Marianne's Hot Dish

This is a twist on Tater Tot® hot dish. This is an easy recipe to personalize. You can use any ground meat or a mixture of beef and pork. I often use smoked Gouda cheese, Havarti cheese, and I bet Swiss cheese would be good, too. The vegetable can be easily switched to any vegetable you like (string beans, broccoli, or mixed veggies). I would use fresh or frozen rather than canned if you can.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 501 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
• 1 pound ground beef
• 1 (8 ounce) package sliced fresh mushrooms
• ½ onion, minced
• 3 large cloves garlic, minced
• 1 (8 ounce) package fresh sugar snap peas
• 5 slices American cheese, or more to taste
• 1 ½ cups frozen diced southern-style hash brown potatoes, or more to taste

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir beef, onion, and garlic in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer ground beef mixture, using a slotted spoon, to a 2-quart casserole dish; retain drippings in the skillet.

Step 3

Spread cream of mushroom soup over ground beef mixture.

Step 4

Cook and stir mushrooms in the beef drippings over medium heat until tender and browned, 5 to 10 minutes; spread over soup layer in casserole dish.

Step 5

Arrange snap peas over mushroom layer; cover with American cheese slices. Layer potatoes over cheese.

Step 6

Bake in the preheated oven until cheese is melted and potatoes are browned and crisp, about 1 hour.