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Creamy Beef Hash Brown Balls 5fix

5-ingredient fix contest entry. Tasty ground beef mixed with a soft italian sweet cream cheese rolled in simply potatoes hash browns and baked to a golden brown. The crispiness of the potatoes is a great contrast to the creamy beef. This can be made into small meatballs as a great appetizer, or layered in a casserole dish for the main entree dish.

Steps

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Place eggs into a large bowl and beat until yolk and egg white are blended.
Add package of simply potatoes shredded hash browns to the bowl and mix well with eggs.
In a separate bowl , add soy sauce with the ground beef and use hands to mix together.
Cook beef with soy sauce in a skillet on medium heat for about 5 minutes until browned.
Remove from heat and drain any excess grease.
Add package of mascarpone cheese to the beef and mix well.
Take about a tablespoon of the hash brown mix and cup it in your fingers of one hand.
Then place about 2 tablespoons of the cooked beef on top of the potatoes.
Finally top with an other tablespoon of hash browns on top of the beef and form everything into a ball.
Place the ball onto a greased baking tray and repeat with remaining ingredients forming more meatballs.
Bake the meatballs for 25-30 minutes until golden brown.
Serve as an appetizer.
Another option would be to spread half the potatoes on the botto.

Ingredients

simply potatoes shredded hash browns, eggs, ground beef, soy sauce, mascarpone cheese