Minced Beef and Onions is traditional British comfort food, simple and delicious!
With the unseasonably warm weather coming to an abrupt end this week my husband requested this comforting dish which his mother used to make.
In her version she would serve it in a ring of cooked marrow with potatoes and vegetables. This is my take on Minced Beef and Onions which I served in a jacket potato with courgettes (in a nod to the marrow), carrots and broccoli. In Scotland I believe it’s known as Minced Beef and Tatties!
Minced Beef and Onions won’t win any beauty pageants but it’s hot and hearty meal that went down a treat with my family. It’s also a great dish to make a double portion of and freeze for another day. I will be making this a regular for those chilly evenings as an alternative to Spaghetti Bolognese or Chilli con Carne!
More recipes using minced or ground beef:
- One Pot Minced Beef Hotpot
- Italian Minced Beef Plait
- BBQ Chilli Burgers with Spicy Guacamole
- Simply Delicious Spaghetti Bolognese
- Easy Cheesy Cheat’s Cottage Pie
- Chocolate & Chorizo Chilli con Carne
- Scottish Minced Beef Pie
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Minced Beef and Onions
Ingredients
- 500 g Minced Beef/Steak
- 1 Large onion chopped
- 1 tbsp Plain flour
- 1 tbsp Light olive oil
- 300 ml / ½ pt Beef stock
- 3 dashes Worcestershire Sauce
- Salt and Pepper
Instructions
- Heat the oil in a deep non-stick pan over a medium heat.
- Once hot, sweat the onions over a low to medium heat for 10 minutes under a lid ,stirring occasionally until softened (not browned).
- Next add the minced beef and fry until browned.
- Sprinkle on the flour and cook for a minute stirring continuously.
- Add the stock, Worcestershire Sauce and seasoning and bring to the boil stirring until thickened.
- Simmer for ten minutes on a low heat.
- Serve with jacket potatoes or mash and vegetables.
Danielle
Delicious! Firmly established into our weekly family menu. Though I forgot to replenish my Worcestershire sauce and splodged a bit of HP brown sauce in instead, which went well with the roasted sweet potato and butternut squash I served it with.
Camilla
Great Danielle, so glad you like it:-)
Paul Wilson
I used to like this at school.
Camilla
It’s amazing how popular this dish is:-)
Ursula Hunt
This meal always reminds me of growing up, a staple mid week meal in my childhood home
Camilla
My hubby had this as a child but having a Danish mum he introduced me to the idea as I’d not had it before;-)
H. C. Andersen
Oh yeah, Millionbøf, a nice danish dish.
Remember to eat it with mashed potatoes, lots of it!
Camilla
Not one my mum ever made but she did do Minced Beefs (kind of chubby burgers without the bun) topped with fried onions:-)
William Gould
I fondly remember having “Minced Beef and Tatties” regularly as a kid made by my Scottish mother. Wife doesn’t like food with liquid in it though, so the closest I get these days is a Chilli!
Camilla
Aaw, you need to put your foot down LOL:-)
Herbert Appleby
I like to fat reduce minced beef by frying it first then separating the meat from the hot fat then frying it together with the onions. Its quite shocking how much fat comes out. Have you ever put a recipe together with this method?
Camilla
I used to do that when I used fatty minced beef but these days I’m using more lean minced beef or minced steak with hardly any fat from a farm shop (in bulk so cheap) and therefore there’s no need.
glenn hutton
So warming & comforting… Looks delicious!
Maya Russell
My mother-in-law would serve minced beef like this in a ring of a large cooked marrow.Thank you for this really simple but tasty recipe.
Camilla
Ditto except I never had it but my husband grew up on this dish:-)
Paul Wilson
This looks really hearty on a cold day like this.
Camilla
It is simple, tasty comfort food indeed:)
Lisa Williams
looks great I never would of thought of putting it in a jacket 🙂 Thank you for the inspiration !
Heather Haigh
Comfort food at its best 🙂