Untouched Ground Beef

 Normally people only think of ground beef when you say ground meat. Beef is one of the cheapest ground meats but you can also purchase ground chicken, pork or turkey; just to name a few. Like chicken, beef is another one of those meats that can be used to make countless dishes and served in many different ways.

In this post I will tell you how to make some great seasoned ground beef for a few different dinners. My first meal I made some tacos. I bought some ground beef, 80% meat to 20% fat, and cooked it a skillet. I used my basic seasoning blend, salt, black pepper,and garlic powder. In my previous post, I explained that my basic seasoning blend can be used for any and all dishes. To make the meat taste like a traditional Mexican taco, I added some cumin, hot sauce, cayenne pepper and paprika. If you don't like spicy foods, then I would recommend taking out the cayenne pepper and hot sauce and substituting them for a few red pepper flakes and tomato sauce. I always add tomato sauce to my taco meat for the extra flavor but it's only optional. I heated up a few soft tortillas and added a third cup of rice for my complete dinner. Since I made the entire package of ground beef, I knew that there was going to be some untouched foods.

The seasoned ground meat can be used for about two more dinners this week. I can make another taco dinner and I can make a quick version of beef stroganoff. The trick to making a quick beef stroganoff is to have a can of cream of mushroom soup on hand. Heat up your untouched beef in a skillet and add a can of cream of mushroom soup to the meat. While the meat mixture is cooking, boil some water for some noodles. You can use any kind of noodle or you can even use rice. After the meat is cooked, add the cooked meat to the noodles or rice. It may not be your typical beef stroganoff, but it tastes just as good as beef stroganoff from scratch.