Dried Beef Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add the egg noodles, and cook until tender, about 8 minutes. Drain and transfer to a greased 9x13 inch baking dish.
• Melt the margarine in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in the flour using a fork so that no lumps form. Gradually stir in the milk. Bring to a simmer, stirring constantly, then add the cheese. Cook and stir until smooth. Stir in the cream of mushroom soup, and then the dried beef. Stir into the noodles in the casserole dish, and top with crushed potato chips.
• Bake for 30 minutes in the preheated oven, until the sauce is thick and bubbling, and top is toasted.

Steps:

• Mix the last three ingredients well, rubbing out all lumps.
• Divid mixture into three equal portions.
• Place meat in a large bowl and rub thoroughly with one portion of the mixture; let stand one day.
• Drain off any liquid and follow same procedure on second and third days, turning meat several times a day.
• Allow meat to remain in bowl for 7 more days, then hang up until meat stops dripping.
• When dripping has stopped, hang in a cool place about 6 weeks to dry thoroughly (a good curing temperature is approximately 40F).
• Wrap meat in clean muslin bags and keep in a cool place.
• If in 6 months, meat becomes too hard, soak in cold water for 24 hours and wipe dry.
• Wrap again in muslin and hang in a cool place.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients and pour into a greased casserole.
• Refrigerate, covered, overnight.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour, then serve and enjoy.