Beef Recipes Reviews

My first recipe is beef stew, sure its not the most original and everyone has there own take, but you can't beat a classic, well made stew, so that's my reason for adding this recipe. Chunky Beef Stew Serves 6-8 Ingredients 500g of lean casserole or stewing steak 250g of small new potatoes 4 ...  Read the complete review

My easy Beef Bouguignonne. You will need olive oil 1lb braising steak flour - seasoned yourself with salt and pepper 6 shallots - halved 100g cubed pancetta tbsp tomato puree 200g button mushrooms 50cl red wine salt and pepper A 5pt flameproofed casserole dish with a ...  Read the complete review

I'm not a big beef fan purely because I don't always like the taste however when it's fresh and well prepared it always tends to taste fantastic. Unfortunately I only find my mother and my aunts create the best beef dishes so I tend to only eat it when they cook! However this is a dish I cook for myself and the other half and we both ...  Read the complete review

Not sure if you could call this a beef recipe but i couldnt find any other category to put this under!! When i was kid this was something that was made a fair bit - which put me off for many years however i've got a bit of a twist on this old classic and was quite pleasently susprised myself for what i managed to knock ...  Read the complete review

Spicy Ground Beef Chilli Con Carne Ground beef makes so much more than burgers and spaghetti bolognese. Below is my favourite easy recipe using one pound of ground beef. This recipe for Spicy chilli con carne is made using just one pan and takes about forty minutes. You will find smoky, fiery chipolte pepper in the spice section of ...  Read the complete review

Beef fried rice is a favorite of ours from the chinese take away but with money being tight at the moment we decided to have a go at cooking our own and after a few bad attempts at it that didnt quite taste right we have perfected the dish to our tastes perfectly. Firstly you need to buy rice, mince beef and soy sauce. Boil ...  Read the complete review

I must admit that beef isn't one of my favourite meats but sometimes it is nice to have a bit of a change and that's when I decided to make a beef rhogan josh. The recipe takes around 25 minutes to prepare and about an hour to cook, so you will need plenty of time. I have listed the recipe below based on 2 people ...  Read the complete review

This recipe is loosely based on the Greek dish "Stifado", which is a beef and onion stew in a rich tomato sauce. It comes courtesy of my sister-in-law, who has lived in Greece for the last 30 years. It's fairly inexpensive and versatile, as you can use any cheap cut of beef (anything labelled in a supermarket as ""stewing ...  Read the complete review

This is my take on an old classic - beef chilli - yum! Ingredients: 500g lean beef mince desert spoon of olive oil 1 x medium sized onion, chopped 1 x green or red pepper (or half of each), chopped garlic - 1-2 cloves, crushed or you can use garlic puree 1 x 400g tin of kidney beans, drained and ...  Read the complete review

Massaman curry is a Thai Muslim curry and is easy to prepare and tastes fabulous, but needs slow gentle cooking so be patient. If you are making the curry paste from scratch, then that part is quite time consuming, but it does keep very well for up to 3 months in a sealed container in the refrigerator. For the purposes of this recipe, ...  Read the complete review

With the credit crunch upon us, I have been trying out new ways of still feeding my family on home cooked food as well as saving some money in the long run. A pack of beef mince is usually found in my freezer and instead of wasting money by buying all the packet sauces and jars; I have been creating my own dishes from scratch in the last few ...  Read the complete review

==Cottage Pie== After much deliberation, I've decided to share my cottage pie recipe. My husband loves this dish (they do say the way to a mans heart is through his stomach!) and it is what I usually cook when we have friends over. I will confess to being a lazy cook and I hate peeling and mashing potatoes so I don't make it very ...  Read the complete review

If you want a simple recipe for your beef then have a look here. Really simple to make and really tasty too. What will I need: 657g or thereabouts of stewing steak. 25g of flour 50ml of oil 2 medium onions 1 turnip 2 celery stalks 1 pint of beef stock or oxo salt and pepper to ...  Read the complete review

I love hot and spicy foods in general! This is my Mum's recipe for my favourite Chilli Con Carne! Of course you can add your own take on this recipe to suit your own taste buds! Ingredients.... 2 x 410g cans kidney beans drained and washed 900g/2lb 4oz ripe tomatoes, skinned (fresh is best or 2 tins of 410g of decent ...  Read the complete review

This is my family's favourite meal if i ask what they like for dinner i always get this as a reply even if we had it the night before. The recipe i'm going to do is bolonagese for spaggtie bolognese. xxxxxxxxxxxx Ingredients xxxxxxxxxxxx Mince ...  Read the complete review

At times like this we have all got to cut back on our expenditure and one of the ways in which I would do that is to cook more myself as opposed to eating out or having a take away. One of my favourite dishes that you can do by mass an freeze is Cottage Pie. We all have our own unique way of cooking, here is my Cottage Pie ...  Read the complete review

I love to cook and entertain when I get the chance so am always on the lookout for no-fail recipes which I can rely on to 'show off' my cooking! I love vegetables and vegetarian food but occasionally I feel in the real 'meaty' mood and beef can be so very tasty if cooked in a good sauce. I also love to use my slow cooker and ...  Read the complete review

This is a stir fry recipe using beef and it is definitely worth paying a little extra for a good quality cut of sirloin steak as it will make all of the difference. There are some nice flavour contrasts with this dish and it works well with noodles, rice or a side salad. Ingredients Sirloin Steak Shiitake ...  Read the complete review

I dont know how useful this is as I dont really consider myself a great cook but ill try to give as much detail as possible. Though my ingredients tend to change a little each time I make these. I generally go by looks rather than measurements for meat dishes I like experimenting, these are some that worked well Ok first beef steak ...  Read the complete review

This is a very hot and spicy dish which I created once while just messing around in the kitchen. I had some mince and wanted to do something different with it, so I experimented with various bits and pieces I had hanging around at the back of food cupboards, and this is the rather amazing result. Please note that this is a sort of a sweet and ...  Read the complete review