a cheap, filling side dish recipe - Penna. Dutch Potato "Stuffing"

[patandchickens]

I grew up on this and LOVE it, and having just finished eating a batch with dinner <burp>, thought I'd post the recipe in case anyone is interested.

It's NOT a stuffing, it's just a side dish. You can stuff yourself *with* it of course <g>. It's quite inexpensive and filling, and not all that bad for you.

Potato Stuffing (serves 4 hungry people as side dish)

1 c mashed potatoes (if you don't have leftovers, microwave one
baking-type potato til cooked thru, then scrape the
innards out into a bowl and mash with a little bit of milk,
and that'll be about the right amount)
4 slices bread (mom uses white, I use whole wheat; soft crusts are
ok but remove any really tough crusts)
1 c milk
2 lg (or 3 sm) eggs, beaten
1/2 onion
s+p to taste
2 Tbsp melted butter (good but totally optional)

Rip bread into small pieces; put in bowl with everything else and mix (lightly and not excessively - you want it to stay fluffy and chunky). Put in greased loaf pan. Bake 375 F 1 hour.

If you do not care a fig for anyone's Pennsylvania Dutch heritage, use garlic mashed potatoes for it - my sister did that once, and mmmm. Small pieces of leftover ham or chicken would also be good mixed in. Personally I can't quite bring myself to do it because it just seems *wrong* to me somehow to alter the recipe in any way

Pat

 

[MorelCabin]

I'm going to have to try this one...I LOVE mashed potato dishes

 

[miss_thenorth]

sounds delish...I will definitely be trying this one. It sounds like a casserole type version of my dh's klusza ( a mashed potatoe type ball with fried bread cubes in the middle-- type things)

 

[ams3651]

we always have had this...dutch also....its so great to pick at before it even gets cooked

 

[miss_thenorth]

we always have had this...dutch also....its so great to pick at before it even gets cooked

Most dutch dishes my mom made are NOT worth repeating or sharing the recipes. (insert barf emoticon here) There is only one dutch meal my mom ever made that I liked, and it wasnt even dutch--it was Indonesian.

 

[redhen]

This sounds good! Thanks!

 

[me&thegals]

Yum!! Sounds like a winner! I have an obscene amount of potatoes planted in the garden this year and am gobbling up potato recipes right and left. Glad for another one I can picture this with roasted chicken or meatloaf and homemade cranberry sauce.

 

[homesteadmomma]

This sounds great, thanks for sharing!