Easy Ground Beef Potato Casserole recipe. Like a hamburger all in one dish. The ultimate quick weeknight comfort food.
Happy Valentine’s Day! What are you all up to today?
If you are eating comfort food for breakfast, lunch and dinner, then I think you came to the right place. Because if this food doesn’t SCREAM comfort food, then I don’t know what does.
Plus, I am sure you have most of the ingredients at home anyways. This is what I call: toss everything into a casserole and hope for the best.
Some days, it is really all about what you have on hand. I usually, capital L, Love food shopping.But lately, it is so cold and icy that nothing is making me want to risk my life to get some food. So I gotta work with what I’ve got.
And what have I got at home? I have ground beef, potatoes, cream of mushroom soup and cheese. If you are even a little bit of a casserole fan, I am sure your mind went to making a casserole out of those ingredients too.
If it didn’t, shame on you!
I went back for seconds, thirds AND fourths of this Ground Beef Potato Casserole. It is that good.
And it is so easy to make! If you can brown ground beef, you can make this recipe. Guaranteed.
This recipe reminds me of something my brother would make for dinner every night when he was in university. I always thought that he was crazy. Why would you want to eat the same thing every night when there were so many other food flavours and pairings that you could be trying??
Friends, I think I know the answer. Once you find a simple comfort food recipe that is reliable AND tastes good, it is hard giving it up.
What you need to make Ground Beef Potato Casserole
- ground beef
- onion
- butter
- flour
- beef broth
- milk
- cream of mushroom soup can
- yellow potato
- cheddar cheese
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Like this Ground Beef Potato Casserole? Then you will love these recipes:
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- Cauliflower Ground Beef Skillet
If you try this recipe, let me know! Rate it, leave a comment and tag me with #atasteofmadness on Instagram! I always love seeing what you are creating!
Ground Beef Potato Casserole
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 3 Tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup beef broth
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 can cream of mushroom soup
- 1/4 cup water
- 4 medium yellow potatoes, washed and cubed
- 2 cups cheddar cheese, shredded
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray a 9x13 inch pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a medium skillet, brown the ground beef and the onion. Drain and set aside.
- Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, melt the butter over medium low heat. Stir in the flour. Slowly add in the beef broth and milk, mixing until smooth. Bring to a gentle boil, cooking until thickened.
- Remove from heat and add in the cream of mushroom soup and water.
- Layer the bottom of the prepared dish with 1/2 of the potatoes, then 1/2 the soup mixture, then 1/2 the ground beef mixture. Repeat with the remaining potatoes, soup mixture and ground beef.
- Sprinkle the cheese over the mixture. Cover with aluminium foil and cook in the preheated oven for 75-90 minute. Remove and cook uncovered for an additional 5 minutes.
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This was fun to make, smelled great cooking and tastes so good. I like the sauce. I don’t have a stove top but the instapot browning setting worked great with every step. Thank you!
So glad it worked out for you 🙂
Thanks For Sharing this Amazing Recipe. My Family Loved It. I will be sharing this Recipe with my Friends. Hope They will like it.
So glad you liked it!!
Thanks for the idea Cathleen, I am trying it now while homeschooling my daughter. Wish us luck!
Good luck!! 🙂
This recipe is easily a favourite with a couple minor tweaks, I also found that my potatoes hadn’t cooked through, recommend cutting the to the size of frozen hashbrowns, alternatively, on my second go I used a bag of cubed frozen hashbrowns, cooked for and hour and twenty minutes at 350 covered, then uncovered for another 20 or so minutes to really let the cheese cook
I’m going to have to try it that way next time! Thanks for the suggestion!
I make this with thawed cubed potatoes. They cook faster. I use cream of chicken (instead of mushroom) and I add sour cream. My son’s friend ate four helpings. It’s always been one of my kid’s favorite meals.
That makes me so happy! I am glad you all like it 🙂
Really good! I boiled the potatoes first to cut down on the baking time. I generously salted the water, and I think that gave the potatoes a bit more flavor. Then baked for about 25 minutes, until it was bubbly and heated through. I also used cornstarch instead of flour in the sauce. Turned out great!
Sounds amazing!! Glad you liked it!
I needed to use up baked potatoes from a previous meal so I substituted the raw potatoes and used cream of chicken because we dont like cream of mushroom. I baked it for 20 minutes. It is delicious!
Yay! I am so glad you liked it Deborah 🙂
From bite number one, everyone LOVED this! We do 2 lbs of beef, 2x potatoes and add a can of corn for crunch, I added the extra so I can have leftovers or else it’s all gone in 1 sitting. We also make this at least once a week!
I am so glad to hear this Becky! So glad you and your family love it 🙂
Can ya freeze it?
I have never tried it myself, but I’m sure it would be fine to freeze it!
How many servings would you say this
I would say it usually is around 6-8 servings in my house.
how many servings does this recipe make?
Depends on how much you eat, but usually at my house it is around 6
Made this today for lunch at church, everyone loved it. I used canned potatoes, also used a can of French onion soup because I did not have beef broth. I also mixed the meat and soups together.
I am so glad you enjoyed it!! Great tips. Thanks Debora!
Made it last night. This is delicious! One question: Instead of layering it, I mixed everything together and topped it with cheese. When it was finished it was pretty soupy – is that because I didn’t layer it? Thanks!!
That may be the reason. I have never mixed it all up, so I can’t speak to this particular issue.
This is so easy and yummy , my family loved it so much i had to make it 2 days in a row!! i did add 1/2 cup of sour cream to the recipe and it was fabulous !! thanks for sharing
Yay!! I am so glad your family liked it Angie!
What about putting it in the crockpot and cooking all day? I am going to try it today that way.
Let me know how it goes!!