Captain's Style Baked Meat with Festive Potatoes

For a holiday table or dinner for the whole family, delicious! New Yearʼs meat and potatoes captainʼs style in the oven — a Far Eastern version of everyoneʼs favorite French meat. Although they are similar in many ways, there are differences that make this dish special!
cook time: 1h 15 min
Zoe Kendrick
Captain's Style Baked Meat with Festive Potatoes

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

169
Calories
11g
Fat
10g
Carbs
8g
Protein

Ingredients (8 portions)

Basic:

Ground black pepper to taste
Salt to taste
Potato 1 kg
Sour cream 3 tbsp
Hard cheese 200 g
Bulb onions 200 g
Vegetable oil 1 tsp
Pork 500 g
Mayonnaise 2 tbsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to bake meat captain-style in the oven with potatoes? Prepare the necessary ingredients. Any meat will do, I took pork. Take high-quality, natural cheese, without milk fat substitutes. Sour cream is suitable for any fat content. You can use only sour cream or only mayonnaise.

Step 2

Step 2
Take a suitable baking dish. Lubricate it with a small amount of vegetable oil.

Step 3

Step 3
Peel the onion and cut into half rings.

Step 4

Step 4
Place half of all the onions on the bottom of the pan.

Step 5

Step 5
Wash the pork, dry it, cut into pieces 1 cm thick, like chops. The best choice for this recipe is the neck or shoulder blade — there is fat there.

Step 6

Step 6
Beat the meat well on both sides. To prevent meat juice from scattering all over the kitchen, you can cover the meat with cling film or a bag.

Step 7

Step 7
Place meat on top of onions. It is better if it lies in one layer, so calculate what size shape to take according to your amount of meat.

Step 8

Step 8
Salt the meat.

Step 9

Step 9
Pepper, you can also add your favorite spices.

Step 10

Step 10
Place the other half of the onion on the meat.

Step 11

Step 11
Wash, peel and cut the potatoes into strips, like French fries. You can cut it differently, but the captain’s way means just this kind of cutting, into cubes.

Step 12

Step 12
Place the chopped potatoes in the next layer.

Step 13

Step 13
Salt and pepper it.

Step 14

Step 14
Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.

Step 15

Step 15
Combine sour cream and mayonnaise, mix well.

Step 16

Step 16
Add grated cheese to them and mix again.

Step 17

Step 17
Spread the mixture over the potatoes.

Step 18

Step 18
Distribute it well so that each potato is covered, this is very important!

Step 19

Step 19
Bake the meat and potatoes in the oven at 180 degrees for 50-60 minutes. Determine readiness by the readiness of the potatoes — they should become soft and easily pierced with a knife. A golden brown crust forms on top. If the potatoes are not ready yet, and the meat is already very browned on top, cover the pan with foil and bake until done.

Step 20

Step 20
Remove the finished dish from the oven and cool slightly. Place it on plates and serve.

Step 21

Step 21
A good addition to such meat would be fresh vegetables or a salad made from them. Bon appetit!