Today’s Dish Involves…Ground Beef!
Today, I had the intention to cook a dish which I haven’t had for some time. As you all can see, it involves ground beef!
Before I start rambling about the reasons why I enjoy it so much and the stories behind it, I’ll actually give you a list of ingredients that I used for this dish.
[I’m doing this because I don’t enjoy having to scroll all the way bottom for extremely long posts when my purpose is to have the recipe…anyone else relate?]
Ingredients You’ll Need
Ingredient list:
- Pack of ground beef
- Diced onions
- Salt
- Pepper
- Cayenne pepper
- Nutmeg
- Ketchup
- A1 sauce
- Chicken stock
- Tomato
- Fresh parsley
- Garlic
- (Optional green onion)
There you have it.
It’s an extremely simple dish which requires maybe a little less than 30 minutes, and you can even add additional ingredients such as carrots, potatoes, or red/green bell pepper to make it even more delicious!
Sorry, I don’t have exact measurements because I don’t measure when I cook…I cook and taste and add ingredients as needed to my desired taste…
Step-by-Step Cooking Process
The process is like this:
- Prepare ingredients by cutting onion to desired size and quantity. Set aside
- Grind parsley, onion, tomato all at once. Set aside
- Start heating up the cooking pan to medium warm heat and throw a spoon of ground beef in there. I don’t use oil because once the beef cooks a little, the oil will come out from there. If you are choosing ground beef with more fat, then you can add oil first.
- Throw the diced onions in there and stir until it browns a little.
- Then, throw the rest of the ground beef. Once the ground beef is half cooked and have more juices coming out, then add approximately half cup of chicken stock and all the spices (salt, pepper, cayenne pepper)
- Nutmeg is for boujie. [Actually, I don’t even know why I added it]
- The secret ingredient here is KETCHYUPPP! Make sure you add at least 2-3 tablespoons for a fulfilling taste. And I was being a little bit more creative than usual so I added a splash of A1 sauce.
- Let the ground beef cook some more, then take out the prepared tomato parsley garlic mixture and enjoy the smell until the juices start drying up but not completely dry yet.
- Now, the dish should be ready to eat!
Serving Suggestions and Secret Tips
You can eat this like you are eating spaghetti, but I usually eat it with rice…ADD CHEESE and bake or microwave it.
It will absolutely feel like heaven, cows and no regrets.
But do not omit the KETCHYUUUP (and you have to say it out loud or inside your mind for the full effect) if you want this to taste like heaven and cows.
Story Time, Final Thoughts, and Mini Rant
Okay.
Now for the boring life story which most probably wouldn’t care to read if the main purpose is for a new recipe.
How I came up with this dish was just as simple as this recipe: My boyfriend’s mom made this for me…well her version, and I just enjoyed it so much.
I wasn’t close enough with her to ask her how she made it so I came up with my own version and it tasted even better than what she made. [Shhh, don’t tell her].
That’s pretty much it.
I guess the story is not as long as I thought it would be.
But in all seriousness, how does one end up writing a whole book essay on a single recipe?
Every time I search for a recipe online, I have to scroll at least 5 minutes to the bottom just so I could see their ingredient list.
Critique and judge as you wish. Thanks for reading!
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