Amish Six Layer Dinner–a meat and potatoes Instant Pot or slow cooker dinner featuring ground beef, sliced russets, and vegetables, all simmered together in a creamy, savory sauce for an easy, family-friendly meal.
Amish Six Layer Dinner
This beefy potato one pot meal is quite easy and you can make it in your Instant Pot or Crockpot with barely any effort. It’s filling and uses easy ingredients you’ll have on hand. I’ve adapted this recipe from an oven recipe in the Amish Country Cookbook, Vol. 2.
Ingredients/Substitution Ideas
- Lean ground beef–or ground turkey
- Onion–yellow or white
- Celery
- Kosher salt
- Black pepper
- Garlic powder
- Beef broth–or water and Better than Bouillon
- Russet potatoes–or red potatoes
- Carrots–or baby carrots
- Cream of celery or cream of mushroom soup
Steps
Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the beef and break it up. Add in the onion and celery. Brown for 5 minutes. Drain off excess grease. Stir in the salt, pepper and garlic powder.
Pour in the broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot.
Layer in the potatoes and carrots and then spoon the soup over the top.
Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 2 minutes. When time is up move valve to venting and remove the lid.
Gently stir. Serve and enjoy!
Notes/Tips
- Serve with green salad or steamed green beans and a warm dinner roll or cornbread with honey butter.
- For extra flavor, add a splash of Worcestershire sauce or a pinch of thyme when seasoning the beef.
- Cut the carrots thick so they don’t get too soft under pressure.
- To make this gluten free use gluten-free cream of mushroom soup (I’ve seen this at my grocery store).
- I used my 6 quart Instant Pot*. You can also make this in a 3 or 8 quart pot.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container* in the refrigerator for up to 4 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
- Other recipes you can make with carrots are Instant Pot Broccoli Cheddar Soup and Straight out of Heaven Casserole.
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Amish Six Layer Dinner
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 2 minutes
- Total Time: 22 minutes
- Yield: 6–8 servings 1x
Description
A meat and potatoes Instant Pot or slow cooker dinner featuring ground beef, sliced russets, and vegetables, all simmered together in a creamy, savory sauce for an easy, family-friendly meal.
Ingredients
- 1 pound lean ground beef
- 1 cup diced onion
- 2 ribs of celery, diced
- 1 tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 3/4 cup beef broth
- 2 pounds Russet potatoes, thinly sliced
- 2 carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
- 1 (10.5 oz) can cream of celery or cream of mushroom soup
Instructions
Instant Pot Instructions:
- Turn Instant Pot to saute setting. When display says HOT add in the beef and break it up. Add in the onion and celery. Brown for 5 minutes. Drain off excess grease. Stir in the salt, pepper and garlic powder.
- Pour in the broth and scrape bottom of pot so that nothing is sticking. Turn off Instant Pot.
- Layer in the potatoes and carrots and then spoon the soup over the top.
- Cover Instant Pot and secure the lid. Make sure valve is set to sealing. Set the manual/pressure cook button to 2 minutes. When time is up move valve to venting and remove the lid.
- Gently stir. Serve and enjoy!
Slow Cooker Instructions:
- Heat a pan over medium high heat. Add in the beef and break it up. Add in the onion and celery. Brown for 5 minutes. Drain off excess grease. Stir in the salt, pepper and garlic powder. Add beef to slow cooker.
- Layer the potatoes and carrots over the top.
- In a bowl whisk together the broth and the cream soup. Pour it evenly over the top of the potatoes.
- Cover and cook on low for 3-5 hours.
- Serve and enjoy!
- Category: Beef
- Method: Instant Pot or Slow Cooker
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I’m sure that I will enjoy the meal. I Love to cook.
So glad I gave this recipe a go! My husband said “Best dinner all week”! We all loved it and will make it again. Thank you for sharing another top-notch recipe! 🙂 I may add a little smoked paprika next time.
smoked paprika would be great!!
could i use a bag of frozen potatoes that are cubed? ill be cooking this in my crockpot. i have arthritis in my hands so its hard to peel potatoes
yes I think that will work, it may take less time to cook with the frozen potatoes.
I am loving your recipes! My husband is recently retired and we are eating our big meal midday. I tried this one today and it is another winner! I made small changes, browning the beef and veggies in a frypan, adding Montreal steak seasoning to the beef. I also mixed the broth and soup mixture together and poured it on top of the potatoes and carrots. I then realized that that change wasn’t smart because there was no liquid in the bottom of the pot to help pressurize the IP. So I added a small amount of water. Although it turned out great, it was soupier than your photos. That was my fault. So I added some shredded cheddar cheese to tighten it up. Overall, we will be making this again.
Oh shoot! Yes, the layering process is important for that reason to help the pot come to pressure without the burn message. Glad it worked out in the end though!
didnt know the amish had instapots lol
lol!