Layered Beef and Mashed Potatoes

By deanarrca

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs. ground beef
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 (11 ounce) can Mexican-style corn, drained
• 1/4 cup onion, finely diced (or 1 to 2 Tablespoons dry onions)
• 1 dash pepper
• 1 1/4 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 cups dried mashed potato flakes
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 1/2 cups light sour cream, can use regular
• 1 cup American Cheese, shredded, can use reduced fat or regular cheddar

Preparation

Step 1

In a skillet, brown the hamburger and drain well. Place beef in the crockpot and add tomato sauce, corn, onion, salt and pepper. Mix well.
In a bowl, mix the potato flakes with the sour cream and water.Spread the potato mixture over the beef.
Cover and cook on Low for 7-9 hours, depending on your crockpot. In the last hour of cooking, top with the shredded cheese.

Notes:

If You use home made mashed potatoes in place of the of the sour cream, water, potato flake mixture you need to make them very very dry. Using regular homemade mashed potatoes in this recipe will come out a soupy mess otherwise. (Been there done that)