Meal ideas using left over meat?

Question

I have some beef left over from dinner the other day.
I am a student and every bit of food is important to use on a budget!
So I saved the beef, but does anyone have any meal ideas? All I can come up with is either salad or sandwiches... and I am getting fed up with cold meat sandwiches!

Answer 1

I would make up a casserole or soup...extend your beef into a few more meals.

For me an easy casserole is to cut up the meat into bite sized pieces, cook some pasta or rice (whatever you have on hand), add some veggies (whatever you feel will go with the leftover meat), maybe sauté some diced onions too...Add a can of cream of "whatever" soup (i.e. mushroom, chicken, celery, whatever you have), and some shredded cheese maybe. Mix it all up and put into a casserole dish. Top with bread crumbs mixed with melted butter, if you like. And bake at 350 F for about 30 minutes or til bubbly.
You can put any twist you like on this, make it:
- Italian by using pasta with tomatoes, garlic, onions and such, I would omit the cream soup.
- Mexican can be made using pepper jack cheese, corn as a veg, sauté peppers and onions, add some spices like cumin, chili powder, etc.
- Americanized, broccoli, cheese, and cream of mushroom.

Soups are good and easy:
Open up some canned broth, add diced meat, frozen veggies, some herbs and voila more dinners. You could even add cooked small pasta or rice to this too.

Not sure what kind of beef you have but what about a quick shepherd's pie?
Here's a link to one that uses leftover beef:
http://southernfood.about.com/od/beefcasserolesandpies/r/bl30131k.htm

Also, here's a link to a page for leftover beef recipes:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/story/101/

In any case, have fun & be creative, you may wind up making up your own recipe that you love!

Good luck!

Answer 2

Cut the beef up into small pieces.
Take 1 can of mushroom soup, add 1/2 can of milk to make a sauce. Add the beef and heat it up. Serve on toast, potataoes, rice or pasta.

Answer 3

I made chicken-fried seitan a couple days ago with mashed potatoes and gravy. He loved it! Tofu weirds him out, but seitan has a much better texture. I suggest you try a fried seitan recipe. You can do so much with it also. It tasted great the next day in a sandwich. I'm sure it's equally nummy slathered in barbecue sauce. Or, you could try bbq pulled jackfruit. Let a can of jackfruit simmer in some bbq sauce for a couple hours, plop it in the fridge overnight to let the flavors sink in. I promise it will taste amazing!

Answer 4

What kind of beef?

You could do a tortilla wrap. You could cut it up with some potato and onion and make hash. Toss it into soup or chili. Make a pasta alfredo and toss it in. (I just did that with leftover veal. Can't let that go to waste!)

Answer 5

Shred it and make a sandwich with vegies and smoky bbq sauce and cheese melt. Scrummy

Answer 6

soup.
cube the beef
add a can or two of vegetables
use some beef broth or a pack of Ramen noodles

DINNER!

Answer 7

rachel ray did an episode on this yesterday. look it up on the internet, she made like 5 meals using the same meat.

Answer 8

bbq- use for sandwiches or a bbq "platter" with boiled taters and steamed broccoli

Answer 9

use in-soup or stew, taco or burritos,dumplings,.wontons
use as pizza toppings.

Answer 10

you could make tacos, or enchiladas

good luck