Scalloped Sweet Potatoes With Ground Beef

Submitted by Baby Kato

"One of the first dishes that I ever made. Not your traditional scalloped potatoes. This is an easy and tasty dish. My mom thought she hated sweet potatoes...it's been fun changing her mind."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb ground beef
• 1 onion, large, chopped
• 1 green pepper, diced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 sweet potatoes, large
• 1⁄4 cup sugar, brown
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup pineapple juice
• 2 tablespoons vinegar, white
• 2 tablespoons soya sauce

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In an 8 cup baking dish mix ground beef, onion, green pepper, salt and pepper.
3. Press into a thin layer.
4. Peel potatoes, slice thinly and layer over meat mixture.
5. Combine brown sugar and flour together.
6. Mix pineapple juice, vinegar and soya sauce together.
7. Stir the juice mixture into the brown sugar and flour.
8. Pour over the potatoes and ground beef.
9. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.

Reviews

[ratherbeswimmin]

This made a nice, very easy weeknight dinner. Really liked the sweet potatoes on top. Mine was sort of swimming in liquid and that may be because I used an 9x9 inch pan. Using a rectangular or oblong pan may be the thing to do. Thanks for sharing this unique recipe. I would make it again.

 

[Karlouise]

This was really good. I would have never thought of putting ground beef and sweet potatoes together. I had ground beef and sweet potatoes on hand, but no ideas for dinner. This recipe came up when I put in the ingredients. I did not have any green peppers so had to omit them. I also needed it to be gluten free so I used cornstarch instead of flour and wheat free soy sauce. Next time I will include the peppers. I bet peas would be a nice addition also. Thanks for a great recipe!

 

[Lorac]

I made the recipe as directed using a 9x13 " baking dish. It was quite enjoyable . A very different, very tasty dish.

 

[jerison]

Yum. I LOVE sweet potatoes and am allergic to chicken, so I've been researching unique ground beef recipes. This is one of my favorites - a keeper. Making it again tonight. (Side note - my children complain about everything and although they like the flavor of the beef, they don't like the sweet potatoes.)

 

[Ck2plz]

My family loves this! I think if I made two pans it would have been gone. It is like meat loaf with yummy sweet potatoes on it. I used 1 .5 lbs of hamburger. This is a keeper:)