Description
5-ingredient fix contest entry. Tasty ground beef mixed with a soft italian sweet cream cheese rolled in simply potatoes hash browns and baked to a golden brown. The crispiness of the potatoes is a great contrast to the creamy beef. This can be made into small meatballs as a great appetizer, or layered in a casserole dish for the main entree dish.
Ingredients
- Simply Potatoes Shredded Hash Browns
- Eggs
- Ground Beef
- Soy Sauce
- Mascarpone Cheese
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Place eggs into a large bowl and beat until yolk and egg white are blended
- Add package of simply potatoes shredded hash browns to the bowl and mix well with eggs
- In a separate bowl, add soy sauce with the ground beef and use hands to mix together
- Cook beef with soy sauce in a skillet on medium heat for about 5 minutes until browned
- Remove from heat and drain any excess grease
- Add package of mascarpone cheese to the beef and mix well
- Take about a tablespoon of the hash brown mix and cup it in your fingers of one hand
- Then place about 2 tablespoons of the cooked beef on top of the potatoes
- Finally top with an other tablespoon of hash browns on top of the beef and form everything into a ball
- Place the ball onto a greased baking tray and repeat with remaining ingredients forming more meatballs
- Bake the meatballs for 25-30 minutes until golden brown
- Serve as an appetizer
- Another option would be to spread half the potatoes on the bottom of a greased casserole dish, followed by a layer of meat and then topped with the rest of the potatoes
- Bake for 25-30 minutes until golden brown and serve as main entree dish