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Beef: Beef Stroganoff

Beef Stroganoff

 

2 tbs oil

2 rashers bacon, chopped

1 onion, chopped

2 cloves garlic, crushed

500g topside steak, cut

45g marg

into strips

250g mushrooms, sliced

2 tbs flour

375ml Carnation Milk

2 tbs brandy(optional)

2 tsp French mustard

1tsp Worchestershire

¼ cup tomato paste

sauce salt, pepper

 

Heat oil in pan, add bacon, onion & garlic, cook over low heat 5 mins, Stirring occasionally, remove from pan. Heat remaining oil in same pan, add meat, cook quickly until golden, remove. Melt margarine, add mushrooms, cook 2 mins, stir in flour, cook 2 mins. Add Carnation milk and remaining ingredients, bring to boil, stirring. Return onions & meat to pan, simmer 5 mins. Serve with noodles or rice. Serves 4

 

 

Beef: Beef Curry

Beef Curry

 

500g blade steak

1 tbs margarine

1 lge onion,finely chopped

1 clove garlic, crushed

1 tbs ground coriander

1 heaped tsp ground turmeric

½ tsp ground black pepper

6 thin slices fresh root ginger

2 fresh green chillies, finely

pinch of ground chillies chopped

2 tsp desiccated coconut

1 1/4 cups water salt

½ cup coconut cream

 

Melt the marg in a large heavy pot, then gently sauté the onion & garlic for 3-4 mins. Add the coriander, turmeric, cumin, pepper, ginger, chopped and ground chillies and the steak. Stir to coat the steak and let it cook for another 5 mins. Pour in the water, cover and simmer over a low heat until the steak in tender. When it is almost cooked, sprinkle with the coconut and stir in the coconut cream. Continue cooking until done. Just before serving, sprinkle with a little salt.

 

 

Beef: Bolognaise Style Stir Fry

Bolognaise Style Stir Fry

 

500g beef strips

1 tsp sesame oil

1 tsp crushed garlic

vegetable oil

1 handful of diced capsicum

1 cup sliced mushrooms

1 cup chopped tomatoes

tomato paste

slurp of red wine

chopped basil

 

Mix meat strips with sesame oil and garlic. Heat a little vegetable oil in a wok on high. Stir-fry meat strips in small batches 1-2 mins. Remove each batch when cooked and allow wok to reheat before stirfrying the next batch. Remove all meat from wok. Heat a little extra oil and stir fry capsicum and mushrooms. Return meat to wok. Stir through tomatoes, a little tomato paste, a slurp of red wine and a scattering of chopped basil. Serve with spaghetti or fettuccine and a salad.

 

 

Beef: Marengo Style Beef or Lamb

Marengo Style Beef or Lamb

 

750 g meat, cubed

oil

1 onion, sliced or chopped

crushed garlic

dried mixed herbs

1 pkt French Onion Soup

1 cup button mushrooms

1 handful sliced celery

1 can tomatoes white wine

 

Heat a little oil in a deep sided pan on high & fry 1 onion for 1-2 mins. Remove, set aside. Brown meat in batches. Return browned meat and onion to pan. Add some crushed garlic, a sprinkling of dried mixed herbs, French onion soup, mushrooms and celery. Pour in a can of tomatoes with their juices and a slurp of white wine. Serve with vegetables.

 

 

Beef: Creamy Mushroom Lasagne

Creamy Mushroom Lasagne

 

60 g marg

500g sliced mushrooms

½ cup plain flour

3 cups milk

salt & pepper

 

Meat Sauce:

1 tbs oil 2 onions, finely chopped

500g mince

575g jar pasta sauce

250g pkt curly lasagne sheets

1 cup grated cheese

 

Melt marg in a pan, add mushrooms & cook 3-4 mins. Add flour, mix well. Cook 1-2 mins. Add milk gradually, stir over a mod heat until mixture is thick & smooth, season to taste.

 

Meat Sauce:

Heat oil, add onion & mince & cook over mod heat for 5-6 mins. Add pasta sauce & simmer for 20 mins. Layer lasagne, half the meat sauce in a 35 x 25 x 6 cm greased baking dish, add half the mushroom sauce, repeat layers. Top with cheese. Bake 30-35 mins @ 180 º C

 

 

Beef: Sausage Casserole

Sausage Casserole

 

8 thin sausages

1 med potato

1 onion, sliced

1 clove garlic, crushed

1 green capsicum, chopped

1 Pkt Tomato & Vegetable Soup

1 ¾ cups water

1 300g can red kidney

beans,drained

 

Prick sausages and cook in microwave, approximately 8 mins on High, turning after 4 mins. Slice diagonally. Place potato, onion, garlic & green capsicum in a casserole dish, cover & cook on High for 5 mins. Add sausages, soup mix & water & mix well. Cover & cook on High for 5 mins then Medium for 15 mins, adding kidney beans during the last 5 mins, stirring 2 - 3 times. Serves 4

 

 

Beef: Macaroni Mince & Mushroom Medley

Macaroni Mince & Mushroom Medley

 

4 cups boiling water

2 onions, sliced

500g mince

1 cup chopped celery

1 pkt Mushroom Soup

1 cup macaroni

2 tbs margarine

t tsp salt

2-4 carrots

 

Place margarine in lge frypan, add onions & brown, add meat & brown. Then add celery, carrots, salt & pepper. Stir in soup mix, add water then macaroni & cover. Simmer over low heat 20 mins. Sprinkle with 2-3 tbs chopped parsley. Serve with rice or mashed potatoes.

 

Beef: Herb Beef & Macaroni

Herb Beef & Macaroni

 

500g mince

1 ½ cups water

2 med onions

1 beef stock cube

2 rashers bacon

½ tsp mixed herbs

440g can tomato soup

salt & pepper

1 sml cup macaroni

 

Peel & dice onions, chop bacon. Sauté bacon in pan until transparent, add onions, sauté further 5 mins. Stir in steak, cook until meat browns. Pour off surplus fat. Add undiluted soup, water, stock cube, herbs, salt & pepper to taste. Bring to boil, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat, cover & simmer for approx 20 mins. Cook macaroni in boiling water until tender. Stir hot macaroni into pan with meat and allow to heat through. Serve with chopped parsley.

 

 

Beef: Pineapple Steak

Pineapple Steak

 

1kg blade steak

1 pkt French Onion Soup

1 tsp dry mustard

1 tsp curry powder

1 tbs vinegar

2 tbs tomato sauce

1 tbs Worcestershire sauce

1 440g can pineapple pieces

 

Cut steak into cubes, fry in a little oil until brown add soup mix & 2 cups water, curry powder, mustard & vinegar, bring to boil & add sauces, simmer gently until tender (approximately 1 hour). Drain pineapple, add half juice & all pieces. If it needs thickening, use some cornflour mixed with juice.

 

 

Beef: Cooked Meat Fritters

Cooked Meat Fritters

 

2 cups chopped cooked meat

1 tbs onion, finely chopped

salt & black pepper

Batter

1 cup flour

1 ½ tsp baking power

½ tsp salt

2 eggs

2/3 cup milk

 

Sift flour, baking power & salt into a bowl. Beat eggs with milk. Add egg mixture to flour, stirring in flour gradually & beat to a smooth batter. Stand for several hours before using. (Makes enough to go with 2 cups of meat). Fold meat into batter & fry lge tbs of mixture on both sides.

 

 

Beef: Herbed Rissoles

Herbed Rissoles

 

500 g minced steak

1 egg

3 tbs tomato sauce

2 tsp Worcestershire sauce

salt & pepper pinch mixed herbs

½ cup dry breadcrumbs

1 carrot, grated

1 onion, chopped finely

oil

plain flour

 

Place steak, egg, tomato sauce, Worcestershire sauce, salt, pepper, mixed herbs, breadcrumbs, onion & carrot in bowl. Mix very well. Shape spoonfuls into balls and roll in flour. Flatten slightly. Heat oil in large frying pan & fry gently on both sides until brown. Remove from pan and drain on kitchen paper.

 

 

Beef: Beef Steak Surprise

Beef Steak Surprise

 

1 lge onion

750g steak

1 pkt Mushroom Gravy Mix

1 med tin mushrooms

½ cup red wine (optional)

salt & pepper

parsley.

 

Preheat oven to 200ºC. Line deep baking dish with foil allowing enough overlap to wrap over top. Slice onions, arrange over bottom. Place steak on onions and sprinkle with gravy mix, mushrooms & wine. Add salt & pepper. Fold foil over, leaving no airholes. Bake in mod oven for 1 ½ hours or until tender. Serve with jacket potatoes with sour cream & green vegetables. Serves 4

 

 

Beef: Delicious Baked Curry

Delicious Baked Curry

 

500g steak

plain flour

1 tsp curry

1 tsp salt

1 tsp sugar

2 tsp vinegar

2 tsp tomato sauce

1 cup water

 

Preheat oven to 180ºC. Cut steak in 2cm cubes & roll in flour. Place in casserole with curry, salt, sugar, vinegar & tomato sauce. Add water & pour over meat. Cover & bake in mod slow oven for 1 ½ hrs. Serve with boiled rice, peas or beans, boiled mashed pumpkin & carrots. Serves 4-6

 

 

Beef: Beef Royale

Beef Royale

 

4 pieces of topside steak

salt & pepper

2 onions

½ cup rice

1 tin tomato soup

 

Preheat oven to 250ºC. Place meat in greased baking dish with salt & pepper, sliced onions, breaking into rings over steak. Sprinkle rice over the steak & add 1 tin tomato soup plus 1 tin water. Cover all ingredients with this liquid. Cook for ½ hour & then reduce heat to 180ºC & cook for a further ½ hour. Serve with mashed potatoes & peas.

 

 

Beef: Gridiron Cassrole

Gridiron Casserole

 

250g spaghetti (uncooked)

¼ cup oil

1kg minced steak

1 med onion

1 green pepper, diced

1 clove garlic

2 tbs Worcestershire sauce

1 lge tin corn kernels

1 tbs chilli powder(adj to taste)

2 tsp salt

1 lge tin tomato soup

1 cup cheese, grated.

 

Cook spaghetti in boiling water for 20 mins, adding 1 tbs oil to keep water from boiling over. Heat oven to 200ºC. Brown meat in pan & remove from heat. Lightly brown the onion, green pepper & garlic. Add chilli powder, salt & Worcestershire sauce to vegetables. Add meat, soup, corn & drained spaghetti. Heat thoroughly & pour into a lge casserole. Sprinkle with grated cheese. Bake uncovered for 20 mins. Serve with tossed salad. Serves 6-8

 

 

Beef: Kie Sie Ming

Kie Sie Ming

 

1 tbs margarine

500g mince

2 lge onions, sliced

1 pkt Chicken Noodle Soup

4 tbs rice, uncooked

1 tbs curry powder

1 tsp mixed herbs

250g beans, sliced

3 ½ cups water

salt to taste

 

Melt margarine in a lge saucepan. Fry meat & onions for 10 mins. Add all other ingredients & stir until it reaches boiling point, reduce heat & simmer. Cook slowly for 35 mins. Serve with fingers of buttered toast.

 

 

Beef: Osso Bucco

Osso Bucco

 

1 tbs plain flour

½ tsp salt

½ tsp pepper

4 beef shins, cut into pieces

60g marg

2 tbs oil

1 cup white wine

2 carrots, chopped

1 lge onion, sliced

1 can tomatoes

¼ cup tomato paste

1 dsp parsley

1 clove garlic

1 tsp Italian herbs

1 beef stock cube

 

Combine flour & seasonings & coat meat. Melt marg & oil & fry meat until well browned. Add wine & cook until wine evaporates. Add carrots, onions, tomatoes. Cover & cook 1-1 ½ hrs. Just before serving add parsley. Serves 4

 

 

Beef: Beef & Tomato Curry

Beef & Tomato Curry

 

3 tbs oil

750g steak, cut to 2 x 4 cm strips

3 clove garlic

3 sml onions, finely chopped

1 tbs curry powder

1 tbs ground cumin

2 tsp ground coriander

2 tbs tomato paste

1 tbs Lancashire Relish

1 tin tomatoes, chopped

1 cup water

 

Heat oil in lge frying pan over high heat. Add the beef, garlic & onions, cook stirring constantly 3 mins. Add the curry powder, cumin, coriander, tomato paste, Relish, tomatoes & water. Cover & simmer for 1 hr. Serves 4-6

 

 

Beef: TV Snack

TV Snack

 

1 kg mince

1 pkt Chicken Noodle Soup

1 sml cup rice

2 cups shredded cabbage

4 cups hot water

2 tsp curry

1 tsp salt

1 cup celery, chopped

1 cup onion, chopped

¼ cup margarine

 

Place all ingredients in a large saucepan & boil for 30 mins. Serves 6-8

 

 

Beef: Coramittee Meat

Coramittee Meat

 

1 cup chopped onion

2 tbs marg

500g mince

1 sml tin mushrooms

2 cups corn kernels

½ cup grated cheese

White Sauce

2 tbs marg

4 tbs flour

2 cups milk

salt & pepper

2 egg yolks, beaten

1 tsp mustard

 

Sauté onion in marg, add mince & cook until it changes colour. Add mushrooms. Make white sauce with marg, flour, milk, salt & pepper. Add egg yolks & mustard. Add sauce mixture to the meat mixture and mix in corn kernels, drained. Pour into a casserole & top with grated cheese. Bake @ 175ºC for 30 mins. Serves 4-6

 

 

Beef: Curried Vegetable Rissoles

Curried Vegetable Rissoles

 

500g mince

½ cup long grain rice

1 onion, chopped

2 zucchini, grated

1 carrot

1 cup SR flour

1 tbs curry

1 tsp salt

1 cup milk

1 egg

1 tbs parsley, chopped

oil

flour, extra

 

Cook rice in boiling water for 15mins, drain. Combine rice, mince, onion, zucchini & carrot. Mix well. Stir in sifted flour, curry powder, salt, milk, lightly beaten egg & parsley. Mix until well combined. Refrigerate 1 hour until firm. Take heaped tbs of mixture, flatten to rissole shape, roll lightly in extra flour. Cook in hot oil. Makes 20

 

 

Beef: Baked Steak & Onion

Baked Steak & Onion

 

Steaks 1 pkt French Onion

Soup

 

Place steaks on baking dish. Sprinkle with French Onion Soup.

Cover with foil. Bake @ 180ºC for 40-45 mins.

 

 

Beef: Curried Sausages

Curried Sausages

 

6 thick sausages

1 tbs butter

¼ cup plain flour

2 cups milk

1 tbs tomato or BBQ sauce

salt & pepper

1 onion, finely chopped

1 stick celery, finely sliced

½ red capsicum, finely chopped

1 carrot, finely sliced

2 tsp curry powder

 

Cook sausages. Melt butter on High 30 secs. Add flour, gradually blend in milk, tomato sauce, salt, pepper. Cook on High 3-4 mins, stirring twice during cooking. Cook onion, celery, capsicum, carrot & curry in covered casserole dish 5-6 mins on High. Add to sauce & sausages. Cook covered on Med 4-5 mins. Serve with rice.

 

 

Beef: Delicious Baked Curry

Delicious Baked Curry

 

300g bacon, chopped

1 kg round steak, cut into strips

oil 5 med onions, sliced

salt & pepper

marjoram

1 clove garlic

¾ cup sherry

2 cups sour cream

 

Crisp fry the bacon & drain on paper, keep aside. Using the bacon fat & oil, if necessary, brown the onions. Add the meat, brown, then add salt & pepper, marjoram, garlic & sherry. Simmer for 1 hour in a deep heavy pan with lid on. If there is a lot of juice at this stage, remove the lid, increase the heat & boil hard until gravy is thick & concentrated. Stir in sour cream, reduce heat & cook a further 15-20 mins, add bacon & cook until hot.

 

 

Beef: Creamed Steak & Spinach

Creamed Steak & Spinach

 

1 ½ kg steak, cut to strips

2 tins Cream of Chicken Soup

1 cup water

2 pkts frozen spinach(1 bunch fresh)

salt & pepper

60g marg

1 cup mayonnaise

4 tsp curry powder

cheese

breadcrumbs

 

Sauté steak, add soup, pepper & salt, mayonnaise, water & curry. Cook slowly 15 mins. Cook spinach & place on bottom of dish. Add meat, sprinkle with cheese & breadcrumbs.

 

 

Beef: Chinese Beef & Vegetables

Chinese Beef & Vegetables

 

500g steak, cut into thin strips

2 tbs oil

1 clove garlic

1 tsp soy sauce

1 tsp Worcestershire sauce

½ tsp curry

1 beef stock cube

1 tbs marg

1 cup cabbage, finely sliced

1 red capsicum, cut to thin strips

6 shallots, sliced

1 cup sliced celery

 

Fry meat in oil in saucepan until it changes colour. Add garlic, soy, Worcestershire sauce, curry & stock cube. Cover & simmer 10 mins. Add marg, cabbage, capsicum, shallots & celery. Toss over heat 3-4 mins.

 

 

Beef: Pan Fried Beef & Mushrooms

Pan Fried Beef & Mushrooms

 

4 tbs oil

3 onions, thinly sliced

1 kg steak, cubed

3 tbs cornflour

1 190g tin mushrooms

4 drops Tabasco sauce

2 tbs soy sauce

2 ½ cups water

1 tbs sugar

salt & pepper

 

Heat oil in pan & fry onions until soft & lightly brown. Remove. Fry the cubed beef until tender. Remove & drain oil. Make a gravy from all the rest of the ingredients. Return onion & beef to pan with gravy. Simmer 5 mins.

 

 

Beef: Chilli-Con-Carne

Chilli-Con-Carne

 

500 g mince

1 lge onion, chopped

1 clove garlic

1 capsicum, chopped

2 level tsp Mexican Chilli Powder

440g tomato soup

1 beef stock cube

440g kidney beans, drained

 

Cook onion, garlic & capsicum on High 5 mins, add mince & cook 810 mins. Stir in tomato soup, beans & remaining ingredients. Cook on Med/High 10 mins.

 

 

Beef: Honey Beef Shaslicks

Honey Beef Shaslicks

 

 

60g butter

1 ½ cups sliced onion

1 clove garlic

1 x 425g Apricot Nectar

3 tbs malt vinegar

6 tbs honey

1 tbs sherry

1 kg steak cut into 24 cubes

5 lge bananas, cut into 3

 

Melt butter, sauté onions & garlic until soft. Remove from heat , stir in 1 cup apricot nectar, vinegar, honey & sherry. Add beef & banana chunks. Marinate 3-4 hours or overnight. Thread beef & bananas onto skewers & grill for 10-15 mins frequently brushing with marinade & turning to brown on all sides. Serves 6

 

 

Beef: Sausage Crumble

Sausage Crumble

 

2 tsp oil

8 thick sausages

1 onion, thinly sliced

1 potato, chopped

1 cup peas

1 pkt Cheese & Leek soup mix

1 ¾ cups water

Oat Crumble

1 ½ cups rolled oats

½ cup flour

90g butter

 

Heat oil in pain, cook sausages over heat for 15 mins, remove, cool, cut into thick slices. Combine sausages, onion, potato, peas & combined soup & water in pan, stir over heat until mixture boils, simmer covered 20 mins, stirring often, until potatoes are cooked.

 

Place in casserole, sprinkle with oat crumble, bake in mod oven 15 mins or until browned.

 

Oat Crumble: combine oats & flour in bowl, rub in butter.

 

 

Beef: Spicy Peppered Steak

Spicy Peppered Steak

 

1 ½ tbs black pepper

750g topside steak

1 sml red pepper, sliced

1 sml green pepper, chopped

6 green shallots, chopped

1 ½ tbs cornflour

½ cup water

3 tsp grated ginger

3 cloves garlic

2 tbs soy sauce

1 tsp oil

 

Sprinkle black pepper evenly on both sides of steak & press firmly onto steak. Cut steak into thin slices. Combine steak with peppers & shallots in a large shallow dish. Blend cornflour with water, stir in ginger, garlic, soy sauce & oil, add to steak, mix well. Cover dish, cook on High 10 mins, stir occasionally. Reduce to Medium, cook 10 mins, stir occasionally.

 

 

Beef: Curry & Rice

Curry & Rice

 

750g mince

1 onion

1 clove garlic

30g butter

1 tbs curry

60g mushrooms

130g corn kernels

1 tbs tomato paste

2 tsp soy sauce

1 cup water

1 chicken stock cube

salt & pepper

2 tbs chopped parsley

 

Peel & chop onion, slice mushrooms, drain corn. Brown mince in butter in pan, mashing with a fork. Stir in onion & garlic, cook. Stir in curry powder, cook 1 min. Add remaining ingredients except parsley, stir until combined, cover, simmer gently 20 mins.

 

 

Beef: Italian Spaghetti

Italian Spaghetti

 

1 onion, chopped

1 tbs butter

1 kg mince

1 tsp basil

1 tsp oregano

½ tsp thyme

1 clove garlic

350-400 g spaghetti

1 can tomato soup equal amount of water

 

Fry the onion in butter, add mince, spices, garlic, tomato soup & water. Simmer 40 mins. Serve with spaghetti. Sprinkle with Parmesan.

 

 

Beef: Savoury Glazed Meatloaf

Savoury Glazed Meatloaf

 

750g mince

1 cup breadcrumbs

1 tsp salt pepper

1 med onion, chopped

1 egg, beaten

1 tbs Worcestershire sauce

2 tbs tomato sauce

150ml Evaporated Milk

1 dsp dry mustard

Glaze

½ tsp dry mustard

¼ cup tomato sauce

1 tbs brown sugar

 

Combine ingredients for glaze, set aside. Mix together all remaining ingredients, press into a greased 20 x 10 cm loaf tin, then turn upside down on to a greased, foil lined tray, leaving tin still over loaf. Bake in mod oven 15 mins. Remove from oven, remove tin. Brush with glaze. Cook for a further 50-60 mins.

 

 

Beef: Stir Fry Beef with Oyster Sauce

Stir Fry Beef with Oyster Sauce

 

600g lean beef strips

1 tbs oil

1 tsp grated green ginger

2 cloves garlic

1 carrot, thinly sliced

½ green capsicum, thinly sliced

2 sml sticks celery, thinly sliced

2 shallots, chopped

200g snow peas

½ cup Oyster Sauce

100g button mushrooms, sliced (optional)

 

Heat half oil in frypan or wok, stir-fry beef strips, garlic & ginger 3 mins. Remove. Heat remaining oil. Stir-fry vegetables 2 mins. Return beef strips etc. Stir in Oyster Sauce. Heat through 2-3 mins.

 

 

Beef: Meat Balls with Rice

Meat Balls with Rice

 

500g mince

1 onion, grated

1/3 cup uncooked rice

1/3 cup breadcrumbs

1 egg ¾ tsp salt

pepper

 

Sauce

1 440g can tomato soup

1 cup water

1 dsp sugar salt & pepper

 

Combine all meatball ingredients, shape into meatballs. Place in casserole. Combine all sauce ingredients and pour over meatballs. Cover & cook 1 hr @ 180º.

 

 

Beef: Indonesian Beef

Indonesian Beef

 

750g steak, diced or in strips

2 onions, thinly sliced

1 pkt Dutch Curry & Rice soup

¼ cup tomato sauce

2 cups water

1 apple, peeled, cored