Does anyone have any tips/and or recipes on how to make really good S.O.S. (the military dish)?

Answer 1

My family always made it with ground beef and a white sauce and served it on toast triangles.

Basic white sauce:
* 2 tablespoons butter
* 2 tablespoons flour
* 1 cup milk
* salt
* white or black pepper

Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat; stir in flour and any desired seasonings. Stir and cook for about 2 minutes. Do not brown. Gradually stir in milk and continue cooking over low heat, stirring constantly, until sauce begins to thicken.

Toss in the browned ground beef.

Answer 2

I make it all the time. Brown 1 to 1&1/2 pound of ground chuck in a large frying pan.Take off the stove and drain off most of the fat. Add a packet of Lipton dried soup mix-beefy onion, onion or onion/mushroom. Add about 1/4 cup of Bisquik. Stir powdered mixes to coat the browned hamburg. Return the pan to the stove and turn on the heat. Add about 2 cups of milk and stir while the whole pan comes up to heat and starts bubbling. If too thick, add more milk. Serve on toast for authentic SOS, but tastes good over mashed or baked potatoes.

Answer 3

Here is what we had in the Navy back in the days of wooden ships and iron men.

SOS RECIPE (NAVY TYPE)

1LB GROUND BEEF
1/2 to 1 chopped onion
1/4 cup of flour
1-15 oz can crushed tomatoes
Dash of nutmeg or mace if desired
Salt and Pepper to taste
1. Cook beef with onions in own fat until beef loses it color . Drain off
excess fat
2. Sprinkle flour over beef. Continue cooking until flour is absorbed.
3. Add tomatoes, mace or nutmeg. salt and pepper. Stir well. Simmer for 10-15
minutes.
ENJOY !!!!! Recipe is for approx 10 servings.

What we had with a white sauce was chipped beef on toast.

Answer 4

Take either lard or, crisco; heat in an 2quart frying pan (about 2-3 cups, add> garlic,salt/pepper, sausage or bacon bits(homemade or store bought) & as you stir w/ an whisk; add> aound 3-4 cups of flour(gradually sprinkle it in as you stir), til it begins to thicken up; then add enough water to thin in to your desired thickness? Add other spices to your taste? Best kind of S.O.S.; use texas toast-cut bread & toast til golden brown on both sides; slop on the S. of the S.O.S.?Enjoy it; this is the original Army recipe!

Answer 5

1 pound ground beef
1 1/2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup beef broth
1/2 cup evaporated milk
salt and pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS
Brown the ground beef in a medium skillet over medium-high heat, until meat is no longer pink. Drain excess fat and set aside.
Melt the butter or margarine in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Slowly add the flour, stirring constantly, to form a brown roux.
Pour in beef broth and milk, mixing well. Add ground beef, then season with salt and pepper to taste.

Answer 6

My husband had this often in the Army for breakfast.

Brown one pound pan sausage. Drain grease. Lightly sprinkle the sausage with about 2 T. flour. Mix well over low heat but don't allow flour to burn. Slowly add one cup milk and stir constantly until thickened. Add freshly ground black pepper. Serve over buttermilk biscuits.

Answer 7

Heat up some milk....when hot, add cornstarch (mixed with water) to thicken. Add chopped dried meat....found in a little jar from the grocery store. Stir well and add salt & pepper. Serve over toast or biscuits.

Answer 8

1# ground beef
Garlic Powder
Salt/Pepper to taste
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Milk
Green Beans
Bread

Brown ground beef, add spices, add cream of mushroom soup + 1/2 of the can of milk, add green beans ... simmer
Toast bread & scoop mixture on top .... My husbands FAVORITE supper.

Answer 9

white gravy + ground beef . cook separate then combine , pour over whatever you want. the gravy was typically pre-made + simply heated b-4 i had to serve it. p.s. there are no military dishes, they call it chow!