Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Beef and Noodles




I made some pretty good beef and noodles last Sunday. The meat was really tender and fell apart. The more I put food in the crock pot I realize it never steers you wrong.

Ingredients for 4-6 servings:
2 lbs of beef (whatever is on sale at your store), cubed
2-3 cloves of garlic
1 chopped onion (red or white)
Salt
Pepper
Fresh Parsley
Olive oil
Cayenne pepper
Beef broth
Mushrooms (optional)
Green onions
Whipping cream (1 pint)
2 tablespoons of butter
Flour
Spicy Mustard
Rosemary
Egg Noodles
Sour Cream
First, I cubed about 2 lbs of beef (round, shoulder, whatever you want to use) and added salt, pepper, cayenne, fresh parsley, garlic, chopped onion and a little olive oil and let it sit overnight.
After it marinated overnight, add to crock pot with enough beef stock to cover the meat (I also use the leftover broth from other dishes and freeze it until I want it again). Add the mushrooms if you want them in the dish. Cook on low for 6 hours or until the meat is tender and falls apart with a fork.
Cook your egg noodles, al dente (we used about half the bag but adjust based on how many people you are cooking for).
In a pan melt: 2 tablespoons of butter, add a 1-2 ladles of beef broth from the crock pot and about half to three quarters of the whipping cream (depending on how much sauce you want). Stir in rosemary, salt, pepper, 1 tablespoon of spicy mustard and bring up to a boil to thicken. If you need to thicken a little more add a spoonful of flour and whisk.
Drain the beef broth from the crock pot (freeze it if you want to use again, which I recommend). Combine the beef, noodles and cream sauce in the crock pot, cook for a few minutes to thicken and combine and serve. Add a little sour cream and chopped green onion to each bowl and serve.

4 comments:

  1. That sounds good, great comfort food for the winter time. I really like egg noodles too, maybe with just a little butter, maybe a little gravy, mmmmmmmm.

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  2. Looks good! Does anybody have a recipe for turkey noodle casserole? all the noodle talk stirred up a craving.

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  3. No recipe here, but it does soound pretty good now that you mention it. I even like tuna noodle casserole, but I haven't had that in ages. Beeef noodles look tasty. I need to use my slow cooker more often. Romer: how did your dad's ribs turn out on New Year's Day? He told me he was going to use my left over ginger ale for some flavorful steaming.

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  4. we didnt do ribs but we did a quattro of meats on the smoker. Smoked ham, turkey breast, beef, and kilbasa. It was great, we used the ginger ale as a liquid base instead of water, it provides a little more flavor to the meat. Great way to bring in the new year!

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