Country Hamburger Skillet Dinner
Country Hamburger Skillet is a quick easy dinner made with fresh sliced potatoes, ground beef, seasonings, and grated cheese. Sometimes the BEST dishes are the simplest! A true meat and potatoes meal!
This recipe all began because we had been on vacation and I hadn’t gone grocery shopping yet! I knew the time had come! One can only milk the “vacation blues” for as long as humanly possible. I had to cook dinner.
When the pantry is empty what do ya do? Ya put on that thinking cap …(this could take a while). What could I make? Then I remembered! There was a whole garden full of potato’s. (I hope I did? We planted potatoes a few months ago. Surely there were little round orbs out there by now? Please let there be potatoes under those dying plants!)
I marched out the garden with great purpose. Sure I’d strike “gold”. Yukon Gold! (Oh that was a beautiful segue…lol) Lucky for me… I struck gold!!! (Okay, so they don’t look super purty in this photo…but there’s a tummy full of yum under that dirt!)
Time to take those dirty little round orbs and turn them into one quick, easy, magically delicious dinner! One that the men at your nest will absolutely LOVE! (I know cause mine each had two servings!)
How To Make Country Hamburger Skillet Dinner
First you gotta do a little food prep….like washing those taters! Give about 8 of them a good scrub and then slice them thin. (This is what I like to call “Kitchen Therapy”…saves a ton on real therapy. Just have those potatoes! Scrub like you mean business! Whoa…leave a little skin on!)
You’ll also need half of one large onion, sliced thinly.
In a large skillet with a lid, brown one pound of ground beef with 1 tsp. minced garlic. DO NOT DRAIN! We want all those flavored beef drippings for our taters! (Like how I avoided the use of “fat” in that sentence! Lol)
Potatoes and Seasoning
Add in the sliced onions and potatoes. Add Garlic Salt and Coarse Black Pepper. Mix it all together and cover with lid. Reduce heat to low.
Allow to cook for 15 minutes over medium low heat. After 15 minutes of cook time, check skillet and turn mixture so that the bottom ingredients are now on the top.
Cover and cook for another 15 minutes. Repeat the process again if necessary. Once the potatoes are fork tender, remove the lid and allow the potatoes to brown and all the liquid to evaporate.
Finishing touches and garnish
Turn heat off. Sprinkle with 1 1/2 cups of grated Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese blend. Cover for 5 minutes until cheese is melted.
Garnish with fresh chopped chives.
How’s that for simple?! That is all there is to this wonderful skillet dinner. I didn’t fancy it all up. This is meant to be a “stick ta yer ribs” ranch dinner! You can add a dollop of sour cream or salsa if your “feelin’ it”.
Those garden fresh Yukon Gold’s were “melt in your mouth” buttery good. The flavor from the beef, onions, garlic and seasonings is sublime!
I served this dinner with my garden’s fresh Oven Fried Squash, thick slices of sour dough bread, and a simple fresh fruit salad! It’s SO good!
Nothing like too many scrounge nights to make you appreciate a simple country meal!
A quick, simple, yummy dinner that all the birds at your Nest will enjoy! Not to mention a great way to use up some of that delicious garden produce.
If you love this recipe you might enjoy these other tasty One Dish Meals
- Hamburger Mexican Skillet Recipe
- Instant Pot Cube Steak Fajitas
- Instant Pot Salisbury Steaks with Mashed Potatoes
- Slow Cooker Copy Cat Cafe Rio Chicken
- Slow Cooker Layered Chicken Enchilada Casserole
- Stove Top Skillet Lasagna
- Baked Chicken Cordon Bleu Casserole
- Mexican Ground Beef Lasagna
- Skillet Chicken Thighs in Mushroom Wine Sauce
- Sausage and Cabbage Skillet Dinner from Julia’s Simply Southern
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Country Hamburger Skillet Dinner
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1/2 a large onion sliced thinly
- 6-8 medium Yukon Gold Potato’s sliced thinly
- 1 tsp. minced garlic
- Garlic Salt
- Coarse Ground Black Pepper
- 1 1/2 cups grated mixed cheddar and monterey jack cheese
- Garnish with fresh chopped chives
Instructions
- In a large skillet, with a lid, over medium low heat, brown 1 pound of ground beef with 1 tsp. minced garlic. DO NOT DRAIN.
- Add sliced potatoes and onions.
- Sprinkle with Garlic Salt and Black Pepper to taste.
- Stir and Cover with lid, keep heat at medium low.
- Allow to cook for 15 minutes. Remove lid, stir bringing ingredients from bottom of the skillet to the top.
- Replace lid. Cook for another 15 minutes. Check and repeat once more if necessary.
- When the potatoes are “fork tender”, turn off heat. Cover meat and potatoes with grated cheese. Replace the lid for an additional 5 minutes. Until cheese is melted.
- Garnish with fresh chopped chives.
- Serve immediately.
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Hi! I'm Norine, the cook, baker, and recipe creator behind Norine's Nest. I love sharing and creating recipes that invite family, friends, and neighbors to gather around the dinner table. Sharing good food and creating memories with those we love brings me happiness. Thanks for stopping by my Nest!
Ohhhh my goodness.. this looks so yummy for a chilly autumn night! I found a lb of bacon hiding in the back of the garage freezer from summer camping so I think I will be adding that! Maybe chop it and brown it up in the pan before the gr. Beef and leaving some of the bacon “drippings” to cook the beef in for some added flavor? I will prob keep the actual bacon bits back and add with the cheese and chives ( which I kept fresh from my lil herb garden :). Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I will definitely be following you for more!! Cheers!
Hi Julie!
I L.O.V.E. your idea of cooking the hamburger and potatoes in the bacon “drippings” then sprinkling them on top after the cheese! Oh YUM!!! Chives from your herb garden! You are my kind of nesting friend!!! I think I want to come have dinner at your Nest! 😉
Don’t you just love when you find things that are “hiding” in your freezer that you forgot about?! It’s like cooking Christmas. lol Thank you so much for stopping by and visiting. I truly love to make new friends. Have a GREAT week and I look forward to more visits.
Happy Nesting!
Norine
Hello. In story portion you mention low heat. In recipe portion at end you list medium heat. Which do I do? Thanks kat
Hi Kat!
I am SO sorry for the confusion! I have this funky stove top and I have to watch the flame to gauge the heat. (New oven is coming soon! WoooHooo!) The heat should be a medium-low. Not full medium and not low but right in between. Thank you so much for bringing that to my attention. I’ve fixed it in the story and the recipe. Have a GREAT weekend.
Happy Nesting!
Norine
I hope to make this sometime soon! Thanks for sharing it!
LSM
Thank you for stopping by! I’m excited for you to give it a try! Let me know when you do.
Happy Nesting!
~Norine
I made this tonight but cut it down for 1 -2 servings. OMG – was it ever good. Thanks so very much for posting it. The only changes I made were: I used Mexican Blend finely shredded cheese. Also – I didn’t have Yukon Gold potatoes so used 1 large Russet Potato instead. It was still fantastic and I had enough to share with my neighbor. Thanks again.
Hi Kathi!
I’m so excited to hear that you enjoyed this recipe. It’s very forgiving. I love the addition of the Mexican Blend cheese. I bet you could even top this dish with salsa and it would be amazing. 😉 Thank you so much for sharing! You made my day! 🙂
Happy Nesting!
Norine
This sounds delicious!! I have some boneless chicken breasts ready to use. Could I use them in this instead of the ground beef?
Hi Sue,
Yes you can! The beauty of this dish is it’s versatility. I think Chicken would be wonderful in this dish. I would chunk up those chicken breasts first. Add a little olive oil to your pan for browning the chicken breast and proceed as the recipe calls for. I’m loving the idea of chicken! Thanks for visiting! Have a GREAT weekend.
Happy Nesting!
Norine
I’m confused. To me, grated cheese generally means Parmesan or Romano. I’m thinking you grated hunks of several kinds of cheese yourself, and I’m guessing shredded cheese that comes in packages might work just as well. Yummy looking recipe – I’m eager to give it a try!
Hi Kathie,
I’m SO sorry for any confusion I may have caused. I just used a package of pre grated cheddar and jack cheeses. You could grate your own too. Thank you for pointing out the confusion…I’ll go back and make sure I clarify it a little better. 😉 Thank you for visiting. Have a wonderful weekend.
Happy Nesting!
Norine
I love dishes like this. I will surely make this.
Thanks,
Hi Peggy!
Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out this recipe! I love simple easy skillet dishes like this one too. (Less dishes are always a plus!)
Have a Fantastic weekend! Thanks for visiting.
Happy Nesting!
Norine
Looks so good, I can’t wait to make this for my family! Have you every tried it with a sausage before?
Hi Abbie!
Yes I have. I’ve also tried bacon and ham. All are amazingly delicious. It’s such an easy dish to switch up. I hope you enjoy this dish as much as we do. My guys gobble it up! 😉 Thanks so much for commenting and visiting with me.
Happy Nesting!
Norine
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Where do you buy the ss bowl skillet with handles and lid
Really liked it