Connecticut Casserole–tender chunks of beef with a savory mushroom gravy and mashed potatoes baked with cheese and panko on high. Use the Prompt Pot to hurry up the cooking course of!
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Connecticut Casserole
Connecticut casserole is an quaint dinner from the 70s that begins with a layer of beef in mushroom gravy, potatoes on high after which a tacky crispy topping. Take a look at the unique recipe under from Basic Mills!
I took the flavors from the unique casserole and tailored to the Prompt Pot and to my private preferences. It turned out tremendous duper! My son and I devoured most of it earlier than Greg got here house from work 🙃.
Honestly, I’d be a lot glad to simply have the beefy mushroom gravy over the mashed potatoes and neglect concerning the baking within the oven step with the cheese and panko on high. It was such good gravy I might have licked it off my plate. However actually you are able to do eat it both approach! It actually is dependent upon your choice and who you might be serving it to.
Components/Substitution Concepts
- Olive oil–or vegetable oil
- Beef stew meat–or chuck roast reduce into cubes
- Kosher salt
- Black pepper
- Garlic powder
- Onion–yellow or white
- Mushrooms
- Beef broth–or water and Higher than Bouillon
- Purple potatoes–or peeled russet potatoes
- Garlic salt
- Milk
- Butter
- Bitter cream–or plain greek yogurt
- Cornstarch
- Panko bread crumbs–or crushed cornflakes, wheaties
- Shredded cheddar cheese–or colby jack cheese
Steps
Flip Prompt Pot to saute setting. When show says HOT add within the olive oil and swirl it round. Add within the beef stew meat and let brown for about 3 minutes, flip over with tongs and brown on different facet for 3 minutes.
Season the meat with kosher salt, pepper and garlic powder. Add within the onion and mushrooms and saute for about 4 minutes.
Pour within the broth and scrape backside of pot in order that nothing is sticking.
Place entire potatoes within the pot.
Cowl Prompt Pot and safe the lid. Be sure valve is ready to sealing. Set the guide/stress cook dinner button to twenty minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 10 minutes after which transfer valve to venting and take away the lid.
Use tongs to position potatoes right into a medium bowl. Mash the potatoes. Stir the garlic salt, milk and butter into the mashed potatoes. Put aside.
In a small bowl stir the bitter cream along with 1 cup of scorching liquid from the pot. Stir the cornstarch into the combination.
Stir the combination into the pot. Flip Prompt Pot to saute setting and stir till sauce has thickened.
In the event you’d like you possibly can function is…mashed potatoes with the mushroom and beef gravy. Nonetheless should you’d like a extra “casserole” sort of dish then add the meat gravy to a 9×9 inch baking dish.
Scoop the potatoes in dollops on high of the meat gravy. Use a rubber scraper to unfold out.
Sprinkle the potatoes with the cheese and panko.
Bake within the oven at 350 levels for 20 minutes. Serve and luxuriate in!
Notes/Ideas
- Serve with a facet of roasted broccoli or inexperienced beans.
- As an alternative of panko you should utilize crushed wheaties or cornflakes (which is what the unique recipe requires). Drizzle with a little bit of melted butter for an final crispy, browned high.
- In case you have mushroom haters strive chopping the mushrooms as an alternative of slicing. Generally this works for me to cover them from my son.
- I used my 6 quart Prompt Pot*. You can too make this in a 3 or 8 quart pot.
- Retailer leftovers in an hermetic container* within the fridge for as much as 5 days or within the freezer for as much as 3 months.
- Different recipes you may make with panko are Casserole on the Fast and Crunchy Valley Rooster.
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Connecticut Casserole
Prep Time: 40 minutes
Cook dinner Time: 20 minutes (plus 10 minute NPR)
Complete Time: 1 hour
Yield: 4–6 servings 1x
Description
Tender chunks of beef with a savory mushroom gravy and mashed potatoes baked with cheese and panko on high. Use the Prompt Pot to hurry up the cooking course of!
Components
Scale
Directions
- Flip Prompt Pot to saute setting. When show says HOT add within the olive oil and swirl it round. Add within the beef stew meat and let brown for about 3 minutes, flip over with tongs and brown on different facet for 3 minutes.
- Season the meat with kosher salt, pepper and garlic powder. Add within the onion and mushrooms and saute for about 4 minutes.
- Pour within the broth and scrape backside of pot in order that nothing is sticking.
- Place entire potatoes within the pot.
- Cowl Prompt Pot and safe the lid. Be sure valve is ready to sealing. Set the guide/stress cook dinner button to twenty minutes. When time is up let pot sit for 10 minutes after which transfer valve to venting and take away the lid.
- Use tongs to position potatoes right into a medium bowl. Mash the potatoes. Stir the garlic salt, milk and butter into the mashed potatoes. Put aside.
- In a small bowl stir the bitter cream along with 1 cup of scorching liquid from the pot. Stir the cornstarch into the combination. Stir the combination into the pot. Flip Prompt Pot to saute setting and stir till sauce has thickened.
- In the event you’d like you possibly can function is…mashed potatoes with the mushroom and beef gravy. Nonetheless should you’d like a extra “casserole” sort of dish then add the meat gravy to a 9×9 inch baking dish. Scoop the potatoes in dollops on high of the meat gravy. Use a rubber scraper to unfold out. Sprinkle the potatoes with the cheese and panko. Bake within the oven at 350 levels for 20 minutes. Serve and luxuriate in!
- Class: Beef
- Technique: Prompt Pot and Oven
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