Rainbow Savory Mince Recipe

How Many Different Ways Can You Make One Meal?

Here's a recipe I call Rainbow Savory Mince.

Partly because if you add heaps of chopped veggies to it it can look really colorful, and partly because there are more ways to prepare and serve it than there are colors in a rainbow!

One thing is for sure, savory mince does NOT have to be boring.

Check out the pre-made sauce section of your supermarket for easy base flavors, add an ever changing combination of vegetables and serve it every way you can think of...there are some examples after the recipe below.

rainbow savory mince

PREPARATION TIME: 10 MINUTES
COOKING TIME: 15 to 20 MINUTES
SERVES: 4

500g (1 pound) beef mince
2 teaspoons of oil
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 carrot, diced
1 cup of finely shredded cabbage
½ cup of corn kernels
½ cup of peas (frozen are perfect)
1 tablespoon of Worcestershire Sauce (or Soy)
2 tablespoons of Tomato sauce (homemade if possible)
¾ cup of beef stock
2 teaspoons of cornflour

Fry the mince with a little oil in a heavy fry pan until well browned. You may have to do this in two batches to avoid the pan being too crowded and the mince poaching in its liquid instead of frying.

Once the meat is browned and cooked through, put it to one side.

Using the same frying pan cook the onion and carrot for about a minute, stirring occasionally. Add in the cabbage and let it wilt down a little.

Add the corn and peas. Sit it all well to combine and cook for about a minute more.

Return the meat to the pan and toss all the ingredients together.

Add the sauces and most of the stock. Use the reserved stock to mix with the cornflour until its runny. Add the cornflour mixture in a thin stream, stirring well. As it comes up to heat it will thicken all the juices to make a nice sauce for your meat.

As soon as the mixture has thickened it is ready to serve.

serving tips:

• Toast thick slices of rustic bread and dollop the savory mince on top.
• Use it as a filling for baked jacket potatoes
• Use it to stuff capsicums or tomatoes (roast in a moderate oven until tender)
• Toast in a Jaffle maker and serve with sweet chilli sauce
• Serve with a side of pasta
• Serve with a side of rice
• Team up with a mountain of mashed potatoes and steamed green beans

Can be frozen.

For a Change or Help in a Crisis:

You can change this recipe endlessly for variety or to use what you have in the cupboard in a crisis.

• Use gravy powder and a tin of mushrooms - add it to the mince and keep adding water until you get the consistency you like.
• Add curry powder to the mince as it cooks (leave out the Worcestershire sauce) and serve with rice.
• Use a packet of dried soup mix - French Onion is a favorite - ignore the cooking instructions for the soup, just mix the soup powder with ½ a cup to a cup of water and tip it into the mince. Add more water if you need to, you shouldn't need to add any cornflour.
• Use whatever veggies you have on hand - frozen peas, green beans, celery, capsicum, mushrooms, tinned or frozen veggie mixes.

Rainbow Savory Mince: How many ways can you find to make it?

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