1 1/2 lb of Hamburger Thawing - What Are You Making?

[Leaky]

This is what we had last night.

SWEDISH MEAT BALLS - A GREAT TWIST ON THE TRADIONAL SAUCE

Meat Balls

1 pound ground beef

1/2 pound ground pork

1/2 cup chopped onion

3/4 cup bread crumbs

1 egg

1/2 cup milk

1 tablespoon dried parsley

1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce

2 teaspoons salt

1 teaspoon pepper

Allspice or nutmeg

Sauce

1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup

1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup

1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk

1 tbls chopped fresh parsley

2 tbls Horseradish

1/2 pint Sour Cream

1 pkg fresh Mushrooms

2 cloves Garlic

2 tbls parm cheese

1. In a large bowl, combine all meatball ingredients and shape into golf ball sized balls.

2. Broil, turning frequently so they brown evenly on all sides.

In another large bowl, combine all sauce ingredients. Put meatballs in dutch oven, pour over sauce& cook in preheated oven for 1 hr @ 325. Add cheese the last 15 minutes.

Also works great in slow cooker. Set on three for 4-5 hours. Sauce soaks into meatballs nicely this way.

Serve over egg noodles or mashed potatoes.

[reinhard1]

AWESOME!!!!!good luck.

[Leaky]

Thanks Rh1!

What I'm trying to figure out is - What do people make when they've got a pound of hamburger sitting around or has been in the freezer too long? I'm a big casserole (or should I say hotdish) guy and am running out of ideas. What about stuff like chili, meat loaf, spaghetti, sloppy joes? What's your favorite things to do with that burger and how do you do it?

Here's a real easy one I fix up for fishing trips that everyone likes. A simple, make ahead of time and freeze meal that just needs reheating after a long day on the water. 5 lbs of this will feed 10 guys with some sides. Works great whether you are at a cabin (throw it frozen on low in the crock pot) or tenting up in Voyageurs Park (freeze it flat in large freezer bags and use it as cooler ice till ready to eat). Just be sure to pick up some fresh, large bakery buns.

Sloppy Joes- You'll Never Buy Manwich Again

1 lb Hamburger

1/4 cup chopped onion

1/4 chopped green pepper

1/2 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon prepared yellow mustard

3/4 cup ketchup (or cut to a half and add 1/4 Sweet Baby Rays)

2 teaspoons brown suger (careful if you use the barbacue sauce - you can always add more)

Salt & pepper to taste

1. Brown Ground Beef, onion, & green pepper. Drain liquid

2. Stir in remaining ingredients and simmer for 30 minutes

The green pepper is a key ingredient. Even if you don't like em, just dice them up small - you'll like em in here.

[reinhard1]

thanks again. this sounds great. i realy appreciate these new ideas. who needs cookboods when we have it all on HSO. good luck.

[dewey1]

Just made Alton Browns Swedish meatball recipe food network They were very good (as are most of his recipes!). The only thing I added was a little Montreal steak seasoning to the gravy. Served them over the good old Chisholm wide egg noodles (if your an Iron Ranger, you know the ones!).

[LABS4ME]

Couple times a year I have to 'go back to school' and make mashed potatoes and hamburger gravy... with a couple pieces of bread and butter, it's like being in 2nd grade again!

And on a cool fall day I will make some hamburger soup. We made that often growing up to 'stretch' out a pound of burger between 4 kids... real easy to make (even for kids) Pretty tasty to boot!

Good Luck!

Ken

[dewey1]

I love hamburger gravy. Trying real hard to get the kids to like it. If you really want to get back to the "good old days" try it with potato buds

[KEN W]

I love hamburger gravy. Trying real hard to get the kids to like it. If you really want to get back to the "good old days" try it with potato buds

I taught school for 35 years....so I had over 50 years of Hamburger gravy over potatoe buds at school.

[KEN W]

Leaky....when I was in charge of concessions at school BB games I made a very similar recipe for sloppy joes.But I added 1 tsp of worschester sauce and 1 tsp of chili powder.Plus 1 cup ketchup instead of 3/4 C.

Try it.....I think you will like it.

[Leaky]

Ah yes........hamburger & gravy over smashed tators. It was called Holmberg Stew back when I was in school. Loved it!!!!!

Thanks for the tip on those sloppers Ken W.

[Alagnak]

Blue Cheese Portabella bunless burgers.

Here's one I tried tonight and it turned out good.

Burger

Portabellas

Blue Cheese

Panko style bread crumbs

Take your pound or so burger and mix it good with a 1/2 pack of lipton onion soup mix and a couple tbls water. Mix in crumbled blue cheese of your desired amount. Make a patty the size of each mushroom you are stuffing and place in shroom. Then top with panko bread crumbs mixed w/ a sprinkle of melted butter/or olive oil. Pack a little of the bread crumb topping on top evenly.

Bake at 375 for 20 min or so and broil the last 5 just to brown the topping.

Enjoy

[reinhard1]

that excelent combination and a salad would look good on the table this week. good luck.

[brian6715]

Reinhard I have been making your burgers with the mushrooms, onions, and peppers on the inside. They rock!!!

[reinhard1]

thanks, they are a little extra prep work but worth it. we have so many great ideas on the cooking and reciepe forum for everything there is no need to look anywhere else. real people, real meals, and realy good stuff. good luck.