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AMISH/ Mennonite Dried Beef Gravy MMMMMmmm
"THIS is the taste of Lancaster County right into your home! We eat this on toast, home fries, biscuits, etc.! This is SO yummy! Kids and adults alike love this one! ENJOY!"
photo by DakotaSavers
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 5
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1⁄4 lb dried beef
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 3 cups milk
- black pepper, to taste
directions
- Melt butter in skillet.
- Tear the dried beef into small pieces & stir into the butter.
- Brown meat lightly.
- Stir in flour.
- When flour is dissolved into butter, add milk, stirring constantly.
- Cook over low heat until the mixture thickens.
Questions & Replies
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where can I find real dried beef? Not the ground and formed variety.
Reviews
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I hadn't had SOS in years but when my wife bought some dried beef the other day, I thought about it. This was pretty good, my wife loved it. Made exactly as written except added a pinch of pepper. I do think I will rinse the meat next time to reduce the salt.
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I love dried beef gravy and this recipe is almost perfect!!! All it needs is a touch of black pepper to set it off! An easy and simple meal. I serve it with sweet peas and fried potatoes. -
This was good but I added 1/2 teaspoon of pepper as my family thought it was missing something. I followed the rest of the recipe as written. We all enjoyed it. -
My husband's culinary skills were limited to this recipe, pancakes and eggs and fried fish.<br/>This was one of his favorities and our six-eight kids loved it. He served it with toast or fried potatoes. (We always had extra kids for supper or overnight)<br/>We purchased the dried beef in half case lots, bagged it in meal portions and stored or froze it.<br/>It was quick to make, very nutrious and did'nt cost an arm or a leg. We doubled or tripled the <br/>recipe and made in a large dutch oven. -
I live in Lancaster county, and this is one of my favorite foods, my friends grandfater who is ex amish made some with bear bologna one time and it was the best i have ever had!!!
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Tweaks
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I want to thank you for sharing this. I lived all my life in Lancaster County up until May of 2016. This is one of my favorite meals that I miss very badly. I have tried it in MD once, at a restaurant n it sucked! Definitely not how we made it in Lancaster County. After I lived in MD for a few months we moved to WV and they seem to don’t have it at all except I. Grocery stores prepackaged in sauce. Nothing like homemade. I also can’t seem to find dried beef anywhere, not athe lunch meat counters or even in can or jars. So I said something to Weis Market here and they got it on the shelf in prepackaged bags! I’m getting ready to make it for the very first time! I never made it before because my grandma would always make it or I would get it on Sunday breakfast at the diners. So wish me luck making it! Seems so easy and can’t wait to sink my fork into it and taste a little piece of home!! Thank you so much for this recipe being here!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
WJKing
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Hello, and welcome to my recipe collection online! My full-time career is that of Realtor...I was born & raised in the Mennonite faith all of my life. My husband was raised in the Amish faith. Together we have a very rich food heritage from both of our parents- much of which has been passed down through the generations - and I'm happy to share some of these recipes here with you! (including canning & freezing recipes) Hope you enjoy them!
