{"id":5828,"date":"2025-09-04T20:11:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/?p=5828"},"modified":"2025-09-04T20:11:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T20:11:13","slug":"ground-beef-gravy-with-mashed-potatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/04\/ground-beef-gravy-with-mashed-potatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Ground Beef &#038; Gravy with Mashed Potatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients<\/p>\n<p>For the Ground Beef &amp; Gravy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 lb (450 g) ground beef<\/li>\n<li>1 medium onion, finely chopped<\/li>\n<li>2 garlic cloves, minced<\/li>\n<li>3 tbsp all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>2 cups (480 ml) beef broth<\/li>\n<li>1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp paprika<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp black pepper<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd tsp salt (adjust to taste)<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp butter or oil<\/li>\n<li>Optional: fresh parsley for garnish<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the Mashed Potatoes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 lbs (900 g) potatoes, peeled &amp; cubed<\/li>\n<li>4 tbsp butter<\/li>\n<li>\u00bd cup (120 ml) milk (warm)<\/li>\n<li>Salt &amp; pepper to taste<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\ud83d\udc69\u200d\ud83c\udf73 Instructions<\/p>\n<p>Mashed Potatoes:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Boil potatoes in salted water until fork tender (about 15\u201320 minutes).<\/li>\n<li>Drain and mash with butter, warm milk, salt, and pepper until smooth and creamy.<\/li>\n<li>Keep warm.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Ground Beef &amp; Gravy:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In a large skillet, heat butter\/oil over medium heat.<\/li>\n<li>Add onions and garlic, saut\u00e9 until softened.<\/li>\n<li>Add ground beef, breaking it up with a spoon, and cook until browned. Drain excess fat if needed.<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle flour over the beef, stir, and cook for 1\u20132 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Slowly whisk in beef broth until smooth. Add Worcestershire sauce, paprika, salt, and pepper.<\/li>\n<li>Simmer 5\u20137 minutes, stirring often, until the gravy thickens.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Serve:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spoon creamy mashed potatoes onto plates.<\/li>\n<li>Top with beef and rich gravy.<\/li>\n<li>Garnish with parsley if desired.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients For the Ground Beef &amp; Gravy: 1 lb (450 g) ground beef 1 medium onion, finely chopped 2 garlic&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"slim_seo":{"title":"Ground Beef & Gravy with Mashed Potatoes - Grandma Baking Recipes","description":"Ingredients For the Ground Beef &amp; Gravy: 1 lb (450 g) ground beef 1 medium onion, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced 3 tbsp all-purpose flour 2 cups (48"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5830,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5828\/revisions\/5830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/breckas.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}