Savoury Beef Mince Recipes

SAVOURY MINCE

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large saucepan, then add onion, celery and carrot and sauté for 5 minutes, or until softened. Add garlic and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds.
• Add beef mince / ground beef and cook, breaking up with a spatula or wooden spoon, for 8-10 minutes until browned.
• Add flour and stir through, then add in potato, beef stock, Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste and season with salt and pepper and stir to combine. Bring to boil, then reduce to a simmer, stirring occasionally, for 15 minutes or until potato has cooked and sauce is thickened. If the liquid evaporates too quickly before the potato cooks through, add a little more stock to the saucepan.
• Stir in peas and cook for 2-3 minutes until tender. Serve on top of toast, rice or a baked potato.

SAVOURY BEEF MINCE

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large, deep frying pan
• Add the onions and fry gently on a medium heat until soft
• Add the garlic and celery and cook for a couple of minutes
• Add the meat, breaking it up and browning it
• Add the carrots, chick peas, stock and passata
• Add the worcester sauce and herbs
• Add the bay leaves
• Bring back to the boil and turn down the heat to a slow simmer
• Cook for about 25 minutes
• Serve with mashed potato, baked potato or rice and a vegetable or two

SAVOURY MINCE

Steps:

• Heat butter or oil in a large pan, add onion and garlic.
• Sauté until onion is transparent.
• Increase heat, add mince and dash of Worcestershire sauce- stir often to break up the lumps of mince and cook until mince has browned.
• Drain fat or liquid residue.
• Add the crumbed stock cube, herbs, gravy powder, salt and pepper.
• Make sure the gravy powder is combined with the mince so it does not go lumped when the water is added.
• Slowly add the water to the mince mixture stirring all the time.
• Bring to boil, reduce to simmer and cover and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• If mince needs thickening add a little cornflour (ie 1 tsp) in water to the mix to thicken.
• Serve on buttered toast or with rice or mashed potatoes and steam vegetables.

SAVOURY MINCE & POTATO WEDGES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 220C/200C fan-forced.
• Place paprika, tumeric, potato and half the oil in a baking dish.
• toss to coat.
• Bake 35-40 minutes, turning occasionally, or until golden and tender.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat.
• Add onion and mince.
• Cook, stirring with a wooden spoon to break up mince for 6-8 minutes or until browned.
• Add tomatoes, tomato paste, worcestershire sauce, stock, mushrooms, carrot and capsicum.
• Bring to the boil then reduce heat to medium-low.
• Simmer for 25-30 minutes or until thickened.
• Stir in gravy powder.
• Divide wedges and mince mixture between bowls.
• Serve topped with parsley.
• Notes:.
• Use 2 cups of frozen mixed vegetables instead of mushrooms, carrot and green capsicum.
• To freeze, allow mince to cool then spoon into a large snap-lock bag. Seal. Flatten bag for quicker defrosting. Freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw in refridgerator overnight. Transfer savoury mince to a large saucepan. Reheat, stirring over medium-high heat, adding extra stock if necessary. Cook wedges as directed.