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Mashed potatoes with ground beef patties and green beans

An everyday dish for 2, ready in 30 minutes, around $3.81 a serving. People actually plan it with Popotam, and it's in season in October.

30mintotal
≈ $3.81a serving
584kcalper serving
43gof protein
In season in OctoberFreezes well
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  1. Peel and cut the potatoes

    Peel the 600 g of potatoes and cut them into chunks of about 3 cm so they cook fast and evenly.

  2. Cook the potatoes

    Put them in the large saucepan, cover with cold water, add the pinch of salt and bring to a boil. Cook over medium heat until a knife slides in with no resistance.

    Tip · Start the potatoes in cold salted water, not boiling, so the inside cooks at the same time as the outside.

  3. Shape and cook the patties

    While the potatoes cook, shape 2 patties of 150 g. Heat the nonstick skillet over high heat, with no fat or just a drop of oil, and cook 4 min per side, with no pink left inside (at least 70 °C). Add pepper at the end.

    Tip · Don't press the patties with the spatula while they cook, you'd lose their juices and they'd dry out, especially at 5 % fat.

  4. Take out the potatoes

    Lift the potatoes out with the slotted spoon into the colander, keeping the cooking water on the heat. Let them drain and steam dry.

  5. Cook the green beans

    Drop the 300 g of frozen green beans into the leftover cooking water, nothing else added. Simmer 5 min, then drain them in the colander.

  6. Mash

    Put the potatoes back in the empty saucepan and mash them with the potato masher. Warm the 10 cl of milk, then stir it in with the 20 g of butter and a pinch of pepper, mixing until smooth.

  7. Plate up

    Divide the mash, green beans and one patty per plate. Serve right away, nice and hot.

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How many calories in a serving?

One serving has about 584 kcal. 40% comes from carbs, 30% from protein and 26% from fat.

59 gCarbs
43 gProtein
17 gFat
Per serving (the dish for 2, divided by 2)
Energy584 kcal
Protein43.4 g
Carbs58.8 g
of which sugars8.2 g
Fat16.6 g
of which saturated fat9.1 g
Fiber10.5 g
Salt0.4 g

Worked out ingredient by ingredient with the ANSES Ciqual 2025 table, never written by an AI. It's an estimate: veggie sizes and brands make the numbers vary.

How much does it cost?

About $3.81 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.

≈ $7.62for 2 people
≈ $3.81a serving

Pantry salt, oil and spices aren't counted. Your store and your brands will move the total, but the ballpark is right.

How long does it keep?

2 days in the fridge, in a closed container, once cooled within two hours. After that, into the freezer it goes.

2 daysin the fridge
Yesin the freezer, thaw it in the fridge the day before

Times Popotam uses for meal prep, based on ANSES guidance, rounded down. The details: how long cooked dishes keep.

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