Roast is an amazingly delicious meat in a pot of potatoes, cooked in the oven. This dish is cooked with potatoes according to the classic recipe, but each hostess sometimes, for the sake of variety, prefers to uniquely identify it by adding new ingredients.
Everything is simple and tasty.
Cooking roasts in pots with meat and potatoes is a completely straightforward process. Thanks to the variety of options, you can create your own delicious masterpiece and surprise the household.
The principle of preparation is simple, all ingredients must be diced and fried. By your own preferences, you can skip the frying process. All the ingredients are placed in layers in clay pots and, having closed the lid, sent to bake. In this dish, each ingredient perfectly complements the meat in a pot, whether it is with potatoes, mushrooms or eggplant.
This article presents recipes for dishes in pots: meat with potatoes, meat with potatoes and mushrooms, roast with minced meat and vegetables, etc.
The dish can be prepared in a whole ceramic form. The principle of preparation in ceramic form is the same. You can cook the roast from chopped chicken, laying it in a form, adding vegetables on top. Cover with foil and bake for 30 minutes.
Cooking time in pots with potatoes and mushrooms depends on the ingredients. If the meat is young and the potatoes are fresh, then there is no need to languish the pots for a long time in the oven, for a maximum of 30 minutes - and you're done. The meat in pots with potatoes and mushrooms turns out to be very tasty if you pour the cream during baking.
Choose combining ingredients
It is necessary to consider the method of cutting vegetables and meat. If you cut them large, the time for cooking meat with potatoes can take up to 60 minutes. As a rule, everyone loves variety, so you can take as a basis not only beef, but also chicken or turkey. This will give the dish a new touch of taste.
Meat in pots with potatoes and cheese is cooked simply, but it is worth considering what these ingredients work best with. More precisely, if you add mushrooms to the roast, then it is better to get along with the basic recipe, without eggplant or zucchini.
As for vegetables, they can be added, taking into account your tastes. For example, zucchini or eggplant will ideally fit into the composition of the roast, especially if it is cooked on beef meat. Bell pepper, mushrooms, tomato and potatoes go well with roast chicken. If all this is covered with cheese before baking, then the result will exceed all your expectations.
A simple recipe for a delicious dish in pots
Let's look at the most successful step-by-step recipes for pot roast.
Ingredients:
- beef meat - 500 g;
- red beans (boiled) - 150 g;
- potatoes - 150 g;
- carrots - 100 g;
- onions - 100 g;
- bell pepper - 150 g;
- garlic - 2-3 cloves;
- tomatoes - 150 g;
- sour cream - 100 g;
- tomato paste - 100 g;
Almost all ingredients are in equal proportions.
Cooking:
Cut into medium slices, about 2-3 cm meat. Put it in a pan, steam, add salt and spices. After the meat’s own juice has evaporated, add a little vegetable oil and lightly fry the meat. In time, it will take 5-7 minutes, until slightly fried.
Chop onion, carrot, bell pepper and tomato. In a frying pan in vegetable oil, fry all vegetables until half cooked. Make sure that vegetables are not overcooked and retain their juice.
After the frying process is complete, prepare the sauce for pouring. Mix tomato paste and sour cream, drizzle a little with lemon juice and squeeze the garlic into the sauce.
Next lay the dish in layers. The first layer of meat, and then vegetables. Add spices and sauce a little. At the end, close the pots and send in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 40 minutes.
Meat, potatoes, mushrooms and cheese in pots are a very successful combination of products that gives a delicate taste. For this recipe, it is optimal to take chicken meat, as it goes well with mushrooms and cheese.
The simplest and most affordable ingredients for a delicious meal
For this recipe you will need the following products:
- chicken meat - 400 g;
- potatoes - 200 g;
- mushrooms - 200 g;
- cheese - 150 g.
Some may think that the composition of this recipe is more suitable for julienne, but to avoid such thoughts, a delicious and rich chicken broth with two tablespoons of sour cream is used for pouring.
We collect the roast as follows:
Cut chicken into small pieces and fry in sunflower oil until golden brown.
Cut potatoes into cubes of 2-3 cm, mushrooms in layers or cubes at your discretion.
Put the prepared meat in pots, add a little grated cheese and potatoes on top of it. Layer the potatoes with salt and pepper. Put mushrooms on top, again a little cheese and finally meat. With these layers, lay all cooked vegetables in portioned pots. Stir 2 tablespoons of sour cream in 1 cup of broth and pour into pots, each 30-50 ml. More broth should not be added, because the composition of the dish has cheese. If the roast will have a too liquid consistency, then the cheese will become fluid and lose its taste.
After the workpiece is finished, send the pots to a preheated oven to 200 degrees for 30-40 minutes.
Different cooking methods
Roast can be prepared in two forms, thick or liquid. The first option involves baking vegetables and meat in their own juice, with the addition of only sour cream or tomato paste. The second cooking option is with the addition of broth. You can prepare pots in the oven with potatoes and meat as a full second course or dilute it with a rich broth and serve as the first.
Seasonal Dish
Ingredients:
- beef meat - 300 g;
- potatoes - 200 g;
- zucchini - 100-150 g;
- eggplant - 150 g;
- onions - 200 g;
- tomato paste 20 g;
- salt and spices to taste.
Stages of preparation:
In this recipe, only onions and eggplant should be fried. All other ingredients will be laid out in raw pots.
Why is it necessary to fry onions and eggplant? This is because during baking and gradual cooking, onions emit a strong peculiar smell that can interrupt the taste of the remaining ingredients. Eggplant is fried in order to improve its taste.
Prepare the pots. Lay out a layer of meat cut into pieces, during cooking it will secrete juice and a little broth will appear, so there is no need to add liquid. Some people prefer to take already cooked meat as part of this recipe, this has its advantages. The taste of the roast in any form remains amazing, but in this recipe it is proposed to get baked vegetables and meat in their own juice.
To the best of salt and pepper the first layer of meat, lay the pieces of potato on top.
On top of the potatoes, lay the diced zucchini and add salt and seasonings again.
Add the onion and eggplant fried in vegetable oil as a last layer.
Pour tomato paste over it all. If the tomato paste is thick, then dilute it with a small amount of water and pour the preparation on the roast.
Close the lids or wrap the top of the pots with foil, send them to the oven preheated to 200 degrees for 50 minutes.
Diversity is easy!
Have you ever tried meat with prunes? If not, then it's time to cook the meat in pots with potatoes and prunes. In fact, prunes go well with beef. If you have ever tried it as a separate dish, then cook roast with prunes even more willingly and confidently.
To do this, you will need the following ingredients:
- beef meat - 300 g;
- potatoes - 150 g;
- prunes - 50 g;
- greens.
Only three ingredients
First you need to fry the sliced beef meat. It is necessary to fry until half ready in vegetable oil. It takes no more than 10-15 minutes. Do not worry if the meat remains stiff, you have already added the first note of taste, and it will reach the desired consistency in the process of baking.
Put the fried meat in the pots, with the next layer chopped optionally prunes and the last layer of potatoes. Greens can be added as soon as you remove the dish from the oven. Add about 20 ml of water, salting and adding spices, send the pots to the oven for 30 minutes.
Minced meat or whole meat?
It would seem that a simpler cooking option is not found, but we have in stock one more amazing recipe. It is ideal for a quick lunch or dinner. If you need to feed guests or family very quickly, and there is minced meat at hand, then feel free to try this recipe.
Roast in pots with meat and potatoes can be prepared not only with whole pieces of meat. You can make meatballs from minced meat or lay them out in layers, forming layers.
So what comes in handy:
- minced meat - 300 g;
- green beans - 100 g;
- potatoes - 150 g;
- sweet pepper - 150 g;
- salt, pepper, seasoning to taste.
To start with salt and pepper the minced meat. Form the meatballs into small meatballs.
Dice potatoes and bell peppers.
Put the meatballs in the pots, then the cubes of potatoes, green beans, and on top bell peppers and greens. From seasonings, hops-suneli and a mixture of peppers are suitable. And if you add a little fresh basil, the aroma and taste of the dish will become even more saturated.
Send pots to the oven for 30-40 minutes. Check for readiness and enjoy a delicious result.
In a step-by-step recipe for potatoes with meat in pots, the point for frying vegetables is almost everywhere indicated. For those who do not want to fry vegetables in vegetable oil, it is suggested to do it on the grill, and then bake. So it turns out even more delicious. Instead of grilling, you can use a hot pan without oil.
Useful Tips
There are some tips for a change in cooking. In order for the pots not to burst, you need to put them in a cold oven. If you are confident in the quality and durability of your dishes, then you can safely put it in a preheated oven. For a change, instead of covers, the top of the dish can be covered with puff pastry. During baking, the dough rises and absorbs all the aromas.
Roast in pots with meat, mushrooms and potatoes can be served with a fresh salad of leaves of Beijing cabbage and cherry tomatoes.
Remember that each recipe can become even more unique thanks to you. The flight of imagination in the preparation of this dish is unlimited. Delicious ideas and satisfied guests to you!