Potato is a popular starchy vegetable brought to our continent several centuries ago. He quickly won the love of domestic culinary specialists and even got another name - “second bread”. Today it is used for the preparation of soups, salads, casseroles, vegetable meatballs, savory pies and other goodies. In this article we will look at some interesting recipes for simple potato dishes.
Home-style roast
This simple and very nutritious dish will allow you to make a certain variety in the family menu. It can be prepared from any kind of meat, including pork, veal or poultry. To feed your family a hearty and tasty dinner, you will need:
- 6 medium potatoes.
- 500 g of chicken.
- Small onion.
- A little carrot.
- 2 tbsp. l flour.
- Salt, refined oil, water and seasonings.
With the preparation of this simple and tasty dish of potatoes, any beginner can easily cope. Onion sliced in half rings is fried along with grated carrots in heated oil. Once the vegetables have a golden hue, they add pieces of chicken to them and continue cooking. After a few minutes, slices of potatoes mixed with flour are loaded into the total capacity. All this is poured with water, added, sprinkled with seasonings and stewed under a lid until the components are soft.
Fried potatoes with mushrooms
This treat is a great option for a family dinner. It goes well with various pickles and fresh vegetable salads. A photo of a simple and tasty potato dish can be seen just below, and now we will find out what is required for its preparation. This time you will need:
- 500 g of fresh mushrooms.
- 1 kg of potatoes.
- 300 g of onions.
- Salt, herbs and refined oil.
The chopped onions are sautéed in a heated greased pan. After a couple of minutes, slices of mushrooms are added to it and wait until they are browned. At the final stage, potato sticks are sent to a common dish and fried together until fully cooked. Shortly before the completion of the process, the dish is salted and gently mixed. Before serving, it is decorated with fresh herbs.
Ham and Cheese Chops
This simple potato dish is perfect for a family breakfast. Despite the primitive composition, it turns out to be quite satisfying and tasty. To fry such meatballs, you will need:
- 4 potatoes.
- 150 g of ham.
- 100 g of Russian cheese.
- 2 selected eggs.
- 1 tbsp. l flour.
- Salt, seasonings and refined oil.
Washed potatoes are boiled in their uniforms, cooled, peeled and grated. Then it is combined with cheese chips, chopped ham, raw eggs, salt and spices. Cloves are formed from the resulting mass, breaded in flour and fried in hot oil. They are served in a warm form, pre-watered with sour cream.
Gratin
Under this beautiful name is a fairly simple dish of potatoes, a photo of which can be found a little later. It was invented by French chefs and is an ordinary casserole consisting of vegetables, spices, cream and cheese. To prepare it, you will need:
- 10 medium potatoes.
- 200 g of Russian cheese.
- 3 cloves of garlic.
- Salt, refined oil, nutmeg and black pepper.
The peeled and washed potatoes are cut into very thin plates and laid out in layers in a deep greased form. Top it all with sauce, cooked from cream, salt, spices and crushed garlic. Gratin is baked at 180 degrees. After half an hour, it is removed from the oven, sprinkled with cheese chips and briefly returned back.
Zrazy with minced meat
This tasty and simple dish of potatoes, with a recipe and a photo of which will be available a little later, is a patty with a filling. It goes well with fresh vegetable salads and will be a good option for an ordinary family dinner. To prepare such zraz you will need:
- 8 potatoes.
- 300 g of any ground meat.
- 100 g of Russian cheese.
- Small onion.
- 2 cloves of garlic.
- 3 tbsp. l flour.
- Selected Egg.
- Breadcrumbs, salt and refined oil.
Peeled and washed potatoes are boiled in salted water, mashed in mashed potatoes and combined with egg, flour and ground pepper. Cakes are made from the resulting mass, ground meat is fried in the middle of each of them, fried with chopped onions, and mixed with grated cheese. The resulting blanks are shaped into cutlets, roll them in breading and browned in a greased skillet.
Stuffed potatoes
Fans of hearty homemade dinners are advised to pay attention to another simple recipe for a simple and tasty dish. Very tasty boats baked with minced meat are obtained from potatoes. To prepare them you will need:
- 400 g beef tenderloin.
- Small onion.
- 1 tbsp. l pork fat.
- 10 potatoes.
- ½ cup sour cream.
- Salt, seasonings and herbs.
The peeled potatoes are cut in half and gently freed from the core. Ground meat mixed with chopped onions and spices is placed inside the resulting cups. All this is salted and sent to a deep form, oiled with pork fat. Stuffed potatoes are poured over with sour cream and baked at medium temperature until cooked. Before serving, the dish is decorated with fresh herbs.
Vegetable stew
This simple dish of potatoes will not go unnoticed by adherents of vegetarian food. Despite the fact that this stew consists of vegetables alone, it turns out to be very bright and extremely tasty. To prepare it, you will need:
- 1 kg of potatoes.
- 100 g of red bell pepper.
- 100 g of onion.
- Pickle.
- 1 tbsp. l tomato paste.
- 500 ml of vegetable broth.
- Salt and vegetable oil.
Peeled and diced potatoes are lightly browned in a greased bowl with chopped onions and strips of pepper. Then the vegetables are salted, sprinkled with seasonings, supplemented with tomato paste and poured with broth. Stew is languished in a closed saucepan until all the ingredients are soft. After turning off the stove, crushed pickles are added to it.
Minced casserole
This simple potato dish will be a real find for many busy housewives. After all, they can quickly and satisfyingly feed a hungry family. To make such a casserole, you will need:
- 4 medium potatoes.
- 300 g ground pork.
- Large onion.
- Ripe tomato.
- Selected Egg.
- 100 g of mayonnaise.
- 150 g of Dutch cheese.
- Salt, refined oil and seasonings.
Thinly sliced potatoes are spread at the bottom of a deeply greased form and greased with mayonnaise. Onion distribute onion half rings, tomato slices and ground meat mixed with salted egg. All this is crushed with cheese chips and cooked at 200 degrees for about forty minutes.
Casserole with mushrooms and cheese
This fragrant and very simple dish of potatoes can be prepared not only for a family dinner, but also for the arrival of guests. Despite the simple composition, it turns out to be very tasty and quite beautiful. To make such a casserole, you will need:
- 1 kg of potatoes.
- 700 g of champignons.
- 300 g of Russian cheese.
- Large onion.
- 2 selected eggs.
- 200 ml of 30% cream.
- 2 cloves of garlic.
- Salt, refined oil and white pepper.
Washed and peeled potatoes are boiled until half cooked, cool, cut into thin circles and spread in a greased form. Top with mushrooms fried with chopped onions. All this is poured with sauce made from beaten eggs, salt, white pepper, crushed garlic, cream and cheese chips, and covered with foil. Prepare the dish at a moderate temperature for about half an hour. Then it is carefully freed from the foil and baked for another ten minutes.
Potato pancakes with zucchini
This simple, but very tasty dish will be a good option for a family breakfast. It goes well with sour cream sauce and will not leave indifferent either large or small eaters. To prepare it, you will need:
- 5 large potatoes.
- 3 medium squash.
- A small onion.
- 2 cloves of garlic.
- 5 tbsp. l flour.
- Salt, refined oil, herbs and pepper.
If necessary, washed vegetables are peeled, processed with a grater and squeezed lightly by hand. All this is salted, peppered, supplemented with chopped herbs and flour. The resulting mass is spread with a spoon on a frying pan and fry until a delicious crust appears.