Rob's Favorite Creamed Dried Beef

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I prefer to use the dried beef from a local deli - ask to have it paper-thin sliced or chipped. I serve this over toasted wheat bread for my DH but it is also good served over a oven-baked russet potato. I found this recipe in the Fannie Farmer Cookbook.

by HokiesMom·published 2008-01-03

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One Dish Meal

Servings

4 serving(s)

Total time

15 min

prep 15 min

Calories / serving

622 kcal

Ingredients (7)

serves

1/4 lb dried beef, chippeddried-beef
4 tablespoons butterbutter
3 tablespoons flourflour
1 cup hot 2% low-fat milkmilk
1 cup light creamcream
1 teaspoon ground black pepperpepper
4 slices wheat toast (or 4 baked potatoes)

Instructions (7 steps)

01Separate the slices of beef and set aside.
02In a medium-sized saucepan, melt the butter over a medium high heat.
03When the butter foams, sprinkle in the flour and whisk (yes use a whisk it works better) in the flour until very well blended.
04Add the hot milk and cook over low heat, stirring very often with the whisk.
05Slowly add the cream, continuing to stir constantly until the cream sauce is thickened (about 3-5 minutes).
06

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