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Does anyone have any cool recipes for hamburger meat? I am sick of the same old same old. And since it's cheap at the commissary we eat it alot! I would appreciate any new meal ideas! If I make spagetti again my hubby may revolt!
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The only thing I can think of offhand is kinda weird for American families... It's ground meat, soy sauce, some sugar. Cook together and eat with rice (and some sides). I vaguely remember this from childhood. I'm guessing you're also sick of tacos?
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OOO! The hubby loves soy sauce! He might like that! Oh, yes I am over tacos in all their incarnations!
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My mom likes to mix steamed rice, stewed tomatoes, and hamburger together. She eats it weekly.
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Oooh, how about moussake, using ground beef instead of ground lamb? (yummmm, moussaka).
Or shepard's pie. If you do make shepard's pie, you can play around with it - add mashed sweet potato to the potato topping, change the spices, veggies etc to your liking.
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Oh, you could make some indian recipes with the beef (practically sacriligious, I know). Is there an indian grocery or small convenience store near you? The one near me sells little boxes of spices for a dollar apiece or so, that is enough for 4-5 servings at full strength. You might be able to fashion kebabs with the ground meat, or keema mattar (ground meat with peas) at least.
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Our favorites are Loosemeat Sandwiches and Texas Hash. We also like kafta (mix ground beef with many, many spices-- it's Lebanese/Lebanese-Armenian-- and a dash of lemon juice, form into cigars, brown in salted pan, and then cover and steam.) Then there's chili, stuffed grape leaves, sauerbraten klopse (German meatballs in sweet-sour gravy), ground beef soup (use whatever's in the fridge and cupboards), stuffed peppers/cabbage... All favorites of ours. And one that even Jeff can cook, good for when we want comfort food and don't need haute cuisine is Tater Tot Casserole.
Some interesting-looking ground beef recipes that were in my recipezaar cookbook:
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There are always sloppy joes and good old hamburgers.
We also will make meatballs and brown them with Worchestershire sauce, dump a can of Cream of Mushroom soup and some sliced mushrooms over them and let them stew for a while. Then we serve it over pasta with a bit of Parmesan cheese and parsley.
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Yeah, the more I think about it the more I think Shepard's Pie is definately one to think about.
Very cheap, easy to make and has heaps of variations. You can make it with lamb mince too, if you get some, or leftover roasts (cut up and recooked in sauce). Add peas (frozen - taste just as good) or mushrooms or peppers or really whatever you want.
As I said earlier, sweet potato is great added to the topping, as are mashed swedes, turnips or pumpkin. You can make it cheesy or not depending on your preference.
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Hungarian Goulash: ground beef, onions, LOTS of Hungarian paprika, diced tomatoes (either canned or fresh), cooked macaroni.
A lot of times I just start tossing vegetables into the ground beef: tomatoes and summer squash mostly. Then mix in a can of condensed cheese soup and cooked macaroni.
Pima casserole: cooked ground beef, cooked black beans, frozen corn, and salsa, all mixed together. Layer in baking dish with grated monterrey jack or cheese of choice. Top with cornbread batter and bake in a 350 degree oven until the cornbread is cooked. It's still good even if you leave off the cornbread top.
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My two most interesting recipes involving hamburger are Sweet & Sour Meatballs and Chinese Heca. I can give full recipes if my descriptions sound interesting enough to you. Just let me know.
Sweet & Sour Meatballs: Kind of a Hawaiian recipe with meatballs, pineapple, and green pepper in a sweet teriyaki pineapple sauce. Served over rice.
Chinese Heca: The best way to put it is "a spring roll unwrapped on rice." Hamburger mixed with coleslaw vegetables (minus mayonaisse sauce) stir-fried with soy sauce. Served over rice. Very simple and very delicious.
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We eat a lot of hamburger too because we buy a whole cow from a rancher and have it butchered and usually wind up with about 70 pounds of hamburger.
The thing that I do with mine to keep it interesting is play with shapes - for instance use a meatloaf recipe but make it into oven baked meatballs instead. My kids will eat meatballs quicker than meat loaf even if it's the exact same recipe!
One thing I do on nights when it's late and I don't have time to think of anything really creative is just hamburger steak served over rice with gravy. I just shape the hamburger into patties, pan fry them in a large skillet until completely brown all the way through, add some chopped onions and gravy (just from an envelope) and then let it simmer until the gravy thickens. Serve that over rice and add a green vegetable ( my kids like broccoli)
It's really quick and cheap (I buy rice in huge bulk bags too so we eat a lot of rice!)
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I make a shepherd's pie (or a "cottage pie", if you're on of the purists who insists to be a shepherd's pie it has to contain lamb) by browning ground beef with a beef bullion cube, chopped onion, corn, and about a tablespoon of cinnamon. Cover with mashed potatoes and bake for about 15 minutes at around 350 to let the flavors say howdy. Very tasty.
I've also got a good minestrone recipe, but that's a little more complicated.
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Okay, here are the full recipes. I'd post them on the recipe site, but I often have problems with my login there, so I think I'll post here first before trying to figure that out.
Chinese Heca
4 c. shredded cabbage 1 c. celery 1 lb. hamburger 1 c. shredded carrots Onion (I guess as much as you want) 1/4 c. soy sauce 1 c. water
Brown hamburger and chopped onion. Add vegetables, soy sauce, and water. Simmer until wilted. You may also add zucchini and brocolli if desired.
Tip: Use prepackaged coleslaw vegetables to save time on the cabbage and carrots.
Sweet and Sour Meatballs
1 lb. hamburger 1/4 c. cracker crumbs or dry breadcrumbs 1/4 c. dried onion flakes (you may also use 1-2 Tbsp. onion powder) 1/2 tsp. salt 1/8 tsp. pepper
Mix together. Fry in about 1/2 inch of oil or bake in oven 10-15 min. at 400 degrees. (I always bake. Healthier and easier overall. I do line my cookie sheet with aluminum foil first to make cleanup easier.)
1/4 c. sugar 2 Tbsp. corn starch 2 Tbsp. soy sauce 2 Tbsp. vinegar 1/2 c. water 1/2 c. reserved pineapple juice 1/2 c. chopped bell pepper 1 13 oz. can pineapple chunks
In frying pan, combine sugar and cornstarch. Stir in soy sauce, vinegar, water, and pineapple juice. Cook and stir constantly until it thickens and boils. Add bell pepper, pineapple, and meatballs (if your timing is right, the meatballs should be coming out of the oven right about now!). Simmer until green pepper is cooked and pineapple is warmed through. Serve over rice.
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