Excellent for a meal or gathering.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 2 hrs 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 50 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons shortening
- 2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 3/4 inch pieces
- 1 large onion, thinly sliced
- 1 cup water
- 1 ¼ cups milk
- 1 (10.5 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 large potatoes, peeled and chopped
- 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
- 1 ¼ cups whole wheat flake cereal, crumbled
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Melt shortening in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add ground beef and onion; cook and stir until browned, 5 to 7 minutes. Stir in water and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce the heat to low, and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Mix milk, condensed soup, sour cream, salt, and pepper together in a bowl until thoroughly combined.
- Pour meat mixture into a 9×13-inch baking dish. Arrange potatoes over top, then pour soup mixture over potatoes. Sprinkle with Cheddar cheese and cereal.
- Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until potatoes are tender and sauce is hot and bubbly, about 1 1/2 hours.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 694 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 37 g |
| Cholesterol | 134 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 40 g |
| Saturated Fat | 19 g |
| Sodium | 784 mg |
| Sugars | 6 g |
| Fat | 43 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Ummm.. Where’s the potatoes??
I’ve made this dish many times. I often experiment with seasoning the meat with various umami flavor items (Worcestershire Sauce, soy, BBQ, etc.). When I substitute ground beef, I really amp up the umami so that I don’t miss the stew beef so much. I also add milk just to the saucy point—not the creamy point; otherwise, it takes a long time to fully absorb. Also, using a mandolin makes slicing the potatoes a snap. There are versions of this recipe which call for corn flakes, but I love the crunchy, saltiness of the wheat flakes—especially when the cheddar melts into them, creating a yummy top crust.
We loved it! I had made it a long time ago when I was just a wee girl for my brothers and I. Now I introduced my husband to this…he was all into it!!
This recipe doesn’t work very well. The liquid meant to hold everything together came out really soupy. The beef didn’t need to have all the water added as all the beef could have simmered in its own liquid. Plus after all the simmering, the beef came out dry. I would not recommend this dish.
Family hit! I did add a little more seasoning than it listed and added crushed Cheez-its to the top and used canned white corn instead of frozen but it was easy and delicious!
This was very good. That said, I did alter it a bit. I didn’t have stew meat so used ground beef instead, and so cut down on the liquid. Browned beef and onion in pan, no shortening. Added potatoes part way through. Omitted water and added only 2 tbsp milk and a dash of salt. Also omitted flakes.
It was delicious but I believe you could cut the baking time way down by precooking the potatoes either by parboiling or microwaving . Then oven time could be reduced to just heating through. I’ll try it that way the next time I make it, which will be soon. Adults and young children alike loved this dish!
Excellent recipe, used stew meat first time, yummy. Just finished dinner, made it again with ground beef.
Hubby said this was the best casserole he’s ever had! I used bound beef and seasoned it with Mrs. Dash Italian, spicy and onion powder. Added garlic and sour cream to the sauce. Absolutely use the corn flakes. And he recommends Worcestershire sauce at the table for it. And more corn next time. 🙂
I used ground beef.. added garlic to the beef while it simmered. (and just me–I added a pinch of cinnamon as well.) Used corn flakes. It was great- lots of compliments
I was looking for something different for dinner tonight and came upon this recipe. I had all of the ingredients except the onions on hand. I had to use dry onions instead but that didn’t make that big of deal. This was very tasty and I will make again. My husband enjoyed it too.
Loved this recipe. Made a few changes due to time and what I had at home. I used top round steak cut into thin slices cooked in olive oil with green onions and garlic. I used cream of mushroom with roasted garlic soup, and Pepperidge Farm cornbread stuffing for the topping. I drizzled melted butter over the stuffing. Also no water was needed for the steak. It was cut thin enough and against the grain so it cooked quick and tender. Baked for an hour and it turned out perfect. Also saved about half an hour.
This is a delicious one dish meal! My husband said its definitely a keeper! I made a few minor changes: used olive oil rather than shortening beef broth instead of water added 1 chopped green pepper & 4 cloves minced garlic to onion and beef while browning sprinkled simmering beef with a dash of marjoram, fresh ground pepper & pinch of thyme thickened beef mixture with a tbl of corn starch 3/4 c sour cream 1 c milk used ritz crackers I was concerned the casserole would be too soupy so cut back on the liquid ingredients. It was the perfect texture for our taste. I will definitely make this regularly. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
After reading all of the good reviews I was shocked at how much I did not like this. It was edible but too bland and I think a more beefy mushroom gravy would be way better than this white.
good comfort food.
I just literally took this dish out the oven…and came away from my plate to write this review. My family loves it…especially my husband. I used special K cereal on top(just pick the fruit out of it). I also added a green pepper and used a little less sour cream. Turned out great. Boiling the potatos for a little while cut the bake time in half.
well for me this recipe was just ok.A little bland i will play with this recipe an will be adding more seasoning
this is reallly good. i do add garlic pepper seasoning and extra garlic powder. i also add about 1 stalk of celery, sliced. fresh sliced mushrooms are good too. The last time I made this I used leftover round steak and it was great. i reduce the sour cream to 1/2 cup and do not use the cereal on top.
This is so delicious! My husband loves it and he is PICKY. I used butter instead of shortening and added a tablespoon of garlic when I browned the meat. I also used a 1/2 cup more of cheddar and followed the suggestion to use a can of french fried onions instead of wheat flakes- it was a family hit!!!
I made it exactly as written. We thought it was pretty good. “Scrumptious” is overstating it I think. Not sure I would make again.
This was not good. No one in my family would eat it. All the milk and sour cream curdled. It was runny. Not creamy at all. The flavor was very bland also. Not a keeper.