Creamy Ground Beef Over Mashed Potatoes
Truly a family-favorite, no-leftovers, kids-approved recipe! Easily tailored to suit individual tastes, you'll definitely want to add this Creamy Ground Beef over Mashed Potatoes to your meal rotation!
Ingredients
- 1 lb ground beef I used 80/20 beef for this
- 1 tbsp olive oil more or less, depending on how lean the beef is
- 1 medium onion minced
- 2 stalks celery minced
- 1 large carrot thinly sliced
- 1 tsp garlic minced
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp white pepper can use black pepper instead
- 1 cup fresh mushrooms cleaned, sliced thinly
- 1/2 cup frozen peas
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 1/2 cups water
- 5-6 medium potatoes peeled (optional), chopped
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup milk I used whole milk
- 3 tbsp butter I used unsalted
Instructions
- Prepare the potatoes to be boiled for mashed potatoes. Peeling is completely optional. Place prepped potatoes in a saucepot, add salt and cover with water. Place over high heat until boiling, then reduce to a gentle boil. Cook 8-10 minutes or until a knife pierces the potatoes easily. Drain, add butter and place lid on top. Set aside.
- Add the prepared veggies to a deep skillet with the oil, pepper and salt (minus the mushrooms and peas). Sauté over medium low heat about 3-5 minutes, or until onions have softened. You don't want to brown the onions.
- Add the ground beef, breaking it up as it cooks. You don't want chucks. Add mushrooms. Cook, chopping the meat into little pieces, until beef is thoroughly cooked through.
- Sprinkle flour on beef mixture and stir for about 1 minute.
- Add the water and increase the heat to medium-high. Stir occasionally until gravy begins to bubble. Once bubbling, stir constantly making sure to scrape the edges and cook until the gravy has thickened up. About 3-5 minutes.
- Remove from heat. Stir in peas and top with a lid. Let it rest about 3 minutes. Stir again, add more salt if necessary.
- Add the milk to the potatoes and mash to combine. Add more salt if necessary.
- Scoop a generous portion of mashed potatoes into a bowl, top with a heaping scoop of the beef/gravy mixture. Enjoy!