Beef, as you know, is a versatile type of meat that goes well with many vegetables. But the "symbiosis" of potatoes and beef is especially advantageous. There are a lot of cooking options and combinations of these two ingredients with other products. Today we chose the most popular recipes for beef with potatoes in the oven. Thanks to the use of the oven, the amount of fat is reduced, it turns out not only tasty, but also a diet, low-calorie dish.
In pots
Many modern housewives today have replaced large baking dishes with portioned pots. It is very convenient, does not require a long time to prepare the ingredients and their preparation. You just need to put the products in a clay container, add the right spices, cover and forget for a while. The pots and heat of the oven will do the job without your presence.
The following products will be required:
- 620 g of beef;
- 800 g of potatoes;
- 2 small carrots;
- a couple of tomatoes;
- 60 g of bacon;
- bay leaf, thyme, salt, nutmeg, pepper mixture;
- 500 ml of broth;
- vegetable oil.
Description of the cooking process
Turn on the oven to warm up. While the heat is gathering, we will prepare the ingredients for cooking beef in pots with potatoes in the oven. Carrots need to be grated, but can also be cut into thin long bars. Onions, as usual, are cut into a small cube. Add finely chopped bacon to the vegetables container (can be replaced with thin slices of bacon). Finely crushed bay leaves, rosemary, thyme, pepper, salt are also sent here. You can also add homemade croutons of dark bread. All products are thoroughly mixed, giving them time to brew and exchange flavors.
Now let's get meat. Since the beef is cooked for a sufficiently long time, it is recommended to fry or boil it first. We cut the meat into small sticks, put it in a pan, where there is already a couple of tablespoons of vegetable oil. Fry until half cooked. We do the same with potato slices. Frying the two main ingredients is recommended in different pans. Salting is optional, as we added salt to vegetables. You can adjust the salinity of the dish in the last stages of cooking.
Arrange the pots on a baking sheet. In each we put: two tablespoons of vegetables with spices, two tablespoons of potatoes, a spoonful of fried meat. We also recommend adding two slices of tomatoes. We heat the broth. Pour it into pots. Gently mix all the ingredients, add a spoonful of thick sour cream or mayonnaise. Close the lid. We detect 40 minutes. This will be enough to make the beef in pots with potatoes in the oven perfectly cooked. The temperature in the oven is 190 degrees.
After 40 minutes, you can turn off the oven. However, do not rush to get the pots. Open the lid, pour in fresh herbs, close the lid and let the dish stand for 5-7 minutes.
Up the sleeve
The following recipe for beef and potatoes in the oven requires the use of a culinary "sleeve". Surely many housewives have long used baking bags that can reduce the amount of oil when cooking, make the dish less greasy, cook it faster than on a baking sheet. If you, too, have long appreciated all the advantages and advantages of a baking sleeve, then stock up on the necessary ingredients and start cooking an incredibly tasty and satisfying meat dish.
What is necessary:
- 650 g of beef;
- 600 g of potatoes;
- spice;
- salt;
- bow;
- water;
- pepper.
How to cook beef with potatoes in the oven
In this case, the dish will cook a little longer than in the previous recipe, but the preparation time of the ingredients will be significantly reduced. For many housewives, this option is preferable, since cooking is on the principle of "cut, sent to the oven and forgot."
So, peel the potatoes, cut into large enough pieces. For example, a medium-sized tuber should be cut into 4 parts. Grind a piece of beef, turning into equal equal cubes. We mix meat with potatoes, add a little salt, paprika, nutmeg, suneli hop, pepper. Mix everything thoroughly. Add finely chopped onion here. Mix again. To make beef and potatoes in the oven more aromatic, give the ingredients a little bit to prepare at the preparatory stage.
After 5-10 minutes, we transfer the products to the baking sleeve. We tie it, gently mix the ingredients. We lay out the package on a baking sheet. We make a couple of small punctures with a knife or thin wooden skewer on top. In the oven, which was preheated to 240 degrees, send the sleeve for 50-65 minutes. Put the beef and potatoes cooked in the oven onto a large dish, decorate with fresh herbs.
In foil
This dish will be prepared on the principle of "nothing more." This is perhaps the easiest and fastest recipe you can find. Many experienced housewives advise beginners in cooking to cook roast beef with potatoes in the oven in this way. A big plus of this recipe is that the meat is very juicy even without the addition of sauces and broths.
Required Products:
- 800 g of beef;
- two onions;
- four large potatoes;
- a pair of garlic cloves;
- one carrot;
- soy sauce.
Step by step description of the preparation
Step number 1. Cut the beef into portions, mix with finely chopped onions.
Step number 2. In the same dishes, add carrot cubes and cubes of potatoes to the meat.
Step number 3. Grind the garlic with a grater and send to the rest of the dish. Pour soy sauce (3-4 tbsp), leave to marinate for 15-20 minutes. You do not need to salt the dish. You can slightly flavor the ingredients with aromatic spices and herbs (thyme, pepper, rosemary, nutmeg).
Step number 4. After being in the marinade, all the ingredients of the dish will turn out to be juicy and fragrant, whether it is a piece of meat or a vegetable cube. From these products, 4-5 servings are obtained. Cut the squares of foil in the same amount. We spread pickled vegetables with meat on a foil, trying to add as little liquid as possible.
Step number 5. Carefully wrap all four corners, forming a pouch. Place the foil bags on a baking sheet. Cooking beef with potatoes in the oven for 65-85 minutes.
In French
This dish can not be called dietary and low-calorie, but the culinary love for this recipe does not become less from this. I would like to note right away that along with potatoes and meat, the main ingredient here is cheese. Saving on the purchase of this component is not worth it, since the overall impression of the dish depends on the cheese aroma and taste.
What products will be required:
- 450 g of beef tenderloin;
- 220 g of mayonnaise;
- 15 g of vegetable oil;
- 150 g of cheese;
- 6 potatoes;
- one carrot;
- ground pepper;
- coriander;
- salt;
- paprika;
- fresh greens.
How to Cook French Beef with French Fries
Foil, sleeve, pots have already been used in our recipes. It's time to switch to the "classics of the genre" and use the baking dish. The dish will be a layer cake, so we will prepare all the necessary ingredients first. We chop the carrots with a fine grater. We chop the onion in half rings. We cut the meat and potatoes in portioned cubes, mix with pepper, garlic, coriander and other spices of your choice and desire. Grate the cheese on a grater.
French beef with potatoes in the oven can be cooked in several ways. Some housewives prefer to lay out a “pillow” of potatoes first, and add all the other ingredients on top. There are those who consider meat to be the main one, distributing it with its initial and most impressive layer. It must be said that the taste of the dish will not change due to the change of places of the “terms”. Still, the potato is the first in the classic recipe, which is why it’s the potato cubes that we distribute along the bottom of the form. You can first sprinkle it with vegetable oil a little.
Mix mayonnaise with spices and cheese. Pour a layer of potatoes with this mixture. Next, lay out half the meat. Now we will send the vegetables into the form, mixing evenly and distributing the onions and carrots among themselves. Add a little cheese-mayonnaise mixture again. Cover the onion-carrot layer with potato cubes. The remaining meat completes the construction. Pour sauce, spread cheese on top.
French beef is cooked with potatoes in the oven at a temperature of 190 degrees. Time - 1 hour.