BASIC MEAT RECIPE

BASIC MEAT RECIPE

I'm going to slow down a little and do a little more basic cooking skills.  All these recipes will have very simple titles that all start with basic.  So if you type Basic into the top left hand corner search bar they will appear right away.   So here we go.

INGREDIENTS:

1 Sweet onion

2 pounds of meat.  

Spices

4 to 5 Garlic 

Taco Seasoning.

1 1/2 cups water or stock. 

1 Table spoon olive oil.

 Chop one onion and slice garlic.
Basically peel the onion chop it in half and do what you got to do until it resembles little bit.  Don't worry about being exacting.   But make sure you chop slowly and push the onions into a square on the cutting board and chop some more.  High speed chopping might result in more onion every were and less onion in the pan.
Add olive oil and garlic.

 Turn burner to Medium.
Saute until every thing look shiny.  Do not worry about being exacting.   Either way it's all going to cook.  Put it this way you could put the meat into the uncooked garlic and onions and it's still going to cook.  Sauteing just make you a cooler cook.

Add the meat with spices. Cumin, Paprika, Cinnamon, Pepper, Thyme.  And add the water. If you have stock or broth add that instead.  I add water here.    Burner is still on medium.

 Mix and chop up the meat.












 Ok I know what your thinking wholly crap what mess did I just make.  Don't worry let it cook. the                                                                                     water keeps the meat from burning and helps                                                                                           remove the grease.

 As you can see the pink is disappearing and turning brown.  Keep breaking it apart as it cooks.  Still on Medium.

 Add Taco seasoning if desired.

                                                                                  Mix in.   Cover and turn to low.  If you                                                                                                     want you can cook it another 15 minutes to 30                                                                                         minutes if you want.  The longer the better. But                                                                                       that's up to you.  You can see all the grease                                                                                               floating on the top.  And their is no more pink.

 Move all the meat over to one side.  Were going to remove all the grease, or as much of it as possible.

Tilt the pan so the grease goes to one side and can be dipped out.














Have a bowl and ladle and sieve ready.

 Yuck.  

 Any can will do. Pour grease into the can and freeze. This makes throwing it away a lot easier.

Wha-la  Cooked meat that can be used for tons of yummy things.  spaghetti, tacos, dim sum..... the list is endless.   And the neat thing is you can make it your own.  This is just guide lines.
If you choose to freeze some, make sure you cool it down before you put it in the freezer.


And one more tip.  If you want to get more bang for your buck.  When the meat is cooled.  On a clean cutting board add a cup at a time and dice it will a knife, to make it smaller.

 :)