Not Quite Basic Meat & Potatoes Recipe

Name: Not Quite Basic Meat & Potatoes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Meat & Poultry
Ingredients: 1 lb extra lean ground beef (browned); 12 medium onion, chopped; 2 garlic cloves (minced); ½ cup blue cheese (crumbled); 4 ounces cream cheese (softened); 14-½ cup butter; 3 -4 medium potatoes (sliced); flour, for cream sauce; milk, for cream sauce; salt and pepper; 1 cup colby-monterey jack cheese

Servings: persons

1 lb extra lean ground beef (browned)
12 medium onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves (minced)
½ cup blue cheese (crumbled)
4 ounces cream cheese (softened)
14-½ cup butter
3 -4 medium potatoes (sliced)
flour, for cream sauce
milk, for cream sauce
salt and pepper
1 cup colby-monterey jack cheese

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["Turn oven on to 350, slice potatoes to about 1/4"" and layer in baking pan placing butter in the pan as well.", "Bake potatoes for 30 minutes, while they are cooking brown hamburger, onion and garlic.", "Once patatoes have baked pour off butter in a skillet and add about 2 tbsp of flour and a cup of milk to make a cream sauce.", "(I do this visually and never measure, you may needto adjust the amounts!)", "Once cream sauce is right add the cream & blue cheeses until they are melted then mix in the hambuger meat, onion & garlic to the sauce and pour mixture over the potatoes.", "Salt and pepper to taste and sprinkle grated colby jack over the top.", "Bake at 350 for 30 minutes and serve.", "To reduce fat content use fat free or skim cheese and milk and change butter to margarine."]

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This recipe makes 4 servings. You can adjust the portion size directly on this page.

You need 11 ingredients. The key ingredients include: 1 lb extra lean ground beef (browned), 12 medium onion, chopped, 2 garlic cloves (minced), ½ cup blue cheese (crumbled), and more.

Yes, Not Quite Basic Meat & Potatoes falls under the Meat & Poultry category and is a great choice for this type of meal.

Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3–4 days. Reheat gently before serving.

Not Quite Basic Meat & Potatoes

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