Trying to find just 5 recipes to share is always a challenge. Supper in an Amish home is a reflection of their busy days and lives, but is almost hearty and enough to bring the family together around a table. Some of the recipes below have "short cuts", there is a recipe that calls for a tube of biscuits, but most Amish homemakers would probably just whip up some from scratch.
Occasionally, I will hear from readers who are surprised or dismayed by the amount of "processed" foods in Amish diets, or mainstream foods. But that disappointment is misplaced. The Amish don't live in bubbles, so they are exposed to mainstream food trends. And some of those trends, from Velveeta cheese or cream of chicken soup, have caught on. Amish homemakers are BUSY, so if they can find a way to cut a corner when making a recipe, they, understandably, often will.
None of this means that Amish cooks aren't inventive and creative. They are. But they'll stay within certain parameters.
Anyway, you won't go wrong with any of these super farmhouse suppers!
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🍲 Mashed Potato Beef Casserole
- 2 bacon strips, diced
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 /4 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
- 1 large carrot, finely chopped
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 cup beef broth
- 1 tablespoon Worchestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 /4 teaspoon pepper
- 3 cups hot mashed potatoes
- 3 /4 cups shredded cheddar cheese, divided
Instructions
- Fry bacon in a large skillet until crisp.
- Drain, reserving 1 teaspoon of drippings.
- Set bacon aside.
- Cook beef in drippings until no longer pink.
- Drain.
- Toss onion, mushrooms, carrots, and celery in flour, add to skillet with broth, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper.
- Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat.
- Simmer uncovered for 15-20 minutes until vegetables are tender.
- Add beef and bacon.
- Put into a greased 2-quart baking dish.
- Combine potatoes and ½ cup of cheese, spread over beef mixture.
- Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
- Bake uncovered at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until heated through.
- Serves 4-6.
🍕 Pizza Beans
- 1 pound ground beef, browned
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 16 ounce can pork and beans, drained
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 /4 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 10 ounce can biscuits
- 1 1 /2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
📋 Instructions
- Combine beef, onions, beans, salt, sugar, and barbecue sauce.
- Place in a 9-inch square pan.
- Bake uncovered at 350 for 30 minutes.
- Uncover and top with biscuits.
- Return to oven for 15 minutes or until biscuits are brown.
- Top with cheese.
🍲 Old Fashioned Beef Potpie
- 2 pounds stewing beef
- 6 cups water
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- 6 medium size potatoes
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 3 tablespoons milk or water
- 1 teaspoon minced onion
- 1 teaspoon minced parsley
📋 Instructions
- Cook meat in salt water until it is tender.
- Remove meat from broth; add minced onion and
- parsley to broth. Bring to the boiling point
- and add alternate layers of cubed potatoes and squares of dough.
- Add meat and stir through pot pie.
- To make dough, beat egg and add milk. Add flour to make a stiff dough. Roll out paper thin and cut into 1-inch squares. Keep broth boiling while adding dough squares in order to keep them from packing together. Cover and cook for 20 minutes, adding more water if needed.
🍗 Mennonite Chicken Dumplings
- 1 cup of butter
- 2 cups eggs about 12
- 4 ½ cups of all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp. baking powder
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 4 sprigs of parsley finely chopped
- 3 large carrots peeled and sliced
- 1 cup of green beans cut to preference
- 2 ½ cups of shredded chicken
- large pot of chicken broth or stock
📋 Instructions
- Preparation:
- Beat butter until fluffy
- Add eggs slowly
- Add dry ingredients and mix until thoroughly blended (don't over-mix it)
- Flour your hands and form balls slightly larger than golf balls. lay them on a greased tray
- Make broth and boil sliced carrots and green beans until soft
- Add parsley and chicken
- Bring the soup to a rolling boil and carefully spoon in the dumplings
- Put on the lid and cook for 10-15 minutes or until soft and fluffy. Do NOT open the lid!
- Do not overcook them or they will fall apart.
🍲 White Bean Chicken & Chili
This recipe isn't on Amish365.com but is featured on an Ohio Amish Country website and I think reflects the emerging diversity in Amish culinary culture. Tex-Mex has its influence for sure. Click here to enjoy this recipe!
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Mashed Potato Beef Casserole
Ingredients
- 2 bacon strips diced
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 medium onion chopped
- 1 /4 pound fresh mushrooms sliced
- 1 large carrot finely chopped
- 3 teaspoon flour
- 1 cup beef broth
- 1 tablespoon Worchestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 /4 teaspoon pepper
- 3 cups hot mashed potatoes
- 3 /4 cups shredded cheddar cheese divided
Instructions
- Fry bacon in a large skillet until crisp.
- Drain, reserving 1 teaspoon of drippings.
- Set bacon aside.
- Cook beef in drippings until no longer pink.
- Drain.
- Toss onion, mushrooms, carrots, and celery in flour, add to skillet with broth, Worcestershire sauce, salt, and pepper.
- Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat.
- Simmer uncovered for 15-20 minutes until vegetables are tender.
- Add beef and bacon.
- Put into a greased 2-quart baking dish.
- Combine potatoes and ½ cup of cheese, spread over beef mixture.
- Sprinkle with remaining cheese.
- Bake uncovered at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until heated through.
Pizza Beans
Ingredients
- 1 pound ground beef browned
- 1 small onion chopped
- 1 can pork and beans (16 oz) drained
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoon brown sugar
- 3 /4 cup barbecue sauce
- 1 can biscuits (10oz )
- 1 1 /2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Combine beef, onions, beans, salt, sugar, and barbecue sauce.
- Place in a 9-inch square pan.
- Bake uncovered at 350 for 30 minutes.
- Uncover and top with biscuits.
- Return to oven for 15 minutes or until biscuits are brown.
- Top with cheese.
Old-Fashioned Beef Pot Pie
Ingredients
- 1 pound sirloin steak, cubed
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 (14 ounce) can beef broth
- 3 large carrots, diced
- 3 potatoes, cubed
- 1 cup frozen green peas, thawed
- 3 tablespoon cornstarch
- ⅓ cup water
- (9 inch) refrigerator pie crusts
Instructions
- Gather ingredients.
- Brown pieces of meat on all sides in a saucepan over medium heat. Pour in some water to almost cover. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Simmer until meat is tender and falls apart easily; 2 to 3 hours.
- Transfer meat to a large mixing bowl. Shred the meat slightly and add salt and pepper to taste.Meanwhile, in another 2-quart saucepan over medium heat, pour in beef broth and add carrots and potatoes. Cook until almost tender; 15 to 20 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- When carrots and potatoes are done, transfer to the large mixing bowl with the beef; leaving the liquid in the pan.
- Combine peas with carrots, potatoes, and beef.Dissolve cornstarch with ⅓ cup water
- . Pour into the saucepan with beef broth, stirring constantly. Bring to a simmer and reduce heat; cook for 5 minutes.
- Line a 9-inch pie plate with one of the pie crusts following the package directions.
- Place the beef mixture into the pie crust. Pour the gravy over the top of the mixture, then cover with the other pie crust.Bake in the preheated oven until the crust is golden brown; about 25 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes before serving.
Mennonite Chicken Dumplings
Ingredients
- 1 cup of butter
- 2 cups eggs about 12
- 4 ½ cups of all purpose flour
- 1 tbsp. baking powder
- ¼ tsp. salt
- 4 sprigs of parsley finely chopped
- 3 large carrots peeled and sliced
- 1 cup of green beans cut to preference
- 2 ½ cups of shredded chicken
- large pot of chicken broth or stock
Instructions
- Beat butter until fluffy
- Add eggs slowly
- Add dry ingredients and mix until thoroughly blended (don't over-mix it)
- Flour your hands and form balls slightly larger than golf balls. lay them on a greased tray
- Make broth and boil sliced carrots and green beans until soft
- Add parsley and chicken
- Bring the soup to a rolling boil and carefully spoon in the dumplings
- Put on the lid and cook for 10-15 minutes or until soft and fluffy. Do NOT open the lid!
- Do not overcook them or they will fall apart.
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