has anyone got any ideas what i should make for tea, using minced beef?

Answer 1

Mince'n'Totties?

Brown your mince and season, add a chopped carrot and onion, add half a cup of water and 2 OXO cubes, leave to simmer.

Boil some potatoes with jackets on, then when cooked mash with butter and milk, add some wholegrain mustard.

Serve together.

Good for hangovers, wintry weather, people who don't have many teeth......not much heavy chewing involved.

Answer 2

spag bol!

Dice a carrot, some celery and an onion finely then sweat in a pan with a bit of olive oil and garlic. When soft add the mince and cook till brown. Then add a good amount of red wine, a squeeze on tomato puree and stir well. Then add some chopped tomatoes (1 or 2 tins), a couple of bay leaves, sliced mushrooms, season and let it simmer on a low heat for a good few hours!

If you want it to be even tastier, after it has been simmering for a while, let it cool and leave it till the next day. Then a couple of hrs before you want to eat it switch it on the hob again at a low heat, making sure you do stir it sometimes.

Perfect and delicious.

Answer 3

Beef tea was actually considered medicinal - in the Nineteenth Century. You can make a palatable beverage from canned beef broth, but don't overdo it - there's usually way, way too much salt in the stuff unless you make your own. Same thing applies to beef bullion, whether you buy the cubes or the crystals. Even the so-called "low sodium" bullion contains enough salt that two eight-ounce cups full will contain more than the maximum recommended daily serving of salt. Too much salt, to use yo' mamma's words - aint' good for ya!

Answer 4

Well, I know the obvious choices like Chilli Con Carne, Lasagne, Cottage Pie and Spaghetti Bolognese will already have been suggested.

How about you make a bolognese sauce, spread it all over a pizza base, put sweetcorn and cheese on top and bake it in the oven at 190 degrees for 14 minutes? I swear by it.

Answer 5

30 Minute Shepherd's Pie

2 pounds potatoes, such as russet, peeled and cubed
2 tablespoons sour cream or softened cream cheese
1 large egg yolk
1/2 cup cream, for a lighter version substitute vegetable or chicken broth
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, 1 turn of the pan
1 3/4 pounds ground beef or ground lamb
1 carrot, peeled and chopped
1 onion, chopped
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup beef stock or broth
2 teaspoons Worcestershire, eyeball it
1/2 cup frozen peas, a couple of handfuls
1 teaspoon sweet paprika
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley leaves

Boil potatoes in salted water until tender, about 12 minutes. Drain potatoes and pour them into a bowl. Combine sour cream, egg yolk and cream. Add the cream mixture into potatoes and mash until potatoes are almost smooth.

While potatoes boil, preheat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add oil to hot pan with beef or lamb. Season meat with salt and pepper. Brown and crumble meat for 3 or 4 minutes. If you are using lamb and the pan is fatty, spoon away some of the drippings. Add chopped carrot and onion to the meat. Cook veggies with meat 5 minutes, stirring frequently. In a second small skillet over medium heat cook butter and flour together 2 minutes. Whisk in broth and Worcestershire sauce. Thicken gravy 1 minute. Add gravy to meat and vegetables. Stir in peas.

Preheat broiler to high. Fill a small rectangular casserole with meat and vegetable mixture. Spoon potatoes over meat evenly. Top potatoes with paprika and broil 6 to 8 inches from the heat until potatoes are evenly browned. Top casserole dish with chopped parsley and serve.

Answer 6

Beef macaroni casserole
1 package macaroni noodles
1/2 pound ground beef
1/2 small onion, chopped
1 piece garlic clove, minced
salt, pepper, cinnamon
oil to fry in
2 Tablespoon butter
2 tablespoon all purpose flour
2 cups milk
dash nutmeg (optional)
1 cup chedder or mozarella cheese

boil up noodles drain and set aside
while noodles are boiling fry meat, onion and garlic in oil till no longer pink. add salt, pepper, and 1/2 tsp cinnamon to meat
make cream sauce by melting butter in sauce pan, stir in flour and while stiring, slowly add milk and stiring or whisking all the time till all milk is incorporated in flour/butter, keep stiring till thick and bubbly (will be like a thin cream gravy) add salt and pepper to taste.. and nutmeg if you have *optional*
mix in 1/2 of the cheese into the cream sauce
layer in casserole 1/2 noodles, all meat, remaining noodles, and then pour sauce over top and sprinkle with remaining cheese. bake in 350F oven for 25 min till top is starting to bubble and browning..

Answer 7

Spagetti bolognese, if you've never cooked it before get one of those jars of raju, put a little oil in the bottom of a big saucepan, fry an onion and some garlic (packet stuff is fine) add the beef until brown, poor in the sauce and leave until beef cooked. serve with spagetti, and if you want, garlic bread, delicious. Or follow same instructions but add jar of chilli con carne sauce and serve with rice

Answer 8

minced beef samaosas,roll out any savoury pastry into squares,fill with suitable quantity of cooked mince beef,moisten edges,fold over & press to seal,deep fry for samosas,can be baked for a lower calorie snack .serve hot with a sweet-sour chutney or ketchup,hot tea to go along.

Answer 9

Type "minced beef dishes" into Google & it'll give you a list of dishes you can make for tea.

Enjoy!!!

Answer 10

home made burgers! Add some herbs, some finely chopped fried onions an egg to bind the mixture - stick 'em in the freezer till they're really firmed up then grill or fry - YUM.

Serve on seeded buns with all the trimmings! (bacon, cheese, shredded iceburg lettuce, tomato gherkin etc!)