Creamed ground beef on toast

This recipe won the Best Ground Beef Recipes contest from All Foods Natural December 2008.

Ingredients

1 pound beef (ground)
1 onion (finely chopped)
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1⁄2 teaspoon salt (sea salt)
1⁄2 teaspoon pepper (ground black pepper)
2 cups milk (whole milk)
1⁄2 cup cream
1⁄2 teaspoon onion (onion powder)
8 slices bread (toasted)

Instructions

  1. Brown ground beef with diced onions until onions are transparent and beef no longer pink. Drain.
  2. Make a roux for cream sauce: melt butter in sauce pan, add flour, sea salt, ground pepper & onion powder. Stir well, slowly add milk & cream. Continue to stir until sauce thickens.
  3. Remove from burner, add ground beef with onions. Toast bread.
  4. Serve creamed ground beef over toast. Great Sunday evening meal.
Yield
4 servings
Preparation time 15 minutes
Cooking time 20 minutes
Total time
35 minutes

Notes

A serving is two toasted slices of bread with creamed beef.

A light version can be prepared, using half fat milk,very light cream, and substituting butter with flavorless vegetable oil such as sunflower oil.

Source

North American cuisine

moderate, sauté
meat, light meal, lunch, supper
American food recipes
Food in U.S.A.