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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Latin American >> South American >> Argentine

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Spray a baking dish with cooking spray. | 2. Preheat oven 375 degrees. | 3. Spray a large skillet with cooking spray and brown ground beef. | 4. Drain ground beef, if necessary. | 5. Add onions and celery to same skillet and cook until soft, adding rest of spice ingredients through pepper flakes. Stir well. But in a bowl and set to the side. | 6. In same skillet, melt butter (or use 1 tablespoon of leftover grease from browning ground beef). Add flour to butter, stirring for one minute over medium-high heat. | 7. Gradually add milk and cook till bubbly and thickened. | 8. Add cheese, nutmeg, salt, pepper, and chili powder continue to stir until melted. | 9. Spoon 1/4 cup of the ground beef mixture and spread evenly on bottom of a baking dish. | 10. Add 1 layer of potatoes. | 11. Alternate ground beef mixture, then potatoes until completely used. | 12. Pour cheese sauce over ground beef and potato mixture. | 13. Top with a pinch of paprika and grated cheese. | 14. Bake for 1 hour, or until potatoes and beef are bubbly and done. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
white potato	3		sliced	440.91	100.3869	10.7352	0.639
beef	1		ground lean	530.4012	0.0	104.5842	12.1947
onion	1/2	cup	chopped	32.0	7.472	0.88	0.08
celery	1/4	cup	chopped	4.04	0.7499	0.1742	0.0429
garlic	1	teaspoon	minced	4.172	0.9257	0.1781	0.013999999999999999
celery leaf	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
salt	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
red pepper flake	1/2	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
butter	2	tablespoons		171.0	7.857	5.343	14.4
flour	2	tablespoons		72.285	15.8257	1.1751	0.2804
milk	3/4	cup		111.63	8.7474	5.7645	5.9841
cheddar cheese	1/2	cup	grated	-	-	-	-
nutmeg	1/2	teaspoon		5.775	0.5422	0.0642	0.3994
chili powder	1/4	teaspoon		1.9035	0.3355	0.0909	0.0964
salt	1	pinch		-	-	-	-
pepper	1	pinch		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
paprika	1	pinch		0.4054	0.0776	0.0203	0.0185
cheddar cheese			grated	-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.