Classic potato casserole with minced meat in a slow cooker

The combination of potatoes and minced meat can be called ideal. How to cook a delicious potato casserole with a slow cooker? Yes, even if there is no oven, there will definitely be casseroles on the menu! :)

So, the cooking process:

1. Peel the onion from the husk, then chop it finely.

2. Put vegetable oil in a small frying pan and heat it well. The fire is medium. When the oil is hot enough, put the chopped onion in it, fry it until transparent, in the process not forgetting to stir from time to time.

3. Add the minced meat to the onion in the pan, bring it to readiness, stirring often. Add salt, sprinkle with dry spices suitable for meat dishes, and mix again. Remove the pan from the heat.

4. Wash the potatoes, then peel them and cut them into halves. If the potatoes are large, you can cut them smaller. Pour the sliced potatoes with water in a medium-sized saucepan, which put on a high heat. When the water boils, make the fire a little less and cook the potatoes until tender. In the process, remove the foam, add salt.

5. Drain almost all the liquid from the pot with the finished potatoes, add the butter and mash the tubers into a puree. It should turn out thick, even a little dry.

6. In a separate bowl, combine sour cream, eggs and flour. Mix everything thoroughly, add salt, spices, mix again.

7. Lubricate the bowl of the slow cooker with vegetable oil, then put it in layers, leveling and pressing each:

- half of the mashed potatoes goes to the bottom,

- then the meat filling is laid out, which needs to be filled with the prepared sour cream sauce,

- grate the cheese on a medium grater and pour half over the sauce,

- add the remaining mashed potatoes,

- sprinkle the casserole with the remaining grated cheese.

8. Put the bowl of the slow cooker inside the equipment, close the lid, turn on the "Baking" mode, the time is 30 minutes.

9. When the alarm sounds, leave the casserole inside for 15 minutes, then you can take it out. Serve immediately while it is hot.

Bon appetit!!!

Keep in mind that the cooking time and mode are indicated approximately in the recipe. All slow cookers work differently and even the same models of the same manufacturer may have their own characteristics. Before you start cooking a new dish for you in a slow cooker, carefully study the instructions for it, and then in practice try to cook dishes that are familiar to you first, and then new ones, choosing the mode and time individually for your own technique. 

Any oils are useful only until a certain temperature is reached - the point of smoking, at which the oil begins to burn and toxic substances, including carcinogens, are formed in it. How to determine the roasting temperature and choose the best oil for frying, and which is better not to use at all, read here .

Any cheese is suitable for this dish — hard, semi-hard, soft, like mozzarella. The main thing is that it is tasty, high-quality, without milk fat substitutes and melts well.