Beef Casserole

April 2, 2009 | By Admin In Main Dishes |

3 cups minced cold, fully-cooked beef
(could be leftover roast or steak)
1 onion
1 1/2 cups canned tomatoes
2 tablespoons flour
2/3 cup gravy, stock, or water
1 teaspoon sugar
2/3 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 1/2 cups any flaked cereal
2 tablespoons butter or drippings

Pass the meat and onion together through the food chopper or mince finely in a chopping bowl. Add to them the flour, sugar, salt, and pepper. Place in a saucepan with the tomatoes and gravy or water, and bring to boiling point, stirring while heating.

Grease a baking dish and sprinkle the bottom of it with 1/2 of the flaked cereal, then pour in the meat mixture, cover with the remaining flakes, dot with butter or drippings.

Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

If desired, 1/3 cup of grated cheese may be mixed with the top flakes, or instead of dotting the top with butter or drippings, these may be melted in a pan and the flakes stirred into them. In this way, the butter will be more evenly distributed.