Pantry-Friendly Roast Beef and Gravy over Potatoes

There is NO easier way to make potatoes and gravy with roast beef!  I'm not kidding.  You are going to love this.

This is a great recipe to make in a pinch, so let me tell you about my pinch.  The COVID-19 panic buying was in full swing when I was shopping for our Easter dinner meal.  I couldn't get butter, milk, eggs, flour, yeast, pasta, rice, and most meat.  So in order to pinch-hit what was supposed to be a meal for a special occasion, I fell back on this classic favorite.  Being pantry-friendly-minded, I already had the ingredients on hand.  And it was perfect.  

I was introduced to canned roast beef and gravy in a cookbook a few years ago.  (You can see what you're looking for at this amazon.com link, but don't look at the price.  Sheesh.  It's much more affordable at your local grocery store.)  This is cooked roast beef, canned, in gravy.  You can find it in the canned meat section of your grocery store near the tuna and deviled ham and canned chicken breast chunks.

If you aren't able to find it locally, I will give you a suggestion for a substitute at the end of the recipe.  (My go-to- grocery store stopped carrying it, so I have to go to a different store to find it.  I've tried both the original and the substitute.  I like the original better, but the substitute is fine, too.  Options are good!)

PANTRY-FRIENDLY ROAST BEEF AND GRAVY OVER POTATOES

PREP TIME:  10-15 minutes
COOK TIME:  included

INGREDIENTS

• 3 cans roast beef with gravy* (made by Hormel, Hereford, and Armour)
• 6 cups mashed potatoes, made from potato flakes according to package directions

DIRECTIONS

Pour the roast beef and gravy into a saucepan.  Heat through.  Serve over prepared mashed potatoes.

* For this recipe, you want roast beef with gravy, but also available is roast beef in beef broth.  These are not the same.  Roast beef with gravy is ready to eat, while the roast beef in beef broth is just the beef without sauce (similar to a can of tuna).  If you cannot find roast beef with gravy, you can substitute roast beef in beef broth this way:  Drain the cans of roast beef, discarding the liquid.  Make 3 packets of brown gravy, according to package directions.  Stir in the roast beef and heat through.  

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