Simple One Dish Meat and Potato Meal
ByNow that I have posted my Cream of Mushroom Soup recipe, I will share with you the promised One Dish Meat and Potato Meal recipe. A friend of mine shared this with me years ago, back when my 14 year old was just a baby.
Let us all pause a moment and reflect on how much taller Asa is since the day I received this recipe.
Have I mentioned that he’s jumped three and a half shoe sizes since last winter? I guess that answers any questions you may have had about who is eating half the pan of my simple, one dish meat and potato meals. Good gravy. (literally)
One Dish Meat and Potato Meal
1 Pound beef or venison stew meat, cubed
4 medium sized potatoes, scrubbed and cubed
1 1/2 cups homemade cream of mushroom soup
2 Tablespoons homemade onion soup mix
2 cups frozen peas
In a 9×13 inch baking dish, stir together meat, potatoes, soup and onion soup mix. Gently stir in frozen peas. Bake, uncovered, in a 300° oven for 2 -2 1/2 hours or until potatoes are tender. If you think of it, give this dish a stir half-way through baking time. Warning: Contents in casserole dish will produce an enticing aroma during 2+ hours of baking. Make plans to distract yourself during this time so that you aren’t tempted to burn your tongue on a raw potato before product has finished baking.
Serve this with a salad, or serve it all by itself since there’s a veggie included. This recipe serves 4-6 people, unless you’re feeding a 14 year old boy with uncontrollably growing feet. ;)
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Hi there, love the warning lol and at the end it says: serves 4-6 people…also unless you have a 59 year old ‘growing’ husband that loves to eat. lol
The dish looks really yummy. I hope I won’t burn my tongue. I will have to give it a try. Thanks for the recipe. Take care, Janet
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Dione Reply:
November 18th, 2011 at 7:56 am
My 18 year old can eat this by himself, lol. Double batch here:)
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This recipe came just in time as we have venison sitting in our fridge right now and this is my first time with how to cook venison. Thank you for sharing!
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You know the saying, “Never go to the store on an empty stomach”? How about “Never visit Laura’s blog on an empty stomach”!
Looks simple and delicious!!
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Looks great! My daughter just made us a veal stew a couple of nights ago, and unfortunately burned it. (We ate it anyways… aren’t we nice? Though, admittedly, eating with clothespins on our noses wasn’t so nice….. just kidding!)
So this recipe will work splendidly for her, so she can set a timer, and continue designing her period costumes or finishing up her algebra with no worries about burning dinner.
Thank you so much!
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have you ever tried freezing this meal?
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Laura Reply:
November 17th, 2011 at 7:49 pm
I haven’t tried, but I don’t think it would work very well. I think the potatoes would become mushy.
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Connie Reply:
February 27th, 2012 at 12:10 pm
I haven’t tried this receipe but I have a similiar one and it’s made with frozen hashbrowns and it’s not mushy.Also I f you try making this receipe with Yukon Gold potatoes I’m sure it won’t be mushy
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This looks and sounds like it would taste lovely! I have been trying to find different variations of ways to make the standard ‘meat and potatoes’ my husband loves. I’ll have to try this on him next week. And, thanks for sharing your link to homemade cream of mushroom soup. We haven’t had cream of mushroom in a while (I’ve boycotted the cans).
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That looks so great! I don’t eat beef, though. Do you think this would be good with turkey kielbalsa?
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Laura Reply:
November 17th, 2011 at 7:49 pm
Yes, that sounds great!
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Sounds yummy. I have been making my own cream of mushroom soup of a couple of years, so I will have to try this recipe, Love your comment about a 14 year old. I have a 2 year old that must have a hollow leg, cause she eats more than I do.
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This looks yummy! I am SO enjoying your site — thankyou! And my oldest son will be 12 in a month and his feet are already bigger than mine (and I wear an 8.5!). I go to the grocery store almost every. single. day. Let’s commiserate! :)
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yummm. do you put the stewmeat or hamburger meat in raw or cooked? thanks!
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Laura Reply:
November 17th, 2011 at 6:18 pm
You put it in raw and it cooks with the potatoes.
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I can’t get frozen peas around here; do you think this would work with fresh peas? It looks delicious!
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Laura Reply:
November 17th, 2011 at 7:50 pm
Yes, I think fresh peas would be great!
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I made it for supper. It was very tasty.
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Hm… we need a crockpot version of this! ;)
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Crockpot version sounds great! I wanted to ask what cut of beef you use, Laura? Do you use hamburger meat or a cut of roast or something? I made something very similar last week with hamburger and cheese and carrot, it was delicious! Looking forward to trying this too.
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We served this last night with an addition of carrots and celery and onion (instead of onion soup mix). Everyone LOVED it!
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Lol about the comment about burning our tongue while waiting for the 2+ hour meal to cook. Thanks for posting again what looks like a delicous meal.
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I just put this in the oven. Using lamb instead of beef. So excited!
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Costco didn’t have organic frozen peas… would green beans work the same? I’m sure they would, I just need someone else to agree with me. lol
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LindseyforLaura@HHM Reply:
December 19th, 2011 at 1:31 pm
I agree!!!
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Lisa Reply:
October 22nd, 2012 at 5:35 pm
I used fresh green beans and it worked wonderfully :o)
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Thanks, Lindsey!
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Looks good. Do you think I could sub fresh broccoli for the peas?
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Laura Reply:
January 25th, 2012 at 7:51 am
Yes, that should work!
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Super Fast Skillet Version
I put the potatoes in a covered dish and microwaved for 9 min.
Meanwhile, I didn’t have cubed beef so I used minced meat and cooked it with fresh chopped onions in a skillet. I added the ingredients for the dried onion soup mix (on this site) minus the onions since I used fresh. My husband doesn’t like peas so I added green beans instead and added the cream soup.
When the potatoes were done I added them to the skillet and let it all cook together for a few minutes.
So, a bit different, but not much. Super fast, and it turned out WONDERFUL!!
Thank you so much.
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Oh, YUM!! This is almost ready to come out of the oven but I’ve tasted it several times, just to check the potatoes, of course. It has been torture to smell for the last 2+ hours; I am one hungry mama! I used precooked ground beef, 2 cups of plain cream, and will have to add copious amounts of Tony’s (a supper-yummy cajun seasoning). Being in south Louisiana, Tony’s is a part of every food group but dessert! I highly recommend this recipe! Thank you, Laura
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My family is unknowingly becoming a fan of your blog thanks to this and other tasty recipes! :)
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Anyone know how well this dish reheats? Thanks!
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Laura Reply:
May 29th, 2012 at 6:59 pm
It doesn’t freeze well because the potatoes get mushy, but if you have leftovers, you can rewarm them on the stove or in the oven without any problem!
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This was absolutely delicious. We used organic kielbasa instead of the beef and my husband and 4 children devoured it. Definitely a keeper. It is the first time I have tried the onion soup mix as well and will definitely be returning to that recipe. Yum! Thank you so much!
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Lisa Reply:
October 22nd, 2012 at 5:36 pm
And I used fresh green beans instead of peas :o)
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This dish did not work out for me. After 2.5 hours of cooking (and stirring it one half way through) some of my meat was still raw and some was bone dry. I used beef stew meat and a glass dish. Any suggestions? Was I supposed to cover it or brown the meat first?
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LindseyforLaura@HHM Reply:
April 15th, 2013 at 10:13 am
Laura does not cover hers, but it sounds like covering it may be a good option for you. I hope it works out better next time!
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I don’t know what happened, but this tasted terrible. The onion soup mix was very overpowering and then entire dish was bright yellow. I put the whole thing down the garbage disposal. Darn now I don’t know what we are going to eat for dinner.
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