Potato Ground Beef Casserole | Cooking Dinner | Simply Mamá Cooks

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey is leaner, while pork is often less expensive.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast adds flavor with fewer calories, while processed cheese is often cheaper.

Slice and par-boil the Russet potatoes.

Prepare the beef mixture by cooking the ground beef with chopped onion, garlic, and bell pepper in a skillet.

Season the beef mixture with salt, black pepper, chives, parsley, seasoned salt, garlic powder, onion powder, and smoked paprika.

In a separate saucepan, make the bechamel sauce by melting butter, whisking in flour, and gradually adding milk until thickened.

In a baking dish, layer the par-boiled potatoes, followed by the beef mixture, and then top with bechamel sauce and cheddar cheese.

Bake until heated through and cheese is melted.

Cooking Techniques

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