Bright and beautiful! For dinner! Even a novice housewife can prepare a casserole of potatoes and minced meat, it’s so simple. Baked in the oven, with juicy tomato slices and cheese, the dish is very impressive and festive. And the presentation is good — both meat and side dish at the same time!
cook time: 1h 10 min
Miles Denholm
Oven-Baked Potato and Minced Meat Casserole

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

164
Calories
11g
Fat
9g
Carbs
7g
Protein

Ingredients (6 portions)

Basic:

Tomatoes 200 g
Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
Potato 700 g
Hard cheese 60 g
Bulb onions 0.5 pc
Vegetable oil 3 tbsp
Minced pork 450 g
Herbal mixture (any mixture of herbs or spices desired) to taste

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make a casserole from potatoes and minced meat? Prepare the necessary ingredients. You can use any minced meat, but it is desirable that it be more juicy, then the casserole will be tastier.

Step 2

Step 2
Wash the pre-peeled onions and cut into small cubes.

Step 3

Step 3
Heat a little vegetable oil in a frying pan. Fry the prepared onions, stirring, for 2-3 minutes.

Step 4

Step 4
Place the minced meat in the pan. Fry the minced meat over moderate heat until the color changes, stirring occasionally and kneading the meat lumps.

Step 5

Step 5
Salt the minced meat, add ground black pepper, a mixture of aromatic herbs or any ready-made spices to taste, mix. Cook the minced meat for a couple more minutes.

Step 6

Step 6
Peel the potatoes, wash them, cut them into slices. If the potatoes are large, then in half circles.

Step 7

Step 7
Place potato slices in a frying pan with vegetable oil. It is better to lay them out in one layer so that the potatoes fry evenly.

Step 8

Step 8
Over medium heat, fry the potatoes until lightly browned, turn over to the other side and cook until soft. While cooking, add a little salt to the potatoes. To prevent potatoes from browning, peel and chop them as you cook.

Step 9

Step 9
Place some of the fried potatoes on the bottom of the baking dish.

Step 10

Step 10
Spread the minced meat evenly on top.

Step 11

Step 11
Choose tomatoes that are ripe, but not overripe, with thick skin so that they do not become deformed when cutting. Wash the tomatoes, cut into slices.

Step 12

Step 12
Any cheese is suitable: hard, processed or mozzarella. Grate the cheese on a fine or medium grater.

Step 13

Step 13
Place the remaining potato and tomato slices in rows on the minced meat layer, overlapping them.

Step 14

Step 14
Sprinkle grated cheese on top of the casserole.

Step 15

Step 15
Cook the dish in a preheated oven at 180C until the tomatoes are soft and the cheese is melted, about 20 minutes. The cooking time and mode will depend on the operating characteristics of the oven.

Step 16

Step 16
Serve the potato and minced meat casserole hot. Bon appetit!

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