Creole Beef Recipes

Steps:

• Cut beef into 1-inch cubes. Saute in oil until well browned.
• Add celery and green pepper and cook over medium heat for 20 minutes.
• Add parsley, oregano, garlic powder, basil and chili powder. Cook 15 minutes over low heat, stirring often.
• Add tomatoes and water. Cover and simmer 1 hour or until meat is tender. Remove cover during the last 10 minutes or so to allow the sauce to thicken.
• Serve over hot cooked rice.

Steps:

• Cut eye of the round steak into 8 slices, and season both sides with salt and pepper. In a deep skillet, heat olive oil over high heat, about 1 minute. Sear beef until brown, about 3 minutes per side; this can be done in two batches if necessary. Transfer beef to a platter.
• Reduce heat to medium, and add onion and bell pepper to the skillet; cook until onion is soft, about 2 minutes. Stir in 2 cups water, tomato sauce, bay leaves, basil, oregano, and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
• Return beef and any accumulated juices to the pan, and spoon sauce over beef. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer until the meat is tender, about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Sprinkle parsley on top, and serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine soup, sour cream, onion and pepper. Stir in potatoes and cheese; transfer to a greased 3-qt. baking dish., In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in ketchup, brown sugar and seasonings; spread over potatoes. Combine cornflakes and butter; sprinkle over top. Bake, uncovered, 40-45 minutes or until bubbly.

Steps:

• Make a roux by whisking the flour and 3/4 cup bacon drippings together in a large, heavy saucepan over medium-low heat to form a smooth mixture. Cook the roux, whisking constantly, until it turns a rich mahogany brown color. This can take 20 to 30 minutes; watch heat carefully and whisk constantly or roux will burn. Remove from heat; continue whisking until mixture stops cooking.
• Place the celery, onion, green bell pepper, and garlic into the work bowl of a food processor, and pulse until the vegetables are very finely chopped. Stir the vegetables into the roux, and mix in the sausage. Bring the mixture to a simmer over medium-low heat, and cook until vegetables are tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat, and set aside.
• Bring the water and beef bouillon cubes to a boil in a large Dutch oven or soup pot. Stir until the bouillon cubes dissolve, and whisk the roux mixture into the boiling water. Reduce heat to a simmer, and mix in the sugar, salt, hot pepper sauce, Cajun seasoning, bay leaves, thyme, stewed tomatoes, and tomato sauce. Simmer the soup over low heat for 1 hour; mix in 2 teaspoons of file gumbo powder at the 45-minute mark.
• Meanwhile, melt 2 tablespoons of bacon drippings in a skillet, and cook the okra with vinegar over medium heat for 15 minutes; remove okra with slotted spoon, and stir into the simmering gumbo. Mix in crabmeat, shrimp, and Worcestershire sauce, and simmer until flavors have blended, 45 more minutes. Just before serving, stir in 2 more teaspoons of file gumbo powder.

Steps:

• 1. Cut chuck roast into large chunks, nothing specific just larger than bite sized.
• 2. Follow the link below for both the can of tomato sauce, then separately for the tomato paste. This eliminates the bitterness that the can puts into the contents. Remember only to purchase high end sauce and paste, it will be less bitter from the beginning and you will have a much better final dish. https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/sauce-spread/sauce-spread-other-sauce-spread/removing-the-bitter-taste-from-canned-tomatoes.html
• 3. Chop onions, celery, bell pepper, parsnips, carrots, potatoes and garlic set asside
• 4. In a deep heavy pot put about 2 tablespoons of canola oil on med high heat. Once hot start to brown the chunks of chuck. Brown on all sides and set aside. Continue until all beef is browned. DO NOT EMPTY THE POT. These wonderful drippings will add lots of flavor to your Daube in the next step.
• 5. After chuck is browned, take the chopped up parsnips, carrots and potatoes and brown in the beef drippings, then set aside. If you have previously made your roux add it now, If not scrape out everything you can from the pot and put in a dish for use later. Now make your roux and make it VERY DARK!
• 6. Now you have made your roux in the cleaned pot, or if you made some previously put in pot and bring to hot temp. Once the roux is ready add the aromatics and chopped garlic, cooked until tender.
• 7. Now add the saved drippings and mix well. Then add the browned potatoes, carrots mix to the hot roux then mix well. Next add the browned chuck. Add the tomato sauce, tomato paste and bay leaves and mix well. Cook this about 10 minutes, mixing every couple of minutes.
• 8. Once mixture is hot add both cups of wine then mix well and allow to simmer for about 10 minutes mixing every couple of minutes. Now add 1 large container of beef broth and stir. You will only add from the beef broth in the ingredients that you will actually need to use. You probably will only use 1 1/2 of the containers of broth. I just want you to have enough on hand that you don't need to add any water, only the broth. You want the total liquid to just cover, at the level of pots contents if you go over a bit that's ok. It will cook down. If needed add more beef broth as this cooks down. You don't want to over do the liquid in this dish. When finished the liquid needs to be thick. Cook for about an hour after everything is in the pot, stirring occasionally. Always stir from the bottom of the pot to keep anything from sticking.
• 9. This dish cooks down best if you keep it covered between steps above but isn't necessary. Make sure you stir regularly, always stirring from the bottom

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute the onion, green pepper and celery in , 2 tablespoons oil until crisp-tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the flour, salt, thyme, cayenne and pepper., Add tomatoes and pepper sauce; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 20-25 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally. Remove from the heat; stir in lemon juice and keep warm., Sprinkle steaks with salt and pepper to taste. In another large skillet, cook steaks in remaining oil over medium heat for 3-4 minutes on each side or until no longer pink. Serve with sauce.

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper. In a large skillet over medium heat, brown chicken in oil; remove and set aside. In the same skillet, saute onion, celery, green pepper and garlic until tender. Stir in tomatoes, water, paprika, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, cayenne pepper and bay leaf; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 10 minutes. , Add chicken. Whisk cornstarch and cold water until smooth; stir into chicken mixture and bring to a boil. Simmer, uncovered, until chicken is tender, 10-15 minutes. Remove bay leaf before serving. If desired, serve with rice.

Steps:

• Brown your flour in a dry pan. This will take about 10-12 minutes. Stir often so the flour does not burn. All you want here is a light brown color. (It will get darker in the later stages when you add it back into the vegetables). Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
• Season tips with 1 tsp of seasoning. Cover and set aside.
• Chop all veggies and set aside.
• Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat for about four minutes. Add the beef tips and brown well on all sides. When done transfer beef and all juices to a bowl.
• Add the onion, celery and bell pepper to the pan. Add ½ cup stock, 1 tsp seasoning and 1 tsp Worcestershire. Cook and stir until all liquid has evaporated.
• Let the veggies stick to the pot one minute. Stir then let stick one more minute.
• Add garlic. Cook and stir until fragrant.
• Add ½ cup stock and browned flour. Cook for one minute, stir then cook one more minute.
• Add ½ cup stock, meat and juices, mushrooms, tomatoes and remaining 1 tsp of Worcestershire.
• Bring to a boil, cover and simmer 10 minutes. Remove cover and simmer until desired consistency.
• Serve over brown rice.