Amish Potato Haystack Recipes

AMISH POTATO HAYSTACK RECIPE

Steps:

• Boil the potatoes in their skins. Drain and set aside to cool.
• While the potatoes are cooling, peel and chop the onion; set aside.
• Shred the cheddar cheese; set aside.
• Prepare the cheese sauce heating 1 cup of the milk on the stove in a pot. Off the stove, whisk the flour into another half cup of milk. Add to the heated milk, and whisk frequently until it comes to a boil. Remove from stove. Chop up the Velveeta ® cheese into a few pieces, add it to the milk, and cover the pot to help the cheese melt better. Set aside. When you go to use it later, give it a final whisk to blend smooth.
• Mix together the ranch dressing mix with the sour cream and the remaining 1/2 cup of milk; set aside.
• When the potatoes have cooled enough to handle comfortably, peel and shred them. Set aside.
• Start oven heating to 175 C / 350 F / Gas Mark 4.
• Fry the minced beef with the onion. Give this a head start of a few minutes, then stir in the taco seasoning mix, then the shredded potato. Season as desired to taste (salt, pepper, etc.)
• In a largish, deep, casserole dish, make alternate layers of the meat / potato mixture with the ranch dressing mixture. Top with the cheese sauce.
• Bake for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, remove from oven, sprinkle with the grated cheddar, and return to oven for another 10 minutes to melt the cheese.
• While it is baking, roughly crush the tortilla chips (with a rolling pin, etc.)
• When casserole is done, remove from oven, sprinkle with crushed tortilla chips, and serve hot.

THE INCREDIBLE, EDIBLE AMISH HAYSTACK DINNER

Steps:

• 1. Brown your ground beef and drain. Add spaghetti sauce and taco seasoning. Prepare noodles or rice as per package instructions. Keep beef and rice or noodles warm as you prepare veggies.
• 2. To serve: Each person gets a large bowl. Start with a base of tortilla chips, broken Ritz crackers or Fritos corn chips. Start your haystack with a pile of hot rice or hot noodles. Top with meat sauce. Then move on down the line forming a large mound or haystack with your chosen optional ingredients. Top with either warm, creamy cheese sauce or salsa, guacamole, additional shredded cheddar and sour cream. The height of your haystack is up to you! Enjoy!

AMISH HAYSTACKS

Steps:

• 1. Stack ingredients on plates in layers, using cracker crumbs first, then rice, followed by ground beef. The order of the other ingredients is not important. Top with grated cheddar cheese or cheddar cheese soup. * Use approximately 1 package taco seasoning per pound of ground beef.

AMISH HAYSTACKS

Steps:

• brown hamburger and add onions and salsa.
• Layer everything in large pans.

AMISH HAYSTACK DINNER

Steps:

• Brown the ground beef with the taco seasoning in a skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add the spaghetti sauce and simmer until the meat is cooked through and the liquid evaporates.
• Don't crush the saltines or tortilla chips too finely.
• Place all ingredients in individual serving bowls.
• Each person can make their own "haystack". The traditional order for layering is lettuce, crushed crackers and chips, meat mixture, rice, each of the veggies, cheese, bacon, sunflower seeds, and salsa (plus Italian dressing if added).