Cheesy Pork and Potato Bake
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My husband’s mom gave him this Cheesy Pork and Potato Bake recipe over the phone. He set off to make it right away. This entire post is courtesy of my hubby. It’s a very satisfying potato bake and I hope your family enjoys it as much as we did.
Ingredients for Potato Bake:
3 lb of Yukon or Russet potatoes
1 bay leaf
1/2 Tbsp of salt
3 to 5 Tbsp of olive oil for pork, onion and garlic
1 lb of pork
1 Tbsp of soy sauce
1 medium onion
3 cloves of garlic
1 cup of heavy whipping cream
1/4 cup of fresh dill
1 Tbsp of Mrs. Dash seasoning
1 cup of grated mozzarella cheese
How to Make Cheesy Pork Potato Bake:
1. Wash and peel potatoes. Cut them in to big chunks and place them in to a pot with cold water. Add 1 bay leaf and 1/2 Tbsp of salt. Cook for 15 min on medium high heat until they can be pierced with a fork, but are not fully cooked. Drain potatoes and place them in a large bowl.
2. While potatoes are cooking, cut pork in to small chunks. Add some oil to large skillet and cook pork for 7-10 min. Half way through, add 1 Tbsp of soy sauce and mix well. Once pork starts to brown, remove from heat.
3. Next, mince 3 cloves of garlic and saute on medium high heat until it starts to brown. Be careful not to burn it. Stir frequently. After garlic is done cooking, remove it to a separate bowl, add more olive oil and saute onion in the same skillet until it is golden brown.
4. Start preheating oven to 350˚F.
5. In a big mixing bowl, combine cooked potatoes, onion, garlic, 1/4 cup of fresh dill, 1 cup of heavy whipping cream, 1 Tbsp of Mrs. Dash seasoning and gently mix everything together.
6. Empty mixture into a large rectangular baking dish and top with cooked pork. Cover baking dish with foil and place in to preheated oven for 15 min.
7. While potatoes are baking, shred 1 cup of mozzarella cheese.
8. After 15 min are up, take potatoes out of the oven, remove foil, and sprinkle them with mozzarella cheese. Set oven to broil and put the dish back for 2 min to melt the cheese. You are done, it goes great with canned pickled tomatoes.
Notes:
Cooking time may vary depending on the size of the potato or pork chunks. I would also recommend prepping most of the ingredients before starting to cook. So wash and dice potatoes, cut pork, dice onion, and mince garlic.
Cheesy Pork and Potato Bake
Ingredients
- 3 lb of Yukon or Russet potatoes
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 Tbsp salt
- 3 to 5 Tbsp of olive oil for pork, onion and garlic
- 1 lb of pork
- 1 Tbsp of soy sauce
- 1 medium onion
- 3 cloves of garlic
- 1 cup of heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup of fresh dill
- 1 Tbsp of Mrs. Dash seasoning
- 1 cup of grated mozzarella cheese
Instructions
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Wash and peel potatoes. Cut them in to big chunks and place them in to a pot with cold water. Add 1 bay leaf and 1/2 Tbsp of salt. Cook for 15 min on medium high heat until they can be pierced with a fork, but are not fully cooked. Drain potatoes and place them in a large bowl.
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While potatoes are cooking, cut pork in to small chunks. Add some oil to large skillet and cook pork for 7-10 min. Half way through, add 1 Tbsp of soy sauce and mix well. Once pork starts to brown, remove from heat.
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Next, mince 3 cloves of garlic and saute on medium high heat until it starts to brown. Be careful not to burn it. Stir frequently. After garlic is done cooking, remove it to a separate bowl, add more olive oil and saute onion in the same skillet until it is golden brown.
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Start preheating oven to 350°F.
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In a big mixing bowl, combine cooked potatoes, onion, garlic, 1/4 cup of fresh dill, 1 cup of heavy whipping cream, 1 Tbsp of Mrs. Dash seasoning and gently mix everything together.
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Empty mixture into a large rectangular baking dish and top with cooked pork. Cover baking dish with foil and place in to preheated oven for 15 min.
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While potatoes are baking, shred 1 cup of mozzarella cheese.
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After 15 min are up, take potatoes out of the oven, remove foil, and sprinkle them with mozzarella cheese. Set oven to broil and put the dish back for 2 min to melt the cheese. !You are done, it goes great with canned pickled tomatoes.
Recipe Notes
Cooking time may vary depending on the size of the potato or pork chunks. I would also recommend prepping most of the ingredients before starting to cook. So wash and dice potatoes, cut pork, dice onion, and mince garlic.
Natasha Kravchuk
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Made this today using Yukon golden potatoes and for cheese I used a Cheddar jack mix. Came out amazing! Ultimate comfort food!
So glad you loved it! Thank you for sharing.
Hi Natasha,
I’ve made several of your recipes, so thought I’d leave a comment. I love them all! I made a variation of this one based on the ingredients I had and it was SO good. That soy sauce and dill combo is interesting in such a good way! I used about 1/4 cup half and half because I didn’t have the whipping cream and it was great. Thanks, Greg
Hi Greg, thanks for sharing! Great to know that the substitutions that you used worked so well too, thank you for the review!
Very comfort food!
Tnak’s for the recipe!
Thank you for your good comments and review!
Hi Natasha, can I use baby new potatoes instead of russet?
Hello Fiona, I usually use Yukon or Russet potatoes but I imagine that will work too. Please share with us how it goes if you try that!
Easy & Cheesy!! This was so good and it reheated well the next day as leftovers.
I actually did this recipe and the pork chops in creamy mushroom sauce same day so i can try out both recipes.. and 5 star on both!
That sounds delicious Yana! Thank you for sharing your awesome review with me!
hi natasha, can I make this with red potatoes instead of gold or russet?
Hi Stacey, Yes that would work fine, just pre-cook the potatoes until they can be pierced with a fork, but are not fully cooked.
is there anything i can replace the heavy whip with? (im watching my calories)
Hi Maria, I haven’t tested it this way but you could try with half and half (half milk and half cream), or maybe toss in olive oil but using just olive oil might make the recipe a little dry.
Made this dish for dinner tonight. It was really good! I had to substitute some items as i din’t have them available: half&half instead of whipping cream, fresh oregano instead of dill, cheddar instead of mozzarella, and I don’t have MrsDash, but the dish still turned out pretty good!
Thank you so much for the recipe!
Luda, thank you for the great review and great job on improvising :).
Thank you so much…. Just made this, it was yuuuuumy….. 🙂
You’re welcome and I’m so glad you liked it 🙂
I made this today, it’s the BEST dish I’ve had
I’m glad you like the recipe :).
Yummy. Just made it for dinner. Very simple and delicious.
Mmmmmm…. Delicious!
Just made this for Dinnner, the chicken version and it turned out really yummy ! I love ur website and your recipes,thank you so much for sharing them with us.Keep those recipes coming.
I should try that with chicken too. Thanks so much for the tip and I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂
Natash, ever since I found ur blog I’ve bin cooking up a storm, my hubby loves it. I’ve never bin much of a cook but was so excited when I found ur easy receipes and very delicious. So far every receipe I’ve tried turned out great. Thank u so much. Please keep posting all ur great receipes. God bless
Thank you do much! I’m glad you find the site useful and thanks for the motivation 🙂
Thanks for the recipe!!! It was delicious and everyone in my family said “yummy”. thanks
That’s great! Thank you Nadia. Glad you all enjoyed it 🙂
Thanks for the amazing recipe! We really enjoyed this 🙂
You are very welcome Roxanne 🙂
Have you ever tried Kartoshka po gusarski? My mother inlaw makes it…it is simply the best. Was wondering if you had the recipe for it on your website…if not you should def add it on 🙂
I haven’t tried it. Can you describe it or do you have a recipe you’d be willing to share?
It’s my favorite cause it so simple to make and no frying needed just cut it all up and in the oven. 🙂
Cut pork meet in to think slices salt and pepper it and lay it one layer in to a protvin, cover it thinly w Mayo. Cut onion in half and slice thinly one half if it and spread it over Mayo, next layer is potatoes, cut in half’s and then cut it each have in to thin slices and make two layers out of potatoes, salt and pepper it and add a thin layer of Mayo, and the other half onion cut up thinly spread over Mayo and last but nit least add a layer of mushrooms, u can get fresh mushrooms and fry them or get them all ready in a can. Also lately I started adding a layer if thinly slices tomatoes gives this amazing taste! Anyways cover w foil, oven 350° and for about hour and 15 to 20 minutes until the meat us tender enough for your taste. Then take it out and add shredded mozzarella cheese and in to oven again w out foil, till cheese turns a bit golden and valaa ur done! Yummy!
Thank you for sharing your version Tanya :).
Natashka, you are awesome!!!!! Every single recipe I made from your website turned out DELICIOUS ! ))) You know, there are some women who don’t want to share with their recipes with anyone (( but you share with us including all the details of the recipes and plus with wonderful pictures. God bless your family 🙂
Thank you! I’m glad you like the recipes. I know exactly what you mean, but thankfully it’s just a few, and not most women :). I just figure if I find something really good, I should share it so my readers can bless their families with it. It’s better to be a blessing! I’ve also been so blessed with wonderful readers who generously have shared their recipes and suggestions with me.
I made this for dinner today..its yummy, i was a bit worried about the soy sauce but the pork came out soo juicy..thank you for this recipe:)
Mmmmmm eating it right now and its so good, instead pork i used chicken. Hopefully it will still be good tomorrow.. Thank you
I was finally able to cook a good flavorful meal! This recipe is awesome! ! Can’t wait for the husband to try it when he gets home from work.
Thank you!
The pork has such a great juicy taste
Thanks Kristina – glad you liked it 🙂
Oh my goodness! So I needed a great recipe for pork that wasn’t super complicated but filling (I was feeding a kitchen full of men after a day of working outside) when I came across this beauty! Thanks so much! It turned out awesome, so good in fact that I didn’t have any left overs. 🙂 The second time I made it I added grated carrots, sliced mushrooms and chicken thigh meat. So good!
Hi Katya! Thank you! I’m glad you liked it – I’ll let Vadim know since this was his creation :). Mushrooms, carrots and chicken sound really good! I’ll try those next time I make this recipe.
Okay – mine turned out to be a cheesy pork and mashed potato bake – LOL. Nevertheless, still tasty! Thanks for another great recipe!
Made it today, came out really good, but I used chicken not pork and added mushrooms. Yam yam 🙂 Thank you for the recipe Natasha
Oh my! This one is a foodies plaything. The possibilities for modifications are almsot endless.
This looks so delicious! I will try to make it sometime soon!
Girl thanks so much for this recipe! Ill do it tonight for dinner!