Creamed Dried Beef
Recipe from Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), page 252. Vision transcription from the scanned page; needs review.
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Ingredients
- 1 3- or 4-ounce package sliced dried smoked beef, snipped
- 1/2 cup chopped green pepper (optional)
- 2 tablespoons margarine or butter
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 1/3 cups milk
- 1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- Toast*
Instructions
- If using dried beef, rinse and drain well. In a large skillet cook and stir beef and and, if desired, green pepper in margarine about 3 minutes or till edges of beef curl.
- Stir in flour and pepper. Stir in milk and Worcestershire sauce all at once. Cook and stir till thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir 1 minute more. Spoon over toast. Serves 2.
- *Note: To make toast points, spread one side of each toast slice with margarine or butter, if desired. Cut each slice into 2 triangles. Cut again to form 4 triangles.
Source and image provenance
Historical recipe source: Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book, 10th Edition (1989), Meredith Corporation. View the cited page at the Internet Archive.
Image credit: Image attribution: "Creamed chipped beef.jpg" by cherrylet; license: CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Creamed_chipped_beef.jpg. Representative photo; cropped/resized.
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