PrintMy favorite brunch recipe!!! Minced Beef on Toast
It's the Navy version of Sh*t on Shingles, but I simply love this. You are supposed to put it on toast. But when I was working for the Navy SEALS, it was put on top of hash browns, with poached or baked eggs on top.
1 1/2 lbs ground beef
2 medium onions, chopped
cooking oil, if needed
salt and pepper
5 tablespoons flour, approximate
1 (16 ounce) can whole tomatoes, diced
5 1/2 ounces tomato juice
2 cups hot water, approximate
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg, to taste
1/2 teaspoon sugar, to taste
1. Crumble the ground beef into a skillet and brown with the onions.
2. If beef is very lean, add a tablespoon or two of cooking oil.
3. Salt and pepper to taste.
4. Add flour, one tablespoon at a time, stirring and cooking each spoonful, before adding the next.
5. The flour must be cooked to preclude a starchy taste through out.
6. Add enough flour to absorb most of the oil.
7. Stir in the tomatoes and the tomato juice, followed by the water.
8. Allow to simmer on low heat to thicken.
9. Adjust consistency as necessary.
10. Add nutmeg and sugar and adjust to taste.
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6 Comments:
When I read the title, I thought you were referring to SOS! It's one of those foods that people tend to eat because they can.
chiff0nade at 9:05PM on 05/03/08
Trust me, dear, you will eat is 'cause you WANT TO!!!! In the words of Paula Deen, "so good, y'all"!!
BITTER at 10:08PM on 05/03/08
I don't doubt it - I mean what's not to like? You've got beef, onions and tomatoes. You did kind of lose me with the nutmeg and until I take my last breath, sugar will never touch a dish of mine that contains tomatoes (I'm Italian and we simply do not do that).
It's comfort food and sloppy eats all rolled up into one! :D
chiff0nade at 3:26PM on 05/04/08
That basically sounds like an open faced sloppy joe.
PumpkinBear at 3:43PM on 05/04/08
You can either use nutmeg or mace....and I guess the sugar is optional as well. I've seen so many people put sugar in their marinara sauce - I take it that that is a culinary no-no?
BITTER at 12:55AM on 05/05/08
Roger that. Sugar in tomato sauce is an abomination and used to mask the taste of ... less than wonderful tomatoes. Old school Italian cooks add either more onion (for its sweetening power) or grated carrot (nature's own sugar delivery system).
Otherwise, your meaty goo on bread looks wonderful! :D
chiff0nade at 4:16PM on 05/05/08